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Examination of Social Determinants of Health Characteristics Influencing Maternal Postpartum Symptom Experiences.

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Scroggins, JK; Yang, Q; Tully, KP; Reuter-Rice, K; Brandon, D
Published in: Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
February 2025

Postpartum women experience multiple, co-occurring postpartum symptoms. It is unknown if social determinants of health (SDOH) influence postpartum symptom typologies. This secondary analysis used the Community and Child Health Network study data. Participants included for analysis varied depending on the availability of the SDOH data (N = 851 to 1784). Bivariate and multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine the association between SDOH and previously identified postpartum symptom typologies. Area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUROC) was calculated to examine if adding SDOH variables contributes to predicting postpartum symptom typologies. The adjusted odds (aOR) of being in high symptom severity or occurrence typologies were greater for participants who had less than high school education (aOR = 2.29), experienced healthcare discrimination (aOR = 2.21), used governmental aid (aOR = 2.11), or were food insecure (aOR = 2.04). AUROC improved after adding SDOH. Considering experiences of different social-economic hardships influence postpartum symptom typologies, future practice and research should address SDOH to improve postpartum symptom experiences.

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Published In

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities

DOI

EISSN

2196-8837

ISSN

2197-3792

Publication Date

February 2025

Volume

12

Issue

1

Start / End Page

625 / 639

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Puerperal Disorders
  • Postpartum Period
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Adult
  • 4206 Public health
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
 

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Scroggins, J. K., Yang, Q., Tully, K. P., Reuter-Rice, K., & Brandon, D. (2025). Examination of Social Determinants of Health Characteristics Influencing Maternal Postpartum Symptom Experiences. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 12(1), 625–639. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01901-1
Scroggins, Jihye Kim, Qing Yang, Kristin P. Tully, Karin Reuter-Rice, and Debra Brandon. “Examination of Social Determinants of Health Characteristics Influencing Maternal Postpartum Symptom Experiences.Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 12, no. 1 (February 2025): 625–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01901-1.
Scroggins JK, Yang Q, Tully KP, Reuter-Rice K, Brandon D. Examination of Social Determinants of Health Characteristics Influencing Maternal Postpartum Symptom Experiences. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. 2025 Feb;12(1):625–39.
Scroggins, Jihye Kim, et al. “Examination of Social Determinants of Health Characteristics Influencing Maternal Postpartum Symptom Experiences.Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, vol. 12, no. 1, Feb. 2025, pp. 625–39. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s40615-023-01901-1.
Scroggins JK, Yang Q, Tully KP, Reuter-Rice K, Brandon D. Examination of Social Determinants of Health Characteristics Influencing Maternal Postpartum Symptom Experiences. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. 2025 Feb;12(1):625–639.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities

DOI

EISSN

2196-8837

ISSN

2197-3792

Publication Date

February 2025

Volume

12

Issue

1

Start / End Page

625 / 639

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Puerperal Disorders
  • Postpartum Period
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Adult
  • 4206 Public health
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services