Kimberly Fryer1, Maria Christina Munoz2, Lisa Rahangdale2, Alison M Stuebe3. 1. Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA. kfryer@usf.edu. 2. Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 3. Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Women who are late to prenatal care miss opportunities for health interventions and are at increased risk for pregnancy-related complications. Black women have the lowest rates of first trimester care compared with White or Latinx women. We sought to describe barriers to prenatal care experienced by race/ethnicity in a multi-site, prospective cohort. STUDY DESIGN: We performed a secondary analysis of the Community Child Health Research Network Study, a multi-site prospective cohort study of pregnant women from 2008 to 2012. Women were recruited at the time of delivery and followed prospectively for 2 years. Participants who experienced a repeat pregnancy in the 2-year follow-up period had a prospective assessment of prenatal care barriers. A multilevel mixed effects Poisson regression was performed to evaluate the association between race/ethnicity and number of prenatal barriers. RESULTS: Of the 298 participants in the sample, 43% of Black, 35% of Latinx, and 23% of White participants reported barriers to prenatal care. After adjustment for confounders, Black and Latinx women reported almost twice as many barriers to prenatal care as White women (adjusted rate ratio 1.89 [1.2, 3.0]; 2.00 [1.1, 3.8], respectively). CONCLUSION: In our analysis, multiparous Black and Latinx women reported encountering more barriers to prenatal care than White women. Additional reforms and policy change are needed at the clinic, local, and state levels to support women in accessing early quality prenatal care to achieve racial equity in prenatal care.
OBJECTIVE:Women who are late to prenatal care miss opportunities for health interventions and are at increased risk for pregnancy-related complications. Black women have the lowest rates of first trimester care compared with White or Latinx women. We sought to describe barriers to prenatal care experienced by race/ethnicity in a multi-site, prospective cohort. STUDY DESIGN: We performed a secondary analysis of the Community Child Health Research Network Study, a multi-site prospective cohort study of pregnant women from 2008 to 2012. Women were recruited at the time of delivery and followed prospectively for 2 years. Participants who experienced a repeat pregnancy in the 2-year follow-up period had a prospective assessment of prenatal care barriers. A multilevel mixed effects Poisson regression was performed to evaluate the association between race/ethnicity and number of prenatal barriers. RESULTS: Of the 298 participants in the sample, 43% of Black, 35% of Latinx, and 23% of White participants reported barriers to prenatal care. After adjustment for confounders, Black and Latinx women reported almost twice as many barriers to prenatal care as White women (adjusted rate ratio 1.89 [1.2, 3.0]; 2.00 [1.1, 3.8], respectively). CONCLUSION: In our analysis, multiparous Black and Latinx women reported encountering more barriers to prenatal care than White women. Additional reforms and policy change are needed at the clinic, local, and state levels to support women in accessing early quality prenatal care to achieve racial equity in prenatal care.
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Keywords:
Access to care; Barriers to care; Prenatal care; Racial dispartities; Racial equity
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