Racialized police use of force and birth outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate associations between police use of force (PUOF) in local jurisdictions and birth outcomes of Black women compared to White women.

Methods

Using birth records linked to municipal police department data on PUOF incidents, we estimated associations between overall and racialized PUOF and birth outcomes of 75,461 Black women and 278,372 White women across 430 municipalities in New Jersey (2012-2016).

Results

Overall PUOF was not associated with birth outcomes of Black or White women. A 1% increase in racialized PUOF was associated with a 0.06% increase in the odds of low birth weight (β: 0.06; 95% CI: 0.03-0.09) and preterm birth (β: 0.06; 95% CI: 0.03-0.10) among Black women but had no associations with birth outcomes of White women.

Conclusions<

SUBMITTER: Chegwin V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10091227 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature