怀孕意图与母亲的结果之间的关系中的种族/民族差异
1Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1180 Observatory Dr, Madison, WI, 53706, USA. nmark3@wisc.edu.
Maternal and child health journal
|July 3, 2024
概括
意外怀孕与母亲健康状况不佳有关,特别是在白人和西班牙裔母亲身上. 对于黑人母亲来说,这种联系不太清楚,这表明怀孕结果的种族差异.
科学领域:
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 孕产妇的健康差异
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
背景情况:
- 意外怀孕与母亲的负面健康结果有关.
- 现有的研究还没有充分探索这些跨不同种族和种族群体的关联.
- 了解这些差异对于有针对性的公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查不同种族/种族群体的怀孕意图和母亲幸福感之间的关系.
- 为了确定意外怀孕与母亲不良后果之间的关联是否因种族/种族而异.
- 确定怀孕意图对母亲健康影响的潜在种族/民族差异.
主要方法:
- 利用大规模数据分析怀孕意图与母亲幸福感之间的关联.
- 采用了五个层次的怀孕意图 (意图,错时机,不想要的,不确定) 的测量.
- 单独对白人,黑人和西班牙裔母亲进行分析,使用未调整和反向倾向加权模型.
主要成果:
- 在怀孕意图与母亲结果之间的关系中观察到显著的种族/民族差异.
- 白人和西班牙裔母亲的怀孕错时或不想要的怀孕面临的不良后果的风险更高,与那些有预期怀孕.
- 怀孕意图和不良结果之间的关联在黑人母亲中不那么明显.
- 在调整了混因素后,怀孕意图和不良结果之间的联系对于白人和西班牙裔母亲来说仍然很大,但对于黑人母亲来说却没有.
结论:
- 怀孕的意图是孕产妇福祉的一个重要因素,但其影响在种族/民族群体之间并不均.
- 种族差异存在于意外怀孕和不利的孕产妇结果之间的关联中,特别是影响白人和西班牙裔母亲.
- 需要进一步的研究和量身定制的干预措施,以解决不同人群中怀孕意图和母亲健康之间的细微关系.
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