SynthesisJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2024
Air Pollution and Racial Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes in the United States: A Systematic Review.
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- Exposure to ambient air pollutions and its association with adverse birth outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Maternal Health and Autism.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Maternal lifetime stress and placental mitochondrial DNA mutational load: Effect modification by maternal characteristics.Placenta · 2026Article
- Equipping perinatal teams to practice climate-smart healthcare.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Review
- The use of race and ethnicity in air pollution epidemiology and methodological recommendations: A scoping review focusing on California.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Review
- Gestational fine particulate matter exposure and perinatal outcomes in the ECHO cohort: Associations across pregnancy windows.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Association of PMPaediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2025Article
- Environmental Toxicants in the Hispanic Community Epigenetically Contributing to Preeclampsia.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2025Review
- Enabling discovery of the social determinants of health: using a specialized lens to see beyond the surface.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2025Article
- Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution and Pediatric Biliary Atresia: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2025Article
- Meconium-Related Obstruction and Clinical Outcomes in Term and Preterm Infants.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Scoping review of climate drivers on maternal health: current evidence and clinical implications.AJOG global reports · 2025Review
- Beyond a simple cause and effect relationship: Exploring the long-term outcomes of children prenatally exposed to opioids and other substances.Seminars in perinatology · 2025Review
- Awareness and acceptability of human papillomavirus vaccination among parents in Tshwane, South Africa.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2025Article
- Increased Stillbirth Rates and Exposure to Environmental Risk Factors for Stillbirth in Counties with Higher Social Vulnerability: United States, 2015-2018.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- A Model for Engaging Citizen Scientists: A Community-Partnered Research Collaboration to Address Inequities for Black Birthing People.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Cumulative maternal lifetime stress & child asthma: effect modification by BMI.Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundExposure to air pollutants and other environmental factors increases the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. There is growing evidence that adverse outcomes related to air pollution disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities. The objective of this paper is to explore the importance of race as a risk factor for air pollution-related poor pregnancy outcomes.
methodsStudies investigating the effects of exposure to air pollution on pregnancy outcomes by race were reviewed. A manual search was conducted to identify missing studies. Studies that did not compare pregnancy outcomes among two or more racial groups were excluded. Pregnancy outcomes included preterm births, small for gestational age, low birth weight, and stillbirths.
resultsA total of 124 articles explored race and air pollution as risk factors for poor pregnancy outcome. Thirteen percent of these (n=16) specifically compared pregnancy outcomes among two or more racial groups. Findings across all reviewed articles showed more adverse pregnancy outcomes (preterm birth, small for gestational age, low birth weight, and stillbirths) related to exposure to air pollution among Blacks and Hispanics than among non-Hispanic Whites.
conclusionEvidence support our general understanding of the impact of air pollution on birth outcomes and, specifically, of disparities in exposure to air pollution and birth outcomes for infants born to Black and Hispanic mothers. The factors driving these disparities are multifactorial, mostly social, and economic factors. Reducing or eliminating these disparities require interventions at individual, community, state, and national level.
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