Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS F-74, Atlanta, GA 30341, United States.
Semin Perinatol. 2021 Jun;45(4):151407. doi: 10.1016/j.semperi.2021.151407. Epub 2021 Mar 21.
Social disadvantage impacts the health of women and newborns throughout the life course. Contributing factors such as low educational attainment, unemployment, poverty, and lack of health insurance disproportionately affects minority women of reproductive age in the United States. This article reviews social disadvantage as it contributes to health status and health disparities for mothers and newborns in the United States and highlights the opportunities to improve social and structural determinants of health to address these gaps.
社会劣势会影响女性和新生儿的一生健康。在美国,低教育程度、失业、贫困和缺乏医疗保险等因素不成比例地影响到育龄少数族裔妇女。本文综述了社会劣势对美国母婴健康状况和健康差距的影响,并强调了改善社会和结构性健康决定因素的机会,以解决这些差距。