| The relationships among acculturation, biobehavioral risk, stress, corticotropin-releasing hormone, and poor birth outcomes in Hispanic women. | |
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PMID: 17061748 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the predictive ability of acculturation as an antecedent of stress, biobehavioral risk, corticotropin-releasing hormone levels, and poor birth outcomes in pregnant Hispanic women. DESIGN: A prospective, observational design with data collected at 22-25 weeks of gestation and at birth through medical record review. SETTING: Public prenatal health clinics in south Texas serving low-income women. PARTICIPANTS: Self-identified Hispanic women who had singleton pregnancies, no major medical risk complications, and consented to answer questionnaires as well as a venipuncture and review of their prenatal and birth medical records. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Gestational age, Apgar scores, length, weight, percentile size, and head circumference of the infant at birth. RESULTS: Significant differences were seen in infant birth weight, head circumference, and percentile size by acculturation. English acculturation predicted stress, corticotropin-releasing hormone, biobehavioral risk, and decreased gestational age at birth. CONCLUSIONS: Investigation must continue to understand the circumstances that give rise to the decline in birth outcomes observed in Hispanics with acculturation to the dominant English culture in the United States. |
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Authors:
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R Jeanne Ruiz; Christyn L Dolbier; Robin Fleschler |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Ethnicity & disease Volume: 16 ISSN: 1049-510X ISO Abbreviation: Ethn Dis Publication Date: 2006 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-10-25 Completed Date: 2007-07-11 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9109034 Medline TA: Ethn Dis Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 926-32 Citation Subset: IM |
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University of Texas Medical Branch, School of Nursing, 3.310 Allied Health Sciences/Nursing Building, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-1029, USA. rojruiz@utmb.edu |
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Acculturation* Adolescent Adult Analysis of Variance Birth Weight Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / blood* Female Gestational Age Hispanic Americans / psychology, statistics & numerical data* Humans Linear Models Middle Aged Poverty Predictive Value of Tests Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome / ethnology* Prospective Studies Questionnaires Research Design Residence Characteristics Risk-Taking* Stress, Psychological / ethnology* Texas / epidemiology |
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9015-71-8/Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone |
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