| |
| |
| |
| Reproductive Health, Harlem, And Research | |
| |
| |
| Scenes In Harlem | |
| |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Setting | |
| |
| |
| |
| Harlem and New York City | |
| |
| |
| |
| Demographic Characteristics of Central Harlem | |
| |
| |
| |
| Morbidity and Mortality | |
| |
| |
| |
| Reproductive Health | |
| |
| |
| |
| Methodology | |
| |
| |
| |
| Research Objectives | |
| |
| |
| |
| Ethnographic Field Research | |
| |
| |
| |
| Community Participation | |
| |
| |
| |
| Community Advisory Board | |
| |
| |
| |
| Community Dialogue Groups | |
| |
| |
| |
| Stress And Reproduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| Where People Live: The Environmental Context Of Reproduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| Environment As A Potential Source Of Stress And Chronic Strain | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Condition of Public Space | |
| |
| |
| |
| Access to Food and Other Necessities | |
| |
| |
| |
| Drugs, Violence, and Police Protection | |
| |
| |
| |
| Community Assets | |
| |
| |
| |
| Parks and Cultural Resources | |
| |
| |
| |
| Faith Institutions and Spiritual Resources | |
| |
| |
| |
| Living in a Black Community | |
| |
| |
| |
| Housing Conditions | |
| |
| |
| |
| Types of Housing | |
| |
| |
| |
| Housing Problems | |
| |
| |
| |
| Fighting Back: Coping With Housing-Induced Stress | |
| |
| |
| |
| Housing Activism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Housing Court | |
| |
| |
| |
| Tenant and Block Associations | |
| |
| |
| |
| Access To Social Services | |
| |
| |
| |
| Schools | |
| |
| |
| |
| Public Assistance | |
| |
| |
| |
| Where People Work: The Economic Context Of Reproduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| Work Site Descriptions | |
| |
| |
| |
| Fast-Food Restaurant | |
| |
| |
| |
| Office Site | |
| |
| |
| |
| Hospital Site | |
| |
| |
| |
| Self-Employed Women | |
| |
| |
| |
| Social Service Providers | |
| |
| |
| |
| Work Site-Related Stressors | |
| |
| |
| |
| Pace of Work | |
| |
| |
| |
| Schedule Flexibility | |
| |
| |
| |
| Physical and Environmental Strain | |
| |
| |
| |
| Role Hierarchies | |
| |
| |
| |
| Provider-Client Interactions | |
| |
| |
| |
| Perceived Stress | |
| |
| |
| |
| Current Sources Of Employment And Income Insecurity | |
| |
| |
| |
| Office Site | |
| |
| |
| |
| Hospital Site | |
| |
| |
| |
| Self-Employed Women | |
| |
| |
| |
| Social Service Sites | |
| |
| |
| |
| Consequences Of Employment And Income Insecurity | |
| |
| |
| |
| Low-Income Women | |
| |
| |
| |
| Middle-Stratum Women | |
| |
| |
| |
| Race, Discrimination, And Work As Sources Of Interrelated Stress | |
| |
| |
| |
| Social Support And Reproductive Health | |
| |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| Sources of Stress | |
| |
| |
| |
| Coping: Individual Strategies | |
| |
| |
| |
| Support Systems And Reproductive Health | |
| |
| |
| |
| Family Values | |
| |
| |
| |
| Low-Income Women | |
| |
| |
| |
| Middle-Stratum Women | |
| |
| |
| |
| Differences and Continuities by Class | |
| |
| |
| |
| Kinwork | |
| |
| |
| |
| Family, Marriage, And Female-Male Relationships | |
| |
| |
| |
| Pregnancy, Motherhood, And The Social Importance Of Reproduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| Social Support and Pregnancy Decisions--"Wantedness" | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Role of Support Systems in Shaping Attitudes Toward Pregnancy | |
| |
| |
| |
| Health Care Delivery And Reproductive Health | |
| |
| |
| |
| Pregnancy Intendedness And Recognition | |
| |
| |
| |
| Seeking Out Prenatal Care: Barriers and Strategies | |
| |
| |
| |
| Types of Prenatal Care | |
| |
| |
| |
| Doctors, Patients, And Different Perceptions | |
| |
| |
| |
| Between Engagement And Distrust | |
| |
| |
| |
| Explanations For Pregnancy Loss | |
| |
| |
| |
| Pregnancy Loss and Conceptualizing Bad Outcomes | |
| |
| |
| |
| Race, Class, Gender, And Health | |
| |
| |
| |
| Implications For Reproductive Health | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Sojourner Syndrome | |
| |
| |
| |
| Community Profile Charts | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Index | |