Tenant Right-to-Counsel and Adverse Birth Outcomes in New York, New York.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In 2017, New York, New York, launched the United States' first right-to-counsel program, guaranteeing lawyers to low-income tenants in select zip codes, which was associated with reducing eviction risk by half. Given documented associations between evictions during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes, the right-to-counsel program may be associated with improved birth outcomes.

Objective

To measure associations between zip code-level right-to-counsel access and risk of adverse birth outcomes, including preterm birth and low birth weight, among infants born to Medicaid-insured birthing parents.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study leveraged the staggered rollout of New York's right-to-counsel program from January 2016 to February

SUBMITTER: Leifheit KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581741 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature