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Year:: 2016
Contributor:: Kothari, Catherine L. (Author); Paul, Rajib (Author); Dormitorio, Ben (Author); Ospina, Fernando (Author); James, Arthur (Author); Lenz, Deb (Author); Baker, Kathleen (Author); Curtis, Amy (Author); Wiley, James (Author)
Subject:: health disparities; obstetrics; pediatrics; maternal child health; socioeconomic status; racism; social determinants of health; birth outcomes; neighborhood racial density

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Abstract:: This study examines the relationship between race and socioeconomic status on infant birth weight in a Midwestern county noted to have high rates of Black infant mortality. It analyzed a population of 2861 black and white women for a main outcome of infant birth weight. Factors analyzed were race and SES, and it was found that both were strong individual predictors of infant birth weight. It was also found that Black women living in communities that were majority Black had better outcomes, as opposed to Black women living in predominantly white communities. This study demonstrates the influence of personal and community factors on health, and posits that these racial disparities are a result of “social institutions that systemically disadvantage minorities,” rather than inherent biological difference.
Notes:: Please note that readers would benefit from having an intermediate understanding of statistical analysis

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Kothari, Catherine L., Paul, Rajib, Dormitorio, Ben, et al., "The interplay of race, socioeconomic status and neighborhood residence upon birth outcomes in a high black infant mortality community" (2016). Medicine and Race: AMS Annotated Bibliography. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:788169/

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Medicine and Race: AMS Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography was created to serve as a resource for medical students, residents, and faculty interested in learning more about how race is used in medicine and how racism results in disparate health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities. …

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The interplay of race, socioeconomic status and neighborhood residence upon birth outcomes in a high black infant mortality community