Political Representation and perinatal outcomes to Black, White, and Hispanic people in Georgia: A Cross-sectional Study

Our goal was to estimate differences in perinatal outcomes by racial differences in political representation, a measure of structural racism. We gathered data on the racial composition of county-level elected officials for all counties in Georgia (n=159) in 2022. We subtracted the percent of non-whi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of epidemiology 2023-11, Vol.87, p.38-44.e2
Hauptverfasser:	Stanhope, Kaitlyn K, Kapila, Pari, Umerani, Amal, Hossein, Afsha, Abu-Salah, Maha, Singisetti, Vanshika, Carter, Sierra, Boulet, Sheree
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Birth Weight Black or African American Cross-Sectional Studies Female Georgia - epidemiology Hispanic or Latino Humans Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced hypertensive disorders of pregnancy Infant, Newborn local government low birthweight maternal and infant health Politics Pregnancy Premature Birth preterm birth Structural Racism White White People
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Zusammenfassung:	Our goal was to estimate differences in perinatal outcomes by racial differences in political representation, a measure of structural racism. We gathered data on the racial composition of county-level elected officials for all counties in Georgia (n=159) in 2022. We subtracted the percent of non-white elected officials from the percent of non-white residents to calculate the “representation difference”, with greater positive values indicating a larger disparity. We linked this to data from 2020-2021 birth certificates (n = 238,795) on outcomes (preterm birth,
ISSN:	1047-2797 1873-2585 1873-2585
DOI:	10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.09.001