Highly public anti-Black violence and preterm birth odds for Black and White mothers.

ABSTRACT: Highly public anti-Black violence may increase preterm birth in the general population of pregnant women via stress-mediated paths, particularly Black women exposed in early gestation. To examine spillover from racial violence in the US, we included a total of 49 high publicity incidents of the following types: police lethal force toward Black persons, legal decisions not to indict/convict officers involved, and hate crime murders of Black victims. National search interest in these incidents was measured via Google Trends to proxy for public awareness of racial violence. Timing of racial violence was coded in relation to a three-month preconception period and subsequent pregnancy trimesters, with the primary hypothesis being that first trimester exposure is associated with higher preterm b

SUBMITTER: Curtis DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9077530 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature