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. 2022 Jan;26(1):12-14.
doi: 10.1007/s10995-021-03279-0. Epub 2021 Dec 1.

Response to "The Time has Come for All States to Measure Racial Discrimination: A Call to Action for the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)"

Denise V D'Angelo  1 , Ada Dieke  2 , Letitia Williams  2 , Holly B Shulman  2 , Martha Kapaya  2 , Suzanne Folger  2 , Lee Warner  2
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Response to "The Time has Come for All States to Measure Racial Discrimination: A Call to Action for the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)"

Denise V D'Angelo et al. Matern Child Health J. 2022 Jan.

Abstract

We respond to a recent call to action for the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) to include a "core" question or validated measure on discrimination to allow for systematic assessment of the impact of racial discrimination on adverse birth outcomes among a large population-based sample in the United States. We outline activities of the CDC PRAMS project that relate to this call to action.

Keywords: PRAMS; Racial discrimination; Survey design.

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