2019
Racial and ethnic disparities in adverse birth outcomes: Differences by racial residential segregation
Mehra R, Keene DE, Kershaw TS, Ickovics JR, Warren JL. Racial and ethnic disparities in adverse birth outcomes: Differences by racial residential segregation. SSM - Population Health 2019, 8: 100417. PMID: 31193960, PMCID: PMC6545386, DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTerm low birth weightAdverse birth outcomesLow birth weightBirth outcomesPreterm birthBirth weightArea-level povertyHispanic-white disparitiesEthnic disparitiesMaternal race/ethnicityArea-level factorsRace/ethnicityMaternal raceMaternal residenceBirth recordsHealth StatisticsLogistic regressionBirthOutcomesRacial residential segregationAssociationPrimary objectiveDisparitiesEthnicityWeightArea-level deprivation and preterm birth: results from a national, commercially-insured population
Mehra R, Shebl FM, Cunningham SD, Magriples U, Barrette E, Herrera C, Kozhimannil KB, Ickovics JR. Area-level deprivation and preterm birth: results from a national, commercially-insured population. BMC Public Health 2019, 19: 236. PMID: 30813938, PMCID: PMC6391769, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6533-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArea-level deprivationPreterm birthHighest quartileMultiple adverse birth outcomesSecond highest quartileRetrospective cohort studyLive singleton birthsAdverse birth outcomesGeneralized estimation equation modelsHealth Care Cost InstituteEstimation equation modelsCommercial health insuranceIndividual socioeconomic statusCohort studyBirth outcomesSingleton birthsResultsIn totalLowest quartileLower riskPsychosocial factorsQuartileMaternal mediatorsZip code level dataSocioeconomic statusWomen
2017
Racial residential segregation and adverse birth outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Mehra R, Boyd LM, Ickovics JR. Racial residential segregation and adverse birth outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Social Science & Medicine 2017, 191: 237-250. PMID: 28942206, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse birth outcomesLow birth weightBirth outcomesPreterm birthBirth weightMultiple adverse birth outcomesRacial disparitiesBirth outcome disparitiesWhite mothersIndividual-level risk factorsBlack mothersPersistent racial disparitiesWeb of ScienceRisk factorsOutcome disparitiesMethodological heterogeneitySystematic reviewOutcomesMothersBirthOnly exposureTrue associationAssociationRiskExposure