![]() The second study used Texas (US) birth certificate data (2009-2011, N=470 896) to examine the association between longitudinal measures of neighbourhood poverty and adverse birth outcomes, i.e., preterm birth, low birth weight and small-for-gestational-age (SGA). ![]() Compared to births from long-term low poverty neighbourhoods, those from areas with long-term high or increasing poverty had 41% and 37% increased odds of preterm birth, respectively. ![]() Their study investigated the association between longitudinal neighbourhood poverty trajectories and preterm birth. The first study was conducted in California (US) and used the Maternal Infant and Health Assessment survey (2003-2009, N=23 291). We searched PubMed and MEDLINE databases for literature published in any language before December 1, 2020, using the following search terms: “neighbourhood” AND “trajector* OR change* OR histor*” AND “socioeconomic OR social OR economic OR poverty OR deprivation” AND “birth outcome* OR preterm birth OR prematur* OR small-for-gestational-age OR birth weight”. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific.The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia.The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
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