Swimming Upstream: Addressing Racial Disparities in Teen Births in North Carolina | Zendy

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Swimming Upstream: Addressing Racial Disparities in Teen Births in North Carolina

Author(s) -

Kia Thacker,

Ashley S. Jackson,

Bianka M. Reese

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

north carolina medical journal

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 2379-4313

pISSN - 0029-2559

DOI - 10.18043/ncm.83.4.249

Subject(s) - health equity , white (mutation) , demography , upstream (networking) , geography , racial differences , ethnic group , medicine , political science , sociology , public health , engineering , biology , telecommunications , biochemistry , nursing , gene , law

Despite the stark decline in North Carolina's teen birth rates over the past three decades, rates remain disproportionately highest amongst Black, Latinx, and Native American teens in comparison to white teens. Numerous upstream factors continue to drive racial inequities, creating greater disparities in birth rates among teens of color.

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