Racial Disparities in Medication Use During Pregnancy: Results from the NISAMI Cohort.
Caroline Tianeze de CastroLisiane Freitas LealDandara de Oliveira RamosJerusa da Mota SantanaRosa Cândida CordeiroMaria da Conceição Costa RivemalesEdna Maria de AraújoCarlos Alberto Lima da SilvaMarcos PereiraDjanilson Barbosa Dos SantosPublished in: Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare (2024)
A high prevalence of medication use during pregnancy was found; however, this prevalence was lower among white women. Nonetheless, black and brown women used antianemic preparations less frequently. This finding suggests that race is a factor of inequity in prenatal care, demanding public policies to mitigate it.