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Assessing the role of acculturation, social support, and stress on birth outcomes among hispanic women enrolled in familias sanas
Methods: This cohort study (N=440) assesses: 1) Relationships between the three predictor variables; 2) Associations between the predictor variables to gestational age and birth weight; 3) Cumulative correlations between the three predictors and outcome variables.
Results: Based on linear regression, Hispanicism predicted lower stress (p=0.02, β=-0.134) and Americanism significantly predicted higher stress (p<0.01, β=0.239). Both acculturation measures were positively correlated with social support (Hispanicism: r=0.179, p<0.01; Americanism: r=0.154, p<0.01). Social support was negatively correlated with stress (p<0.01, r=-.285), indicating higher levels of social support are correlated with lower stress. Stress significantly predicted lower birth weight (p<0.05, β= -.114). The Sobel test to detect the indirect effect of acculturation on birth weight through the mediator variable of stress was not significant.
Conclusions: We found relationships of acculturation with stress which in turn was associated with lower birth weight. Although there is strong evidence for the associations between acculturation and birth weight in the literature, we did not find this in our study. Nor did we find an indirect effect of acculturation through stress although this could be due to small sample size. Further research studying the relationship of acculturation, social support, and stress on birth outcomes is warranted.
Public health or related research
Learning Objectives:
Describe the impact of acculturation, social support, and stress on the birth outcomes, specifically gestational age and low birth weight, of Hispanic mothers
List the public health and clinical implications of sociocultural factors such as acculturation, social support, and stress on prenatal and interconception interventions.
Keywords: Birth Outcomes, Hispanic
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been involved in the project design, interpretation and writing of the results of this Famalia Sanas secondary data analysis. My research interests in maternal and child health include the role sociocultural factors on birth outcomes and its impacts on public health interventions and clinical medicine.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.