Publication Date
4-6-2022
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Urban Health
DOI
10.1007/s11524-022-00624-8
Abstract
Black women have the highest incidence of preterm birth (PTB). Upstream factors, including neighborhood context, may be key drivers of this increased risk. This study assessed the relationship between neighborhood quality, defined by the Healthy Places Index, and PTB among Black women who lived in Oakland, California, and gave birth between 2007 and 2011 (N = 5418 women, N = 107 census tracts). We found that, compared with those living in lower quality neighborhoods, women living in higher quality neighborhoods had 20–38% lower risk of PTB, independent of confounders. Findings have implications for place-based research and interventions to address racial inequities in PTB.
Keywords
Healthy Places Index, Neighborhood, Preterm birth, Black women, Place-based
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Public Health and Recreation
Recommended Citation
Rachel L. Berkowitz, Mahasin Mujahid, Michelle Pearl, Victor Poon, Carolina K. Reid, and Amani M. Allen. "Protective Places: the Relationship between Neighborhood Quality and Preterm Births to Black Women in Oakland, California (2007–2011)" Journal of Urban Health (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-022-00624-8
Comments
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