Maternal experiences of ethnic discrimination and subsequent birth outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interpersonal discrimination experience has been associated with adverse birth outcomes. Limited research has evaluated this relationship within multicultural contexts outside the United States where the nature and salience of discrimination experiences may differ. Such research is important in order to help identify protective and risk factors that may mediate the relationship between discrimination experience and adverse birth outcomes.

Methods

Evaluated the relationship between perceived discrimination, as measured in pregnancy, with birth weight and gestation length among Māori, Pacific, and Asian women from Aotearoa New Zealand (N = 1653).

Results

Thirty percent of the sample reported some type of unfair treatment that they attributed to their ethnicit

SUBMITTER: Thayer Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751673 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature