The 2016 presidential election and periviable births among Latina women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Research suggests that sociopolitical stressors connected with the 2016 presidential election were associated with increases in preterm birth among Latina women. This study determined whether periviable births (<26 weeks gestation), which exhibit extremely high rates of infant morbidity and mortality, among US Latina women increased above expected levels after the 2016 US presidential election.

Methods

We assigned singleton live births among Latina and non-Latina white women in the US to 96 monthly conception cohorts conceived from January 2009 through December 2016. We constructed risk ratios by dividing the rate of periviable birth among Latina women by the rate among non-Latina white women. We used time-series methods to determine if the risk ratio of periviable

SUBMITTER: Gemmill A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8128056 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature