ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2014
Maternal differences and birth outcome disparities: Diversity within a high risk prenatal clinic.
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- Addressing the U.S. maternal health crisis: a systematic review of healthcare access barriers, disparate outcomes, and effective interventions.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of mindfulness training on resilience and decision-making strategy in women with unwanted pregnancy (a quasi-experimental study).BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Shared Decision Making in Perinatal Care.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · 2024Article
- Computerized Cardiotocography Analysis: Comparison among Several Parental Ethnic Origins.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2016Article
- Body mass index (BMI) trajectories in infancy differ by population ancestry and may presage disparities in early childhood obesity.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe examined the influence of race/ethnicity on appointment attendance, maternal psychiatric and medical diagnoses, and birth outcomes within a diverse, low income, high risk pregnant population to determine whether birth outcome disparities would be lessened in a sample with high biopsychosocial risk across all groups.
methodsData were retrospectively obtained on all women scheduled for appointments in the San Francisco Genera Hospital (SFGH) High-Risk Obstetrics (HROB) clinic during a three-month period. General linear model and logistic regression procedures were used to examine the associations of race/ethnicity with maternal characteristics, clinic attendance, and birth outcomes.
resultsOur sample included 202 maternal-infant pairs (Hispanic 57%, Black 16%, Asian 15%, White 12%). Racial/ethnic differences were seen in language (p < .001), gravidity (p < .001), parity (p = .005), appointment attendance (p < .001), diabetes (p = .005), psychiatric diagnosis (p = .02), illicit drug use (p < .001), smoking (p < .001). These maternal characteristics, including rate of attendance at specialized prenatal appointments, did not predict birth outcomes with the exception of an association between diabetes and earlier gestational age (p = .03). In contrast, Black maternal race/ethnicity was associated with earlier gestational age at birth (p = .004) and lower birth weight (p < .001) compared to Whites.
conclusionsWithin a diverse maternal population of high biopsychosocial risk, racial/ethnic disparities in birth outcomes persist. These disparities have implications for infant health trajectory throughout the lifecourse and for intervention implementation in high risk groups.
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