The Racial Disparity in Preterm Birth Rates: Zip Code Eclipses Genetic Code

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, 12:00 AM - Thursday, December 12, 2019, 12:00 AM

Pediatric Grand Rounds

1. Recall the relationship between African-American women's upward economic mobility and preterm birth;
2. Identify the relationship between African-American women's exposure to racial discrimination and preterm birth., and
3. Identify the relationship between fathers socioeconomic position and birth outcome.

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References for this presentation: 

David RJ, Collins JW.  Differing birth weights among infants of U.S.-born Blacks, African-born Blacks, and U.S.-born Whites. N Engl J Med 337:1209-1214, 1997

Love C, David R, Rankin K, Collins J.  Exploring weathering: effects of lifelong economic environment and maternal age on low birth weight, small for gestational age, and preterm birth in African-American and White women. Am J Epidemiol, 172:127-134, 2010

Collins JW, Rankin KM, David R. African-American women’s upward economic mobility and preterm birth: the effect of fetal programming. Am J Public Health, 101:714-719, 2011

Collins J, Rankin K, David R.  Paternal lifelong socioeconomic position and low birth weight rates: relevance to the African-American women’s birth outcome disadvantage.  Maternal Child Health J. 20:1759-1766, 2016

Matoba N, Collins J. Racial disparity in infant mortality. Seminars in Perinatology.41: 354-359, 2017

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)

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