Welfare reform and the perinatal health and health care use of latino women in California, New York city, and Texas

T. Joyce, T. Bauer, H. Minkoff and Robert Kaestner

American Journal of Public Health, 2001, vol. 91, issue 11, 1857-1864

Abstract: Objectives. This study analyzed changes in the financing of prenatal care and delivery, the use of prenatal care, and birth outcomes among foreign-born vs US-born Latino women following enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in August 1996. Methods. We used a pre-post design with a comparison group. The sample consisted of resident Latinas in California, New York City, and Texas who delivered a live infant in 1995 or 1998. Results. The proportion of births to Latinas that initiated prenatal care in the first 4 months of pregnancy increased for all foreign-born Latinas in California, New York City, and Texas between 1995 and 1998 (P

Date: 2001
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