Association of Preterm Births Among US Latina Women With the 2016 Presidential Election.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The circumstances surrounding the 2016 US presidential election have been proposed as a significant stressor in the lives of the US Latino population. Few studies to date, however, have evaluated the population health implications of the election for Latina mothers and their children.

Objective

To determine whether preterm births (gestational age, <37 weeks) among US Latina women increased above expected levels after the 2016 US presidential election.

Design, setting, and participants

In this national population-based study, an interrupted time series design, used to evaluate whether policies or other population-level changes interrupt a trend in an outcome, compared monthly counts of preterm births to Latina women after the 2016 presidential election with

SUBMITTER: Gemmill A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6647358 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature