Mapping access to prenatal care: Geographic disparities in West Virginia's rural communities.

IF 3 3区 医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Madelin Coyne, Brian Hendricks, Amna Umer, Toni Rudisill, Candice Lefeber, Collin John, Christa Lilly
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Abstract

Introduction: Adequate prenatal care (PNC) is essential to the overall health of mother and her infant. Previous research has demonstrated that rural areas have a higher risk of inadequate PNC compared to their urban counterparts. No studies to date have applied spatial statistical modeling to understand community level factors related to PNC inadequacy.

Purpose: To identify communities where the adjusted rate of PNC inadequacy is high, and the insurance type and drive time driving these geographic differences.

Methods: Data were obtained from Project WATCH/Birth Score Program for WV zip codes from May 2018 to March 2022. Stratified spatial regression analyses were conducted for women with public and private insurance to understand the extent to which predictors affected risk of PNC inadequacy, and whether relationships differed depending on insurance type.

Results: For both insurance types, 30-minute drive time from a birthing facility had a statistically significant association with risk of inadequate PNC (public IRR:3.83, CI:(2.85,5.18)) (private IRR:4.31, CI:(3.17,5.88). Hot spots of model adjusted inadequate PNC risk were clustered in the mid-eastern and southern parts of WV. Importantly, communities with highest risk of inadequate PNC were located further than 30-minutes from a birthing center.

Discussion: This study identified strong associations between restricted access to birthing facilities and inadequacy of PNC for women with public and private insurance. Differences in hotspot locations between public and private insurance groups suggest these groups experience different barriers, such as lack of public transportation and drive time.

产前护理的测绘:西弗吉尼亚州农村社区的地理差异。
适当的产前护理(PNC)对母亲和婴儿的整体健康至关重要。先前的研究表明,农村地区与城市地区相比,PNC不足的风险更高。到目前为止,还没有研究应用空间统计模型来理解与PNC不足相关的社区水平因素。目的:识别PNC调整不足率较高的社区,以及导致这些地理差异的保险类型和驾车时间。方法:数据来自2018年5月至2022年3月WV邮政编码的项目观察/出生评分计划。对有公共和私人保险的妇女进行了分层空间回归分析,以了解预测因素对PNC不足风险的影响程度,以及关系是否因保险类型而异。结果:对于两种保险类型,从分娩设施开车30分钟与PNC不足的风险有统计学显著相关(公共IRR:3.83, CI:(2.85,5.18))(私人IRR:4.31, CI:(3.17,5.88)。模型调整后PNC风险不足的热点集中在WV中东部和南部。重要的是,PNC不足风险最高的社区位于距离分娩中心30分钟以上的地方。讨论:本研究确定了公共和私人保险妇女使用分娩设施受限与PNC不足之间的强烈关联。公共和私营保险集团在热点地区的差异表明,这些群体面临着不同的障碍,比如缺乏公共交通工具和开车时间。
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Annals of Epidemiology
Annals of Epidemiology 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生
CiteScore
7.40
自引率
1.80%
发文量
207
审稿时长
59 days
期刊介绍: The journal emphasizes the application of epidemiologic methods to issues that affect the distribution and determinants of human illness in diverse contexts. Its primary focus is on chronic and acute conditions of diverse etiologies and of major importance to clinical medicine, public health, and health care delivery.
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