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Jessica Griffin Burke, PhD, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomerg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, E4010, Baltimore, MD 21205, 410-614-6127, jburke@jhsph.edu, Patricia J. O'Campo, PhD, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, and Isabelle Horon, DrPh, Vital Statistics Administration, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 201 W. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201.

Within the United State wide gaps in infant mortality and preterm birth by race and ethnic group exist. As part of a multi-site project concerned with identification of neighborhood level factors contributing to adverse pregnancy outcomes, four states (Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania) procured and analyzed census and vital records data. Using multilevel modeling techniques, neighborhood and individual level data were simultaneously analyzed to gain a better understanding of how multiple levels of influence are associated with racial inequalities and preterm birth. This presentation will focus on non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black race specific results from each site. First the crude analyses using only the neighborhood-level measure of deprivation will be presented. Then results from the multi-level multivariate models adjusted for maternal age and education will be presented. Particular note will be paid to similarities and differences between the four states.

Learning Objectives:

• To present the relationship in four states between neighbor deprivation and preterm delivery using multi-level analysis.

Keywords: Statistics, Infant Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

Recorded presentation