Explaining racial disparities in infant health in Brazil

K.A. Nyarko, J. Lopez-Camelo, E.E. Castilla and G.L. Wehby

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, S575-84, S563-74

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: We sought to quantify how socioeconomic, health care, demographic, and geographic effects explain racial disparities in low birth weight (LBW) and preterm birth (PTB) rates in Brazil.

Keywords: ancestry group; Black person; Brazil; Caucasian; epidemiology; ethnology; female; health care delivery; health disparity; human; low birth weight; male; newborn; prematurity; prenatal care; prevalence; socioeconomics; statistics and numerical data, African Continental Ancestry Group; Brazil; Continental Population Groups; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; Health Services Accessibility; Health Status Disparities; Humans; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Infant, Newborn; Male; Premature Birth; Prenatal Care; Prevalence; Socioeconomic Factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301021r

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