Jen'nea Sumo, JoEllen Wilbur, Wrenetha A Julion, Michael E Schoeny, Peter Cummings
The purpose of this study was to explore the associations between social determinants of health, health behaviors, and physical and mental health among African American and Hispanic caregiving grandmothers. We use cross-sectional secondary data from the Chicago Community Adult Health Study, originally designed to understand the health of individual households based on residential context. In a multivariate regression model, discrimination, parental stress, and physical health problems were significantly associated with depressive symptoms in caregiving grandmothers...
March 28, 2023: Journal of Women & Aging