Investigating the linkages between pregnancy outcomes and climate in sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT: Poor pregnancy outcomes include miscarriages, stillbirths, and low birth weights. Stress from heat and lack of resources play a potentially important role in producing these poor outcomes. Women and couples who experience these poor outcomes rather than a healthy birth suffer psychological, physical, social, and financial costs as well. We use detailed reproductive data in combination with fine-scale climate data to examine pregnancy outcomes among women in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that shelters some of the poorest families in the world. Fine-scale precipitation and temperature data allow each pregnancy to be matched to the relevant climate exposures. We investigate the linkages between climate and pregnancy outcomes using linear probability models with fixed effects to minimize confou

SUBMITTER: Davenport F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11465627 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature