Social Determinants of Health and Obstetric Outcomes: A Report and Recommendations of the Workshop of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
( Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024;230(2):B2–B16. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2023.10.013) Addressing adverse social determinants of health (SDOH) caused by structural racism is crucial to improving obstetrical outcomes and eliminating health disparities. Obstetrical outcomes include those identified before or during pregnancy, affecting individuals and their children throughout life. Although SDOH can be positive and negative, the focus here is on adverse effects. Structural racism encompasses systemic racial discrimination in societies through housing, education, employment, health care, and criminal justice, fundamentally causing health disparities.
Authors
- Sonja Entringer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9926-7076)
- W.A. Grobman
- René S. Kahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-8004)
- Teresa Janević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9934-4406)
- Hyagriv N. Simhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4267-2089)
- Irene Headen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3728-4652)
- Elizabeth Amatruda Howell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0048-411X)
- Lynn M. Yee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6274-0544)
Institutions
- Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obstetric Anesthesia Digest
- Published
- 2024-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.aoa.0001080104.94837.96
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00