Preterm birth disparities between states in the United States: an opportunity for public health interventions.

CONCLUSIONS: States with higher percentages of non-Hispanic Black women had higher rates of preterm birth, even after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, prenatal care, and maternal health by state. These findings suggest that public health interventions that target contextual and environmental risk factors affecting non-Hispanic Black women may help to curb rising rates of preterm birth in the United States. PMID: 30624142 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30624142?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology - January 11, 2019 Category: OBGYN Tags: J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol Source Type: research