Journal article
Social context, stressors, and disparities in women's health
Journal of the American Medical Women's Association (1972), Vol.56(4), pp.143-149
2001
PMID: 11759781
Abstract
Objective: to describe stressors experienced by women living in an economically disenfranchised urban community and test the relationships between those stressors and women's self-reported health status.
Methods: We used a stress process framework to examine the implications of economic divestment and race-based residential segregation on the lives and health of women raising children in Detroit. We conducted qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with 48 community residents and surveyed 679 women raising children in this community. Regression models controlling for age, education, and income examined the relationships of each of these stressors to symptoms of depression and general health status.
Results: Stressors described by women in the in-depth interviews included financial, work, family, safety, police and other municipal services, and disrespect or unfair treatment. Financial, police, and safety stress and unfair treatment were significantly associated with symptoms of depression; financial and family stress were significantly associated with self-reported general health status.
Conclusion: Our results support the hypothesis that life stressors associated with economic divestment contribute to the disproportionate burden of disease experienced by African-American women residing in urban communities. Efforts to address racial and socioeconomic disparities in women's health should include policies that support economic development and municipal infrastructure as fundamental to the maintenance of health.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Social context, stressors, and disparities in women's health
- Creators
- Amy SCHULZ - School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United StatesEdith PARKER - School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United StatesBarbara ISRAEL - School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United StatesTomiko FISHER - Partnership for Economic Independence of the Warren/Conner Development Coalition, Detroit, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Medical Women's Association (1972), Vol.56(4), pp.143-149
- PMID
- 11759781
- NLM abbreviation
- J Am Med Womens Assoc (1972)
- ISSN
- 0098-8421
- eISSN
- 1551-8221
- Publisher
- American Medical Women's Association; Alexandria, VA
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2001
- Academic Unit
- Public Health Administration; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984063141302771
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