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Cultural socialization and ethnic-racial pride 

Livas Stein, Christophe, Castro-Schillo, Alvarado & Robins (2023) published “Longitudinal links between maternal cultural socialization, peer ethnic-racial discrimination, and ethnic-racial pride in Mexican American youth” in Child Development. This article is available as full text so I am dramatically editing it here:

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Karen Nelson Karen Nelson

Perinatal influences on infant development

While we often ask about pregnancy and delivery in social histories, these studies suggest important elements of maternal-infant relationships that can have long-term impacts. Ruyak, Boursaw & Carcari Stone (2022) published “The Social Determinants of Perinatal Maternal Distress” in Journal of Rural Mental Health. Here’s an edited abstract:

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Mom’s gut biome

Here, I present two studies of the gut biome. First, Eisenstadt published “How a Mother’s Microbiome Helps Shape Her Baby’s Development” on the Broad Institute (2022) on the Broad Institute website, citing Vatanen, Jabbar et al.

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