Pub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jogn.2025.07.002
Joyce K. Edmonds (Editor in Chief)
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Pub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/S0884-2175(25)00238-2
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Pub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jogn.2025.06.002
Crystal Modde Epstein, Thomas P. McCoy, Angela M. Kabbe, Kierra Sattler
Objective
To investigate the effect of sociospatial inequality on exposure to stress, symptoms of depression, and cortisol rhythms during pregnancy.
Design
Secondary analysis of a cross-sectional observational study.
Setting
Outpatient women’s health clinic in an urban midwestern region of the United States.
Participants
Pregnant women in the second trimester of pregnancy (N = 67).
Methods
We performed a secondary analysis of salivary cortisol samples to compute average daily cortisol rhythms (diurnal slope, area under the curve, mesor, amplitude, and acrophase). We measured sociospatial inequality using the index of concentration at the extremes based on zip-code-level data from the American Community Survey. We used mixed-effects cosinor regression to examine the association among sociospatial inequality, exposure to stress, symptoms of depression, and cortisol rhythms, adjusting for multiple covariates.
Results
Sociospatial inequality was significantly associated with demographic variables (age, race, and education) and mental health variables (exposure to stress and symptoms of depression). We found a statistically significant curvilinear association between income-related sociospatial inequality and cortisol rhythms.
Conclusions
Participants who lived in areas of extreme income-related deprivation and privilege had higher amplitude cortisol rhythms, which potentially reflects heightened biological sensitivity to context, whereas women living in more moderate environments showed buffered cortisol rhythms.
目的:探讨社会空间不平等对妊娠期应激暴露、抑郁症状和皮质醇节律的影响。设计:对横断面观察性研究进行二次分析。背景:美国中西部某城市妇女健康门诊诊所。参与者:妊娠中期的孕妇(N = 67)。方法:我们对唾液皮质醇样本进行了二次分析,以计算平均每日皮质醇节律(日斜率、曲线下面积、中速、振幅和顶相)。我们根据美国社区调查(American Community Survey)的邮政编码级数据,使用极端集中度指数来衡量社会空间不平等。我们使用混合效应余弦回归来检验社会空间不平等、压力暴露、抑郁症状和皮质醇节律之间的关系,并对多个协变量进行了调整。结果:社会空间不平等与人口统计变量(年龄、种族和教育)和心理健康变量(压力暴露和抑郁症状)显著相关。我们发现与收入相关的社会空间不平等与皮质醇节律之间存在统计学上显著的曲线关联。结论:生活在与收入相关的极端剥夺和特权地区的参与者有更高幅度的皮质醇节律,这可能反映了对环境更高的生物敏感性,而生活在更温和环境中的女性则表现出缓冲的皮质醇节律。
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Pub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jogn.2025.06.004
Lorraine O. Walker, Nicole Murry, Heather Becker
Objective
To estimate the frequency of racial/ethnic and gender discrimination and lack of a regular source of care in the postpartum period and to examine how these factors were related to health and stress in the postpartum period.
Design
Cross-sectional survey study.
Setting
Online research panels in the United States.
Participants
Survey respondents (N = 427: 424 women, 1 transgender man, 1 non-binary individual, and 1 individual for whom gender was missing).
Methods
Equity items included racial/ethnic discrimination, gender discrimination, and lack of a regular care source. Health outcomes included a global measure of physical and mental health, perceived stress, and postpartum-specific stress. We analyzed the data using correlational and hierarchical regression analyses adjusted for covariates.
Results
Racial/ethnic discrimination was reported by 15.2% of respondents, gender discrimination was reported by 45.9% of respondents, and lack of a regular source of care was reported by 13.8% of respondents. After adjusting for covariates, equity factors accounted for 1.8% of the variance in physical health (p < .05), 3.4% in mental health (p = .001), 5.0% in perceived stress (p < .001), and 7.8% in postpartum-specific stress (p < .001). The only significant equity factor significantly associated with physical and mental outcomes was gender discrimination.
Conclusion
Nearly half of respondents reported that they experienced gender discrimination. Gender discrimination was significantly related to worse health and higher stress. Nurses can aid women in dealing with gender discrimination by providing information about rights and resources.
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Pub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jogn.2025.08.001
Oliwier Dziadkowiec PhD
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Pub Date : 2025-08-18DOI: 10.1016/j.jogn.2025.07.006
Sarah B Bucic
Extreme heat and air pollution, which are exacerbated by climate change, worsen maternal and neonatal health, especially for non-White women. Because of the wide array of health risks related to climate change, advocating for individual patients alone is not sufficient to create necessary change. Although nurses experience numerous barriers to engaging in public policy, their engagement remains a critical aspect to improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes related to climate change. Professional nursing organizations can provide nurses with resources and offer the necessary skills to effectively advocate and participate in public policy at the local, state, or national level. In this commentary, I review the importance of nurse engagement in climate change advocacy and public policy.
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