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Neighborhood disorder predicts lower serum vitamin D levels in pregnant African American women: A pilot study.

J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol

June 2020

College of Nursing, University of Central Florida, 12201 Research Parkway, Suite 300, Orlando, FL 32826, United States. Electronic address:

Pregnant African American women are more likely to live in neighborhoods with more disorder (e.g., vacant housing, littler, crime) and to have vitamin D deficiency due to their darker skin pigmentation and poor production of vitamin D [25(OH)D] from ultraviolet rays.

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Purpose: To present four case scenarios reflecting the process of research career development using career cartography.

Organizing Constructs: Career cartography is a novel approach that enables nurses, from all clinical and academic settings, to actively engage in a process that maximizes their clinical, teaching, research, and policy contributions that can improve patient outcomes and the health of the public.

Methods: Four early-career nurse researchers applied the career cartography framework to describe their iterative process of research career development.

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