Section outline

  • Lecture:  Case Study: Maternal and Infant Mortality

    TBA

    Faculty:  Christine Dehlendorf, Bristtany Chambers, Meghan Morries


    Location:      MIssion Hall 1407

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Watch URL
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    • Required Reading:

      We are assigning 3 readings for this week. However, there are a large number of other papers we could have assigned, so there are four that we have assigned as optional and encourage you to at least read the abstracts to give you a broader view on the topic of disparities in perinatal outcomes!


    • Kramer Hogue File
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    • Wallace structuralracism File
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    • Pestronk File
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    • Optional Reading:

    • Chambers2019 Article UsingIndexOfConcentrationAtThe File
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    • Chae SSM File
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    • Burris File
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    • Howell HCD File
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    • Assignment:

      Please consider these questions below when reading each article. If you are unable to attend the class session, please post answers to these questions to the forum by midnight on May 15th.


      Kramer:

      1. Does Figure 2 adequately capture the pathways between race and very preterm birth? Are there additional pathways/mechanisms you would consider? Why or why not?

      2. Do you agree with how this paper describes the potential role of genetic and epigenetic factors in very preterm birth? Why or why not?

      3. What potential interventions are suggested by the conceptual model proposed by this paper?

      Wallace:

      1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the described approach to measuring institutional racism?

      2. How does this paper deal with the need to include multiple levels in the analysis?

      3. What are the implications of the findings of this analysis for interventions to decrease disparities in infant mortality?

      Pestronk:

      1. What are the strengths of the described approach to addressing infant mortality?

      2.How would you suggest studying the effects of the described approach? What would be the challenges to this evaluation?