Michelle Pena

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...