@article{ref1,
title="Racial/ethnic differences in the modifying effect of community violence on the association between paternity status and preterm birth",
journal="Journal of environmental and public health",
year="2017",
author="Ihongbe, Timothy O. and Masho, Saba W.",
volume="2017",
number="",
pages="e3479421-e3479421",
abstract="Preterm birth (PTB) is a major public health concern in the US. Lack of established paternity has been linked with increased risk of PTB. Community violence (CV) may modify the association, and racial/ethnic differences may exist. Using a geographically defined cohort of women in Richmond, Virginia (N = 27,518), we examined racial/ethnic differences in the modifying effect of CV on the association between paternity status and PTB. <br><br>RESULTS showed that lack of established paternity was associated with incremental greater odds of PTB across CV quartiles in NH-Whites (quartile-1: AOR = 1.42, 95% CI = 0.95-2.12; quartile-2: AOR = 1.45, 95% CI = 0.57-3.71; quartile-3: AOR = 3.12, 95% CI = 2.67-6.32), NH-Blacks (quartile-1: AOR = 1.16, 95% CI = 0.85-1.58; quartile-2: AOR = 1.32, 95% CI = 0.82-2.12; quartile-3: AOR = 1.64, 95% CI = 1.24-2.16), and Hispanics (quartile-1: AOR = 1.29, 95% CI = 0.65-2.55; quartile-2: AOR = 1.34, 95% CI = 0.67-2.69). Odds of PTB were highest among NH-White women. Public health practitioners should be aware of the negative effect of lack of paternal presence on PTB in women resident in high violence rate communities and racial/ethnic differences that exist.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1687-9805",
doi="10.1155/2017/3479421",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3479421"
}