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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHousingHumansPatient Outcome AssessmentPregnancyRacial GroupsResidence CharacteristicsSocial SegregationSocioeconomic FactorsConceptsAdverse 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