Birmingham and Solihull face significant challenges related to adverse birth outcomes. This study aimed to identify demographic, socioeconomic, and lifestyle factors associated with an increased risk of low birth weight, premature birth, stillbirth, and neonatal death in Birmingham and Solihull.
Authors: David Ellis, Chung Him Au-Yeung, Alexander Dallaway, Ranjana Basra, Sylvia Owusu-Nepaul, Jenny Riley, Rebecca Howell-Jones, Justin Varney, Marion Gibbon
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Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1544903/full
Press release: https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/04/15/erasing-inequality-prevent-adverse-births
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health inequalities, public health, birth inequalities, pregnancy, maternal health