Prenatal cigarette smoking as a mediator between racism and depressive symptoms: The Biosocial Impact on Black Births Study.
Giurgescu CLiying ZhangMercedes A PriceRhonda K DaileyHeather A FreyDeborah S WalkerShannon N ZenkChristopher G EngelandCindy M AndersonDawn P MisraPublished in: Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) (2020)
Cigarette smoking during pregnancy partially mediated the association between lifetime experiences of racial discrimination and prenatal depressive symptoms among pregnant Black women. Smoking cessation programs should focus on identifying and treating depressive symptoms among pregnant Black women.