Open AccessAssociation of US state policy orientation with adverse birth outcomes: a longitudinal analysis
Author(s) -
Alicia R Riley,
Daniel F. Collin,
Jacob M. Grumbach,
Jacqueline M. Torres,
Rita Hamad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology and community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1470-2738
pISSN - 0143-005X
DOI - 10.1136/jech-2020-214858
Subject(s) - medicine , context (archaeology) , odds , demography , birth weight , birth certificate , low birth weight , odds ratio , gestational age , pregnancy , population , logistic regression , environmental health , sociology , paleontology , genetics , biology
The current US context is marked by extreme right-left partisanship, which means that state policies tend to bundle together and are not experienced in isolation. While prior work has leveraged abrupt shifts in single policies to examine the effects of state policy on birth outcomes, we examined a holistic measure that captures political polarisation.