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- Title
Recent Incarceration Exposure Among Parents of Live-Born Infants and Maternal and Child Health.
- Authors
Lee, Rosalyn D.; D'Angelo, Denise V.; Dieke, Ada; Burley, Kim
- Abstract
Objective: Women who have direct exposure to incarceration or indirect exposure through their partner are at high risk for poor health behaviors and outcomes, which may have lasting impacts on their children. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of recent incarceration exposure among women with a recent live birth and assess the relationship between incarceration exposure and maternal and child health. Methods: We used data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (36 states and New York City, 2012-2015; N = 146 329) to estimate the prevalence of women reporting that they or their husband/partner spent time in jail during the 12 months before giving birth. We used multivariable logistic regression to assess associations between incarceration exposure and maternal and infant health conditions. Results: The prevalence of incarceration exposure shortly before or during pregnancy was 3.7% (95% CI, 3.6%-3.9%). Women with incarceration exposure had increased odds of prepregnancy hypertension (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.51; 95% CI, 1.26-1.81), prepregnancy and postpartum depressive symptoms (aOR = 1.95 [95% CI, 1.73-2.19] and 1.49 [95% CI, 1.32-1.67], respectively), and having an infant admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (aOR = 1.18; 95% CI, 1.04-1.33). Conclusion: Because a parent's incarceration exposure is an adverse childhood experience with the potential to disrupt important developmental periods and have negative impacts on the socioemotional and health outcomes of children, it is critical for researchers and health care providers to better understand its impact on maternal and infant health. Prenatal and postnatal care may provide opportunities to address incarceration-related health risks.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); MATERNAL health services; ADVERSE childhood experiences; HYPERTENSION; CORRECTIONAL institutions; PSYCHOLOGY of parents; CONFIDENCE intervals; POSTPARTUM depression; NEONATAL intensive care; PRISONERS; MULTIVARIATE analysis; CHILD development; NEONATAL intensive care units; COMPARATIVE studies; CHILDREN'S health; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUESTIONNAIRES; DISEASE prevalence; PARENT-child relationships; LOGISTIC regression analysis; ODDS ratio; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL exposure; WOMEN'S health; PRECONCEPTION care
- Publication
Public Health Reports, 2023, Vol 138, Issue 2, p292
- ISSN
0033-3549
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00333549221081808