Socially Assigned Race and the Health of Racialized Women and Their Infants.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While historically most public health research has relied upon self-identified race as a proxy for experiencing racism, a growing literature recognizes that socially assigned race may more closely align with racialized lived experiences that influence health outcomes. We aim to understand how women's health behaviors, health outcomes, and infant health outcomes differ for women socially assigned as nonwhite when compared with women socially assigned as white in Massachusetts.

Methods

Using data from the Massachusetts Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Reactions to Race module, we documented the associations between socially assigned race (white vs. nonwhite) and women's health behaviors (e.g., initiation of prenatal care, breastfeeding), women's

SUBMITTER: Abuelezam NN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9712049 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature