Did the Affordable Care Act Promote Racial Equity in Pregnancy-Related Health? A Scoping Review.

In the United States, there are profound and persistent racial and ethnic disparities in pregnancy-related health, emphasizing the need to promote racial health equity through public policy. There is evidence that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased health insurance coverage, access to health care, and health care utilization, and may have affected some pregnancy-related health outcomes (eg, preterm delivery). It is unclear, however, whether these impacts on pregnancy-related outcomes were equitably distributed across race and ethnicity.

The Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Preterm Delivery: A Latent Class Approach.

Racial and socioeconomic status (SES) disparities in preterm delivery (PTD) have existed in the United States for decades. Disproportionate maternal exposures to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may increase the risk for adverse birth outcomes. Moreover, racial and SES disparities exist in the prevalence of ACEs, underscoring the need for research that examines whether ACEs contribute to racial and SES disparities in PTD.

Association of the 2021 Child Tax Credit Advance Payments With Low Birth Weight in the US.

Importance: Infants and pregnant people in the US fare worse on almost all health measures compared with those in peer nations. Families in the US are more likely to live in poverty and have a less generous social safety net, which has generated debate over the contribution of economic conditions to this disparity.

Objective: To assess the association between temporary increases in income during pregnancy through the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) and birth outcomes.

Differences in Psychosocial Protective Factors by Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status and Their Relationship to Preterm Delivery.

Non-Hispanic Black ("Black") women in the United States deliver preterm at persistently higher rates than non-Hispanic White ("White") women, and disparities in preterm delivery (PTD) also exist by socioeconomic factors. Research is needed to identify and understand factors that are protective against PTD for Black women and low socioeconomic status (SES) women. We examined seven potential protective factors at the individual, interpersonal, and neighborhood levels during pregnancy to determine if they (1) differed in prevalence by race/ethnicity and SES and (2) were associated with risk of PTD overall or within specific race/ethnicity and SES groups.

Impacts of Medicaid Expansion on Health Among Women of Reproductive Age.

Introduction: Preconception and interconception health care are critical means of identifying, managing, and treating risk factors originating before pregnancy that can harm fetal development and maternal health. However, many women in the U.S.

The Affordable Care Act and the Burden of High Cost Sharing and Utilization Management Restrictions on Access to HIV Medications for People Living with HIV/AIDS.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to be a critical public health issue in the United States, where an estimated 1.2 million individuals live with HIV infection. Viral suppression is one of the primary public health goals for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).