Racial discrimination and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Kim Robin van DaalenJeenan KaiserSamuel KebedeGabriela CiprianoHassan MaimouniEkiomoado OlumeseAnthea ChuiIsla KuhnClare Oliver-WilliamsPublished in: BMJ global health (2022)
These results suggest that racial discrimination has adverse impacts on pregnancy outcomes. This is supported by the broader literature on racial discrimination as a risk factor for adverse health outcomes. To further explore this association and underlying mechanisms, including mediating and moderating factors, higher quality evidence from large ethnographically diverse cohorts is needed.