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Colen, Cynthia G. |
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The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Racial Integration, Upward Mobility, and Health Across the Life Course Presented: Albuquerque, NM, CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership Conference, September 2008. Also: http://www.citymatch.org/Conf2008/presentations/0922/breakoutsB/B1.ppt Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: CityMatCH at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Keyword(s): Age at Birth; Birthweight; Child Health; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Life Course; Mobility, Social; Poverty; Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Pre/post Natal Behavior; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Description: Differences in adult health are thought to be partially rooted in the early conditions of life, and class disparities. How do models of the life-course perspective help us explain the long-term impacts of poverty, stress, and discrimination? How do structural level inequalities impact upward mobility? How can local health departments take current research findings and create programs that address these inequalities? Objectives: 1. Describe three models of life-course processes typically used to explain population-level health trends in the U.S. 2. Critically assess both the strengths and weaknesses of these three life-course perspectives in their ability to explain racial disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes. 3. Explain how race and SES interact to affect health outcomes over the life-course. 4. Discuss how structural level racial inequalities (residential segregation, wealth accumulation patterns, labor market segmentation, etc.) impact the ability of African American women to benefit, in terms of their health and that of their children, from upward mobility. 5. List three ways that public health programs and policy initiatives can incorporate new information about SES, race, and the life-course perspective. |
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Colen, Cynthia G. "The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Racial Integration, Upward Mobility, and Health Across the Life Course." Presented: Albuquerque, NM, CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership Conference, September 2008. |