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Housing transitions and low birth weight among low-income women: Longitudinal study of the perinatal consequences of changing public housing policy

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  • Kramer, M.R.
  • Waller, L.A.
  • Dunlop, A.L.
  • Hogue, C.R.

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Objectives: We assessed the longitudinal association between housing transitions and pregnancy outcomes in a sample of public housing residents. Methods: A cohort of 2670 Black women residing in Atlanta, Georgia, housing projects with 1 birth occurring between 1994 and 2007 was created from maternally linked longitudinal birth files and followed for subsequent births. Traditional regression and marginal structural models adjusting for time-varying confounding estimated the risk of preterm low birth weight (LBW) or small for gestational age LBW by maternal housing transition patterns. Results: Women moving from public to private housing as a result of housing project demolition were at elevated risk for preterm LBW (risk ratio = 1.74;95% confidence interval = 1.00-3.04) compared with women not affected by project demolition. Other non-policy-related housing transition patterns were not associated with pregnancy outcomes. Conclusions: Further longitudinal study of housing transitions among public housing residents is needed to better understand the relationship between housing, neighborhoods, housing policy, and perinatal outcomes.

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  • Kramer, M.R. & Waller, L.A. & Dunlop, A.L. & Hogue, C.R., 2012. "Housing transitions and low birth weight among low-income women: Longitudinal study of the perinatal consequences of changing public housing policy," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 102(12), pages 2255-2261.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2012.300782_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300782
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    1. Julia M. Goodman & Janne Boone-Heinonen & Dawn M. Richardson & Sarah B. Andrea & Lynne C. Messer, 2018. "Analyzing Policies Through a DOHaD Lens: What Can We Learn?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Calvin Lambert & Jessica L. Gleason & Sarah J. Pugh & Aiyi Liu & Alaina Bever & William A. Grobman & Roger B. Newman & Deborah Wing & Nicole M. Gerlanc & Fasil Tekola-Ayele & Katherine L. Grantz, 2020. "Maternal Socioeconomic Factors and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Neonatal Anthropometry," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(19), pages 1-12, October.

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