Neighborhood Income Mobility and Risk of Neonatal and Maternal Morbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Residing in a low-income neighborhood is generally associated with worse pregnancy outcomes. It is not known if moving from a low- to higher-income area between 2 pregnancies alters the risk of adverse birth outcomes in the subsequent birth compared with women who remain in low-income areas for both births.

Objective

To compare the risk of adverse maternal and newborn outcomes among women who achieved upward area-level income mobility vs those who did not.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study was completed in Ontario, Canada, from 2002 to 2019, where there is universal health care. Included were all nulliparous women with a first-time singleton birth at 20 to 42 weeks' gestation, each residing in a low-income urban neighborho

SUBMITTER: Jairam JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10208146 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature