Call to action: Centering blackness and disrupting systemic racism in infant mental health research and academic publishing.

The Infant Mental Health Journal is committed to ending systemic racism and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic publishing. IMHJ unequivocally denounces all forms of racism and white supremacy, including systemic racism in academic publishing. We commit to investigating and working to terminate the ways in which systemic racism has become normalized in academic publishing, including examining our practices and processes at IMHJ.

Perceived access to health services and provider information and adverse birth outcomes: findings from LaPRAMS, 2007-2008.

Objectives: Despite targeted public health efforts, racial disparities and poor birth outcomes are still apparent, particularly in the southern United States. Previous research through qualitative and modest quantitative research demonstrates a possible link between disparities in patient-provider conversations during prenatal visits, perceived access to prenatal care, and poor birth outcomes.

Methods: A secondary analysis was conducted using data from the 2007-2008 Louisiana Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System to examine perceived access to healthcare services and information received and its impact on birth outcomes.

What are infants learning about race? A look at a sample of infants from multiple racial groups.

Little empirical knowledge exists about the importance of culture and the sociopolitical context of race's influence on the social development of infants and young children. In this article, we review current research on the transmission of race and culture to the developing child. Utilizing a historical theoretical framework proposed by Margaret Mahler and colleagues' (1975) theory of infant's development of a separate self, we will examine the potential influence of racial context on children's development.