Racism and Postpartum Blood Pressure in a Multiethnic Prospective Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postpartum hypertension is a key factor in racial-ethnic inequities in maternal mortality. Emerging evidence suggests that experiences of racism, both structural and interpersonal, may contribute to disparities. We examined associations between gendered racial microaggressions (GRMs) during obstetric care with postpartum blood pressure (BP).

Methods

We conducted a prospective postpartum cohort of 373 Asian, Black, and Hispanic people in New York City and Philadelphia. At delivery, we administered the GRM in obstetrics scale. We measured BP for 3 months using text-based monitoring. We estimated place-based structural racism with the Structural Racism Effect Index. We used mixed models to estimate associations between GRM and mean postpartum systolic BP and diastoli

SUBMITTER: Janevic T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12091917 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature