Should Race Be Used as a Variable in Research on Preterm Birth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15744705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kacey Eichelberger (0000-0003-4519-3929, Prisma Health, corresponding author), Julianna Alson (0000-0003-2822-3225, University of Washington), Kemi M Doll (0000-0002-3040-2962, Gynecologic Oncology Group) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 296-302 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.sect1-1803 |
| PMID | 29542440 |
| OpenAlex | W2791598395 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Racial variations in preterm birth (PTB) outcomes are well described, but causal mechanisms linking race and PTB are not. In clinical research, race is typically treated as representing fixed biological traits. In reality, race is a social construct that approximates lived experiences of historical and ongoing systematic discrimination and, in the case of PTB, particular stressors of black womanhood and reproduction. These experiences are embodied as adverse multigenerational health outcomes. Race thus presents a dilemma for researchers. Conflating race with genetics enacts harm, but excluding the race variable produces irrelevant research. Instead, we must consider race in an ecosocial context. PTB is fertile ground for expanding research approaches to respect the history, reality, and implications of race in the United States
Biology · Construct (python library · Context (archaeology · Dilemma · Epistemology · Harm · Health equity · Pathology · Public health · Race (biology · Race and health · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Child and Adolescent Health · Gender Studies · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology
Effects of Socioeconomic and Racial Residential Segregation on Preterm Birth
Conceptual Approaches to the Study of Health Disparities
Epigenetics and the embodiment of race
Early Preterm Birth Across Generations Among Whites and African-Americans
Life course epidemiology
Black Lives Matter
Stormy Weather
Theory-Guided Selection of Discrimination Measures for Racial/ Ethnic Health Disparities Research Among Older Adults
Methods for the Scientific Study of Discrimination and Health
Critical Race Theory, Race Equity, and Public Health
Metropolitan isolation segregation and Black–White disparities in very preterm birth
Health Disparities in the United States
The public health critical race methodology
Neighborhood economic disadvantage, violent crime, group density, and pregnancy outcomes in a diverse, urban population
Is Racism a Fundamental Cause of Inequalities in Health
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |