Neglect Subtypes, Race, and Poverty

Poverty, race and crime.

Do race, neglect, and childhood poverty predict physical health in adulthood? A multilevel prospective analysis.

Childhood neglect and poverty often co-occur and both have been linked to poor physical health outcomes. In addition, Blacks have higher rates of childhood poverty and tend to have worse health than Whites. This paper examines the unique and interacting effects of childhood neglect, race, and family and neighborhood poverty on adult physical health outcomes. This prospective cohort design study...

Race, Place and Poverty Revisited

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Race Matters: Race, Poverty and AIDS in Black America

Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [6] (CDC) released a study titled Communities in Crisis: Is There a Generalized HIV Epidemic in Impoverished Urban Areas of the United States. The study is the third in a series of the CDC's rotating surveillance reports conducted to better understand America's HIV epidemic. Previous studies looked at HIV among gay and bisexual men (MSM) and ...

Poverty, education, race, and pregnancy outcome.

Few studies have considered the differing impact of socioeconomic factors on pregnancy outcomes among racial subgroups. We assessed pregnancy outcome by race, education, and income (poverty index), using data from the Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition Study, a cohort study of preterm birth in central North Carolina, using binomial regression. Poverty was associated with an increased risk of p...