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Racial and ethnic disparities in severity of COVID‐19 disease in pregnancy in the United States

Chiamaka Onwuzurike, Khady Diouf, Audra R. Meadows, Nawal M. Nour

2020International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics28 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Racial and ethnic disparities in the severity of COVID‐19 in pregnant women in the United States reflect the health consequences of the structural effects of racism.

Topics & Concepts

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Ethnic groupRacism2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPregnancyHealth equitySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)DiseaseMedicinePandemicPolitical scienceGender studiesPublic healthSociologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)VirologyInternal medicineNursingBiologyLawGeneticsOutbreakCOVID-19 Impact on ReproductionMigration, Health and Trauma