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- Title
Sociodemographic Disparities in Utilization of Childbirth Education.
- Authors
Vanderlaan, Jennifer
- Abstract
Childbirth education is a preventive intervention intended to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes that is complementary to antenatal health visits. It is not currently known if disparities in access to childbirth education plays a role in maternal and newborn health disparities in the United States. In this study, we used data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) to identify disparities in utilization of childbirth education. We identified lower odds of utilization of childbirth education for pregnant people with lower socioeconomic status, including use of Medicaid, and rural residence. Our analysis indicates that characteristics that reduce access to maternal health care also reduce access to childbirth education. This finding has important implications for communities that use childbirth education as a way to help reduce disparities in maternal or newborn outcomes.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CHILDBIRTH; MATERNAL health services; HEALTH services accessibility; CONFIDENCE intervals; HEALTH status indicators; RACE; RISK assessment; SURVEYS; PREGNANCY complications; HEALTH insurance; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; ODDS ratio; ETHNIC groups; MEDICAID; SECONDARY analysis
- Publication
Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved, 2022, Vol 33, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1049-2089
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hpu.2022.0014