种族化的警察使用武力和孕产妇健康
Felix M Muchomba1, Julien O Teitler2, Carolyn Fox3
1Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
American journal of preventive medicine
|December 1, 2024
概括
警方使用武力的种族不平等与黑人妇女的不良孕产妇健康结果有关,包括精神疾病,物质使用,喘和早产. 这突显了制度化种族主义是健康差距的关键驱动力.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 在孕产妇健康状况方面存在显著的种族差异.
- 即使考虑到教育和收入等社会经济因素,这些差异仍然存在.
- 警方使用武力的社区层面的种族不平等是这些差异的一个潜在的,研究不足的决定因素.
研究的目的:
- 调查警方使用武力的社区层面种族不平等与孕产妇健康结果之间的联系.
- 为了比较这些协会在新泽西州的黑人和白人妇女.
- 探索制度化种族主义在孕产妇健康差异中的作用.
主要方法:
- 这是一项横截面研究,分析了326,240份新泽西州 (2012-2016) 的出生记录.
- 将出生记录与产妇出院和市警察数据联系起来.
- 评估结果包括物质使用,精神健康障碍,喘,肥胖,高血压,糖尿病,严重的孕产妇死亡率,心血管疾病和早产.
主要成果:
- 对于黑人女性来说,警方使用武力的种族不平等增加与更高的精神健康障碍 (任何,抑郁,焦虑),物质使用 (任何,烟草,其他),喘和早产相关.
- 具体的关联包括任何心理健康障碍的增加0.18%,任何物质使用的增加0.26%,每1%的种族不成比例的警察增加1%.
- 对于黑人女性的其他结果或白人女性的任何结果,没有发现强有力的关联.
结论:
- 种族不成比例的警察使用武力与黑人妇女的不良孕产妇健康结果有显著的联系.
- 这些研究结果表明,制度化种族主义可能是种族健康差异在孕产妇健康的根本原因.
- 解决警方使用武力的不平等问题可能是改善孕产妇健康平等的关键一步.
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