Exposure to Community Homicide During Pregnancy and Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Within-Community Matched Design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community violence is an understudied aspect of social context that may affect risk of preterm birth and small-for-gestational age (SGA).

Methods

We matched California mothers with live singleton births who were exposed to a homicide in their Census tract of residence in 2007-2011 to unexposed mothers within the same tract. We estimated risk differences with a weighted linear probability model, with weights corresponding to the matched data structure. We estimated the average treatment effect on the treated of homicide exposure on the risk of preterm birth and SGA during the preconception period and first and second trimester.

Results

We found a small increase in risk of SGA associated with homicide exposure in the first trimester (0.14% [95% confidence int

SUBMITTER: Goin DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677586 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature