Associations Between Virtual Prenatal Care Utilization, Social Determinants of Health, and Stressful Life Events: A Multistate Analysis of U.S. Women, 2020-2021.

Don E Willis^1,2,3, Pearl A McElfish^4,5, Clare C Brown⁶, Jennifer A Andersen^4,5, George C Pro⁶, James P Selig⁷, Cari A Bogulski⁸

¹School of Human Environmental Sciences, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, University of Arkansas, 118 Home Economics Building, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA. dewillis@uark.edu.

²College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Springdale, AR, USA. dewillis@uark.edu.

³Institute for Community Health Innovation, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Springdale, AR, USA. dewillis@uark.edu.

⁴College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Springdale, AR, USA.

⁵Institute for Community Health Innovation, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Springdale, AR, USA.

⁶Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.

⁷Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Springdale, AR, USA.

⁸College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest, Fayetteville, AR, USA.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To examine associations between virtual prenatal care utilization, social determinants of health, and stressful life events. METHODS: We analyzed cross-sectional pooled survey data (N = 11,966) from phase 8 of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System for women who gave birth in 2020 or 2021 and received prenatal care. RESULTS: A third (35%) of women utilized virtual rather tha…

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