美国各地的大规模监禁,母亲的脆弱性和出生结果. 县县县县县县县县
Melanie McKenna1, Kathryn M Nowotny2
1Department of Sociology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA. melaniemckenna@miami.edu.
Maternal and child health journal
|July 16, 2024
概括
大规模监禁与更高的婴儿死亡率和低出生体重率有关. 孕产妇的脆弱性部分解释了监禁如何影响分娩结果,突出了减少因生殖健康而被监禁的必要性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 生殖的正义 生殖的正义
背景情况:
- 大规模监禁不成比例地影响弱势群体.
- 生殖司法框架对于理解出生差异至关重要.
- 生态模型可以阐明社区层面对健康结果的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查大规模监禁,母亲的脆弱性和美国各县的出生结果差异之间的联系.
- 确定大规模监禁是否预测婴儿死亡率和低出生体重.
- 评估母亲脆弱性在大规模监禁和分娩差异关系中的调解作用.
主要方法:
- 使用公开来源的县级数据进行生态研究设计.
- 分析婴儿死亡率和低出生体重率,包括黑人和白人之间的差异.
- 城市化,社会经济因素,住宅隔离和区域差异的统计控制.
主要成果:
- 监禁率较高的县有增加的婴儿死亡率和低出生体重.
- 婴儿死亡率中较大的黑人和白人差异与更高的监禁率有关.
- 母亲的脆弱性部分介绍了大规模监禁和不良分娩结果之间的关系.
结论:
- 较高的监禁水平会对县级出生结果产生负面影响.
- 减少大规模监禁对于支持弱势群体的生殖健康保健至关重要.
- 解决大规模监禁问题是改善出生结果的公共卫生必要条件.
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