Neighborhood disadvantage and fecundability in a cohort of US Black women
Higher neighborhood disadvantage was associated with reduced fecundability in this cohort of Black women, particularly among those with high educational attainment. These results support the relevance of studying place-based risk factors for subfertility and have important implications for advancing reproductive justice.
Authors
- Yvette C. Cozier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0625-7256)
- Sharonda M. Lovett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5840-6404)
- Mary D. Willis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0247-7983)
- Amelia Kent Wesselink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3929-4451)
- Lauren Anne Wise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2138-3752)
- Wendy Kuohung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1764-2264)
- Shanshan Sheehy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6268-125X)
- Chen Sheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0192-3830)
- Julie R. Palmer
- Junenette L. Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4542-4563)
- Jacqueline Milton Hicks
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ee9.0000000000000428
- Primary Topic
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00