TY - JOUR
T1 - Community Effects of Police-Related Deaths
T2 - Associations With Low Birthweight Births and Poverty Among US Counties
AU - Chandran, Aruna
AU - Irwin, Stephanie
AU - Crifasi, Cassandra
AU - Dean, Lorraine T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Police-related deaths are a public health problem; however, their effects on community-level reproductive health outcomes remain largely unexplored. Among US counties with populations >100,000 (N = 580), we examined the longitudinal association between police-related deaths and rates of low birthweight (LBW) (<2,500 grams) deliveries, with counties stratified by quartiles of poverty. In the two lowest poverty quartiles, two or more police-related deaths were associated with a 5% (incidence rate ratio [IRR]: 1.05, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02, 1.09) and 10% (IRR 1.10, 95% CI: 1.05, 1.15) higher rate of LBW births, respectively. The effect was not significant in the two highest poverty quartiles. No counties are “immune” from the important effects of police-related deaths and therefore the public health importance of police violence is a ubiquitous one regardless of social class or position.
AB - Police-related deaths are a public health problem; however, their effects on community-level reproductive health outcomes remain largely unexplored. Among US counties with populations >100,000 (N = 580), we examined the longitudinal association between police-related deaths and rates of low birthweight (LBW) (<2,500 grams) deliveries, with counties stratified by quartiles of poverty. In the two lowest poverty quartiles, two or more police-related deaths were associated with a 5% (incidence rate ratio [IRR]: 1.05, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02, 1.09) and 10% (IRR 1.10, 95% CI: 1.05, 1.15) higher rate of LBW births, respectively. The effect was not significant in the two highest poverty quartiles. No counties are “immune” from the important effects of police-related deaths and therefore the public health importance of police violence is a ubiquitous one regardless of social class or position.
KW - ow birthweight
KW - police-related deaths
KW - poverty
KW - social determinants
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U2 - 10.1891/VV-D-20-00047
DO - 10.1891/VV-D-20-00047
M3 - Article
C2 - 34103410
AN - SCOPUS:85107590705
SN - 0886-6708
VL - 36
SP - 339
EP - 346
JO - Violence and victims
JF - Violence and victims
IS - 3
ER -