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Effects Of Neighborhood Membership And Hypertensive Disorders In Pregnancy On Adverse Birth Outcomes, Chinyere Onyebuchi
Effects Of Neighborhood Membership And Hypertensive Disorders In Pregnancy On Adverse Birth Outcomes, Chinyere Onyebuchi
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Infant mortality (IM) rates in the United States remains high. The higher rates of IM among specific groups in the United States is believed to be fueled by the high rates of adverse birth outcomes including low birthweight (LBW) and preterm births (PTB) among these groups. Adverse birth outcomes have also been linked to the presence of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore the association between hypertensive disorders during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes and the impact of the residential neighborhood of expectant mothers on this association. The life course health development theory …