ArticleAmerican journal of public health2013
Explaining racial disparities in infant health in Brazil.
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- The associations that income, education, and ethnicity have with birthweight and prematurity: how close are they?Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2018Review
- Maternal Education Gradients in Infant Health in Four South American Countries.Maternal and child health journal · 2017Article
- Global disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality.Seminars in perinatology · 2017Review
- Association between expansion of primary healthcare and racial inequalities in mortality amenable to primary care in Brazil: A national longitudinal analysis.PLoS medicine · 2017Article
- Birth weight and risk of childhood solid tumors in Brazil: a record linkage between population-based data sets.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2017Article
- The impact of unemployment cycles on child and maternal health in Argentina.International journal of public health · 2017Article
- Differential effects of stress and African ancestry on preterm birth and related traits among US born and immigrant Black mothers.Medicine · 2017Observational
- Differences in early cognitive and receptive-expressive neurodevelopment by ancestry and underlying pathways in Brazil and Argentina.Infant behavior & development · 2017Article
- Disparities in birth weight and gestational age by ethnic ancestry in South American countries.International journal of public health · 2015Article
- Gender and regional disparities of tuberculosis in Hunan, China.International journal for equity in health · 2014Article
- A comparative analysis of prenatal care and fetal growth in eight South American countries.PloS one · 2014Article
- Economic gradients in early child neurodevelopment: a multi-country study.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe sought to quantify how socioeconomic, health care, demographic, and geographic effects explain racial disparities in low birth weight (LBW) and preterm birth (PTB) rates in Brazil.
methodsWe employed a sample of 8949 infants born between 1995 and 2009 in 15 cities and 7 provinces in Brazil. We focused on disparities in LBW (< 2500 g) and PTB (< 37 gestational weeks) prevalence between infants of African ancestry alone or African mixed with other ancestries, and European ancestry alone. We used a decomposition model to quantify the contributions of conceptually relevant factors to these disparities.
resultsThe model explained 45% to 94% of LBW and 64% to 94% of PTB disparities between the African ancestry groups and European ancestry. Differences in prenatal care use and geographic location were the most important contributors, followed by socioeconomic differences. The model explained the majority of the disparities for mixed African ancestry and part of the disparity for African ancestry alone.
conclusionsPublic policies to improve children's health should target prenatal care and geographic location differences to reduce health disparities between infants of African and European ancestries in Brazil.
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