Juliana Teruel Camargo|Matthew K. Taylor|Byron J. Gajewski|Susan E. Carlson|Debra K. Sullivan|Heather Gibbs
Higher Diet Quality in Latina Women during Pregnancy May Be Associated with Sociodemographic Factors
University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas Medical Center
acculturation contributes low diet quality foster health inequities latina women pregnancy conversely nutrition literacy nl increases diet quality could promote health equity study assessed associations diet quality acculturation nl latina women n 99 participating assessment docosahexaenoic acid reducing early preterm birth adore study acculturation nutrition literacy factored together tended modify diet quality statistically significant diet quality associated acculturation age nativity 768 demonstrated low nutrition literacy women bicultural born latin american countries mexico lower diet quality scores women lower acculturation born mexico women 35 years older better diet quality younger future studies needed explore diet quality differences pregnant latina women high nutrition literacy high acculturation well women caribbean central south american countries living us promote nutrition maternal health latina women