Highly public anti-Black violence and preterm birth odds for Black and White mothers

• Main Authors: David S. Curtis (Author), Ken R. Smith (Author), David H. Chae (Author), Tessa Washburn (Author), Hedwig Lee (Author), Jaewhan Kim (Author), Michael R. Kramer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Highly public anti-Black violence may increase preterm birth in the general population of pregnant women via stress-mediated paths, particularly Black women exposed in early gestation. To examine spillover from racial violence in the US, we included a total of 49 high publicity incidents of the foll...