PMID: 9529464Apr 8, 1998Paper

African American mothers in south central Los Angeles. Their fears for their newborn's future

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
M A SchusterD L Wood

Abstract

To determine what African American mothers in a low-income community fear for their newborn's future. An interview survey was conducted with mothers of recently born infants randomly sampled from birth certificate records in the spring of 1994 in 10 postal codes in the Compton Health District in south central Los Angeles, Calif, with high concentrations of low-income African American children. Among 522 eligible mothers, 419 (80%) were interviewed. Children were an average of 17.7 days old at the time of the interview. The open-ended survey item, "What is your biggest fear for [child's name] growing up?" Mothers were prompted to give more than 1 answer. Responses were classified into 16 categories. Thirty-nine percent of the mothers reported a fear of gangs, violence, or both. The largest other response categories included disease, illness, and health problems (17%); drugs and alcohol (15%); growing up in the local environment (10%); and society and the world in general (6%). Fifty percent of the mothers of boys reported a fear of gangs, violence, or both compared with 28% of the mothers of girls (P < .001). More than half the fears are in the medical and public health domains. Some involve traditional health concerns (e.g., di...Continue Reading

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Oct 30, 2007·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Cheryl ClarkRosalind J Wright

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