Neighborhood disadvantage and preterm delivery in Urban African Americans: The moderating role of religious coping

• Main Authors: Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson (Author), Jaime Slaughter-Acey (Author), Cleopatra H. Caldwell (Author), Jamila Kwarteng (Author), Dawn P. Misra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Evidence suggests that neighborhood disadvantage predicts preterm delivery (PTD). However, the design of most existing studies precludes within-group analyses, which would allow the identification segments of the population at highest risk, as well as preventive factors. African Americans (AA) are d...