Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on social determinants of health among an inner-city obstetrical population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social determinants of health are a well-described influencer of pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality. It is unclear how societal changes secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic altered the social determinants of health among pregnant patients.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate differences in the social determinants of health among patients who experienced pregnancy before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Study design

This was a secondary analysis of an ongoing prospective cohort study examining the social determinants of health in postpartum patients at a single inner-city academic medical center. The planned secondary analysis was to compare the social determinants of health between patients that experienced societal changes before the pandemic a

SUBMITTER: Hefelfinger LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200035 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature