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Stress and Resilience

The Social Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem

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  • © 2001

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  1. Leith Mullings

    1. Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, USA

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  2. Alaka Wali

    1. The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Reproductive Health, Harlem, and Research

    • Leith Mullings, Alaka Wali
    Pages 1-20

  3. Where People Live: The Environmental Context of Reproduction

    • Leith Mullings, Alaka Wali
    Pages 21-71

  4. Where People Work: The Economic Context of Reproduction

    • Leith Mullings, Alaka Wali
    Pages 73-105

  5. Social Support and Reproductive Health

    • Leith Mullings, Alaka Wali
    Pages 107-136

  6. Health Care Delivery and Reproductive Health

    • Leith Mullings, Alaka Wali
    Pages 137-160

  7. Race, Class, Gender, and Health

    • Leith Mullings, Alaka Wali
    Pages 161-165

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 167-210
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About this book

Documenting the daily efforts of African Americans to protect their community against highly oppressive conditions, this ground-breaking volume chronicles the unique experiences of black women that place them at higher risk for morbidity and mortality - especially during pregnancy. Stress and Resilience: The Social Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem examines the processes through which economic circumstances, environmental issues, and social conditions create situations that expose African American women to stress and chronic strain. Detailing the individual and community assets and strategies used to address these conditions, this volume provides a model methodology for translating research into public health and social action.
Based on interactive community partnered research, Stress and Resilience: The Social Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem
  • Facilitates more exact hypotheses about the relationship between risk factors, protective factors and reproductive health;
  • Furnishes a better understanding of chronic disease patterns and suggests more effective interventions to reduce rates of infant mortality;
  • Incorporates the voices of the community and of women themselves through their own words and actions;
  • Sheds light on epidemiologic research and intervention protocols;
  • Examines the social context in which reproductive behaviors are practiced;
  • Provides a holistic framework in which to understand infant mortality;
  • And more.
Filling a large gap in the literature on the social context of reproduction this important monograph offers indispensable information for public health researchers, program planners, anthropologists, sociologists, urban planners, medical providers, policy makers, and private funders.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, USA

    Leith Mullings

  • The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA

    Alaka Wali

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Stress and Resilience

  • Book Subtitle: The Social Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem

  • Authors: Leith Mullings, Alaka Wali

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1369-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46638-0Published: 30 September 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5520-5Published: 18 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1369-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 210

  • Topics: Public Health, Maternal and Child Health, Population Economics, Sociology, general, Psychotherapy and Counseling

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