Kaiser Daily Women''s Health Policy Report Summarizes Studies Examining Racial Disparities In Women''s Health Issues

... Summaries of three recently published studies on racial disparities in women''s health issues appear below. Delivery Outcomes "Prepregnancy Body Mass Index, Vaginal Inflammation and the Racial Disparity in Preterm Birth," American Journal of Epidemiology: University of Pittsburgh researchers Hyagriv Simhan and Lisa Bodnar examined data from a previous study on vaginal infections and premature births, which enrolled 11,392 women with fetuses at 23 to 26 weeks'' gestation... click link for more info. ...