Structural Racism, Historical Redlining, and Risk of Preterm Birth in New York City, 2013–2017

Objectives. To assess if historical redlining, the US government’s 1930s racially discriminatory grading of neighborhoods’ mortgage credit-worthiness, implemented via the federally sponsored Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) color-coded maps, is associated with contemporary risk of preterm birth...

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Published in:	American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 110; no. 7; pp. 1046 - 1053
Main Authors:	Krieger, Nancy, Van Wye, Gretchen, Huynh, Mary, Waterman, Pamela D., Maduro, Gil, Li, Wenhui, Gwynn, R. Charon, Barbot, Oxiris, Bassett, Mary T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Public Health Association 01.07.2020
Subjects:	AJPH Open-Themed Research Birth Birth certificates Birth Outcomes Census Censuses Confidence intervals Economic development Economics Elementary school students Epidemiology Fairness Female Geography Gestation Health disparities Health status Home ownership Housing Housing - statistics & numerical data Housing authorities Housing policy Humans Income distribution Infant, Newborn Mothers Neighborhoods New York City - epidemiology Other Maternal and Infant Health Other Race/Ethnicity Owners Poverty Pregnancy Premature birth Premature Birth - epidemiology Public health Racial discrimination Racism Redlining Residence Characteristics - classification Residential segregation Risk Segregation Social Segregation Sociodemographics Systemic racism Variables Worthiness New York City United States > US New York City New York
ISSN:	0090-0036, 1541-0048, 1541-0048
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