Background The importance of prenatal care is undeniable, as pregnant persons who
receive on‐time, adequate prenatal care have better maternal and infant health outcomes …

We use a geographically weighted regression (GWR) approach to examine how the
relationships between a set of predictors and prenatal care vary across the continental US …

Background Despite growing acceptance of the role of context in shaping perinatal risk, data
on how neighborhood factors may identify high-risk obstetric patients is limited. In this study …

Context: Identifying how maternal residential location affects late initiation of prenatal care is
important for policy planning and allocation of resources for intervention. Purpose: To …

BACKGROUND Although prenatal care has long been viewed as an important strategy
toward improving maternal morbidity and mortality, limited data exist that support the …

Objectives To determine whether a widely used measure of neighborhood-level
socioeconomic deprivation was associated with unintended pregnancy, delayed/no prenatal …

Objective We compared differences in perinatal outcomes among rural and nonrural
women, stratified by maternal race/ethnicity. We also examined differences between majority …

Background: Most studies examining geographic barriers to maternity care in industrialized
countries have focused solely on fetal and neonatal outcomes. We examined the …

Objective There is growing interest in the effect of adverse neighborhood conditions on
health outcomes including preterm birth (PTB). To date, neighborhood conditions are …

PURPOSE: Living in a socioeconomically deprived neighborhood has been associated with
an increased risk of adverse birth outcomes. However, variation in the effect of …