ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022
A Critical Review on the Complex Interplay between Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Infant Mortality.
Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06353113 (Assessing the Feasibility of a Prenatal Mobile App in Pregnant African American Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 70 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Assessing the Feasibility of a Prenatal Mobile App in Pregnant African American Women: The Mindful Maternity Study
Who cites it
70 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The association of psycho-economic factors with postpartum depression without significant medical complications for the mother and infant: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
- Predictors of institutional delivery service utilization in Ethiopia: an umbrella review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Telehealth and maternal referral services: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Socio-digital stratification and the threshold effects of digital inclusion on maternal health access in Somalia.Global health action · 2026Article
- "Like I Wasn't There, Except They Knew I Was": A Qualitative Analysis of Latina Perinatal and Postpartum Experiences in Support of Self-care.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- Economic development and under-five mortality: a global longitudinal analysis of lagged effects and between-country inequalities.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Maternal Death and Infant Outcomes in a Longitudinal, Population-Based Dataset.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2026Article
- The social determinants of health-Rurality and pregnancy.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Long-Term Consequences of Preterm Birth: A Lifespan Perspective.Developmental neuroscience · 2026Review
- Structural Racism, Geographies of Opportunity, and Maternal Health Inequities: A Dynamic Conceptual Framework.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Low Birthweight Across US Counties and Related Racial Disparities.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Designing Rosie the Chatbot with and for Pregnant and New Mothers of Color: a Community-Engaged Study Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Prevention Science to Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- The socio-environmental exposome and maternal cardiometabolic health in the us: a machine learning approach.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2026Article
- The role of poverty-related social determinants in maternal and perinatal health inequities: a cross-sectional study using the eLIXIR born in South London, UK maternity-child data linkage.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Individual and Combined Associations of Maternal Fever, Placental Inflammation, and Prematurity With Autism and ADHD.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Individual and Community-Level Predictors of Anemia in Chicago-Area Pregnancies: A Multi-Level Analysis of Electronic Health Record Data.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Association Between Social Determinants of Health and Cardiovascular Risk in Pregnant Women, United States.Preventing chronic disease · 2026Article
- Disparities in Antiemetic Prophylaxis Care Processes Predicted by Patient Neighborhood: Retrospective Cohort and Geospatial Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
- Maternal mortality rates for Indigenous and Afro/Colombian groups in Colombia: an ecological study.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Maternal Prenatal Psychosocial Stress in Relation to Maternal and Neonatal Anemia.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundU.S. maternal and infant mortality rates constitute an important public health problem, because these rates surpass those in developed countries and are characterized by stark disparities for racial/ethnic minorities, rural residents, and individuals with less privileged socioeconomic status due to social determinants of health (SDoH).
methodsA critical review of the maternal and infant mortality literature was performed to determine multilevel SDoH factors leading to mortality disparities with a life course lens.
resultsBlack mothers and infants fared the worst in terms of mortality rates, likely due to the accumulation of SDoH experienced as a result of structural racism across the life course. Upstream SDoH are important contributors to disparities in maternal and infant mortality. More research is needed on the effectiveness of continuous quality improvement initiatives for the maternal-infant dyad, and expanding programs such as paid maternity leave, quality, stable and affordable housing, and social safety-nets (Medicaid, CHIP, WIC), in reducing maternal and infant mortality. Finally, it is important to address research gaps in individual, interpersonal, community, and societal factors, because they affect maternal and infant mortality and related disparities.
conclusionKey SDoH at multiple levels affect maternal and infant health. These SDoH shape and perpetuate disparities across the lifespan and are implicated in maternal and infant mortality disparities.
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