Produced by California Newsreel with Vital Pictures, Inc.Positive Elements. In Black neighborhoods, 80% of billboards advertise tobacco or alcohol. White neighborhoods have 4 times as many supermarkets as Black or Latino neighborhoods. The harmful conditions that surround and negatively impact AfricanĪmerican women and babies in the first place - so that everyone can Yet for all of us, the challenge remains to tackle They and others are helping African American women find the resources Through focus groups and programs that provide family support, Points out, for most people of color, racism isn't an occasional problemīut a subtle, everyday stressor that is added onto all the other stressorsĪnthropologist Fleda Jackson, sociologist Mona Phillips and epidemiologistĬarol Hogue are working to help us measure and better understand racism's Which over a lifetime of constant activation not only creates wearĪnd tear on the body's organs and systems, but can trigger premature labor. Unequal treatment causes anxiety and the release of stress hormones, Researchers like Michael Lu believe that chronic stress is the culprit: So how does racism get "under the skin" and affect pregnancy? Generation and became comparable to the African American group. Over time: outcomes for the African-born group worsened within one Moreover, they showed that the results changed Outcomes, yet African American women tended to have babies that weighed and U.S.-born white women had similar birth Impact of racism they experience over their lifetime - an impact thatĬan outweigh even the benefits of higher social and class status. Of something innate to their biology, but because of the cumulative Neonatologists James Collins and Richard David believe that AfricanĪmerican women are at increased risk during pregnancy, not because Status do make a difference for her health, but there's still something Highly educated African American women like Kim, the advantages of income and Heart disease, diabetes, infant death and preterm deliveries. On the socioeconomic ladder you are, the lower your risk of cancer, We know that in general health follows wealth: on average, the higher Her newborn weighed less than three pounds. Yet two and a half months before her due date, she went into So many others, did her best to ensure a healthy baby: she ate right,Įxercised, abstained from alcohol and smoking and received good prenatalĬare. When Kim was pregnant with her first child in 1990, she, like We meet Kim Anderson, a successful Atlanta lawyer, executive and
Even well-educatedīlack women have birth outcomes worse than white women who haven't The rate is nearly twice as high as for white Americans. The number of infants who die before their first birthday is much See related resources » EPISODE TWO, 29 MINS
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