Lawrence Chang

Oct 14, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Lawrence Chang |Henry T. Puls |Kansas City |Michael C. Monuteaux

State Social Expenditures and Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight in the US Key PointsQuestion  What are the associations of US state and local government expenditures on social programs with state-level rates of adverse birth outcomes, such as preterm birth and low birth weight?

Oct 14, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Scott A. Lorch |Michelle Pena |Diana Montoya-Williams |Lawrence Chang

Optimizing Public Policies for Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes Pregnancy and infant health outcomes in the US continue to lag behind other countries with similar economic performance, with rates of infant and neonatal mortality and preterm birth typically 2 to 3 times higher than that of other high-income nations.1 These adverse outcomes also differentially occur in patients by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or rural vs urban residence.2,3 As a result, there have been myriad programs...

Mar 28, 2024 | ajpmonline.org | Mia Kanak |Amanda Stewart |Lawrence Chang |Eric W. Fleegler

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