Preconception Care Receipt and Prepregnancy Hypertension Among Black Women in the United States: 2016–2021
These findings affirm that hypertensive Black women had lower odds of receiving preconception care services compared with Black women who did not begin pregnancy with hypertension. Given that women with chronic conditions would have more reasons to receive care prior to pregnancy, this finding is disconcerting.
Authors
- Janaka B. Lewis
- Michael E. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1445-9918)
- Lorenzo N. Hopper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2467-386X)
- Shanika Jerger Butts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6001-0142)
- Sharon Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1058-5538)
- Stella Y. Kim
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte (US)
- Davidson College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Women s Health
- Published
- 2026-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/15409996261432062
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00