A new study by led by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has found that neighborhood violent crime is associated with high levels of perceived stress in pregnancy. The study, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, also found that even though the results held up regardless of race, Black women were significantly more likely to live in neighborhoods with high levels of violent crime and were more likely to report high perceived stress than non-Black women.
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