Background Social determinants of health (SDH) can substantially impact health outcomes.
A systematic review, however, has never been conducted on associations of SDH with …

The congenital heart care community faces a myriad of public health issues that act as
barriers toward optimum patient outcomes. In this article, we attempt to define advocacy and …

Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) accounts for≈ 40% of deaths in US children
with birth defects. Previous US data from 1999 to 2006 demonstrated an overall decrease in …

Background Social determinants of health (SDoH) affect congenital heart disease (CHD)
mortality across all forms and age groups. We sought to evaluate risk of mortality from …

Parental stress is a universal experience for parents who have children diagnosed with CHD
and has been studied within the context of the child's illness, but not through a broader …

Background Racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes for children with congenital heart
disease (CHD) coexist with disparities in educational, environmental, and economic …

BACKGROUND: Limited population-based information is available on long-term survival of
US individuals with congenital heart defects (CHDs). Therefore, we assessed patterns in …

Objectives To examine racial/ethnic-specific survival of children with major birth defects in
the US. Study design We pooled data on live births delivered during 1999-2007 with any of …

Objectives. We examined the association between survival of infants with severe congenital
heart defects (CHDs) and community-level indicators of socioeconomic status. Methods. We …

Background The impact of socio‐economic status (SES) on congenital heart disease (CHD)‐
related mortality in children is not well established. Objectives We aimed to systematically …