Severity of homelessness and adverse birth outcomes

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This article examines the relationship between homelessness severity and the prevalence of premature births and low birth weight babies among women at a Los Angeles homeless shelter. Results indicate that homelessness severity is significantly correlated with adverse birth outcomes and that African Americans and Hispanics have the highest risk.

California, Premature birth, Pregnancy, Complications of, Pregnancy complications, Hispanic American women, African American women, Homeless women

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Infant birth weight among women with or at high risk for HIV infection: the impact of clinical, behavioral, psychosocial, and demographic factors

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This article compares the birth weights of infants born to HIV positive and negative mothers who engage in similar levels of high risk behavior such as drug use and unsafe sex. Results indicate that HIV positive women are significantly more likely to have babies with low birth weight.

Smoking, Drug abuse, Women, Black, Black women, Hygiene, Sexual, Sexual hygiene, HIV seropositivity, HIV positive

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A measurement model of women's behavioral risk taking

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Substance use and sexual risk-taking behavior in women in a community in United States is examined.

Sexual behavior, Psychological aspects, Health aspects, Analysis, Women, Substance abuse

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