Maternal and child health journal
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Matern Child Health J · Jul 2020
Racial Disparities in Prenatal Care Utilization and Infant Small for Gestational Age Among Active Duty US Military Women.
To examine racial disparities in prenatal care (PNC) utilization and infant small for gestational age (SGA) among active duty US military women, a population with equal access to health care and known socioeconomic status. ⋯ In multiple assessments of PNC utilization and infant SGA, non-Hispanic Black military women had consistently worse outcomes than their non-Hispanic White counterparts. This suggests that equal access to health care does not eliminate racial disparities in outcomes or utilization; additional research is needed to elucidate the underlying etiology of these disparities.