Author | Mullings, Leith. author |
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Title | Stress and Resilience [electronic resource] : The Social Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem / by Leith Mullings, Alaka Wali |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1369-8 |
Descript | XVIII, 210 p. online resource |
1. Reproductive Health, Harlem, and Research -- Scenes in Harlem -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Setting -- 1.3. Methodology -- 1.4. Community Participation -- 1.5. Stress and Reproduction -- 2. Where People Live: the Environmental Context of Reproduction -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Environment as a Potential Source of Stress and Chronic Strain -- 2.3. Community Assets -- 2.4. Housing Conditions -- 2.5. Fighting Back: Coping with Housing-Induced Stress -- 2.6. Access to Social Services -- 3. Where People Work: the Economic Context of Reproduction -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Work Site Descriptions -- 3.3. Work Site-Related Stressors -- 3.4. Current Sources of Employment and Income Insecurity -- 3.5. Consequences of Employment and Income Insecurity -- 3.6. Race, Discrimination, and Work as Sources of Interrelated Stress -- 4. Social Support and Reproductive Health -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Support Systems and Reproductive Health -- 4.3. Family, Marriage, and Female-Male Relationships -- 4.4. Pregnancy, Motherhood, and the Social Importance of Reproduction -- 5. Health Care Delivery and Reproductive Health -- 5.1. Pregnancy Intendedness and Recognition -- 5.2. Doctors, Patients, and Different Perceptions -- 5.3. between Engagement and Distrust -- 5.4. Explanations for Pregnancy Loss -- 6. Race, Class, Gender, and Health -- 6.1. Implications for Reproductive Health -- 6.2. The Sojourner Syndrome -- Appendix: Community Profile Charts -- References