caa a22 4500 606222081 CHVBK 20210128101132.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-014-0639-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-014-0639-6 Disparities in birth weight and gestational age by ethnic ancestry in South American countries [Elektronische Daten] [George Wehby, Juan Gili, Mariela Pawluk, Eduardo Castilla, Jorge López-Camelo] Objectives: We examine disparities in birth weight and gestational age by ethnic ancestry in 2000-2011 in eight South American countries. Methods: The sample included 60,480 singleton live births. Regression models were estimated to evaluate differences in birth outcomes by ethnic ancestry controlling for time trends. Results: Significant disparities were found in seven countries. In four countries—Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela—we found significant disparities in both low birth weight and preterm birth. Disparities in preterm birth alone were observed in Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia. Several differences in continuous birth weight, gestational age, and fetal growth rate were also observed. There were no systematic patterns of disparities between the evaluated ethnic ancestry groups across the study countries, in that no racial/ethnic group consistently had the best or worst outcomes in all countries. Conclusions: Racial/ethnic disparities in infant health are common in several South American countries. Differences across countries suggest that racial/ethnic disparities are driven by social and economic mechanisms. Researchers and policymakers should acknowledge these disparities and develop research and policy programs to effectively target them. Swiss School of Public Health, 2014 Health inequalities nationallicence Ethnic disparities nationallicence Birth weight nationallicence Gestational age nationallicence South America nationallicence Wehby George Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 145N. Riverside Dr., 100 College of Public Health Bldg., Room N248, 52242-2007, Iowa City, IA, USA aut Gili Juan Estudio Colaborativo Latinoamericano de Malformaciones Congénitas (ECLAMC), Dirección de Investigación Centro de Educación Médica e Investigación Clínica (CEMIC-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina aut Pawluk Mariela Estudio Colaborativo Latinoamericano de Malformaciones Congénitas (ECLAMC), Dirección de Investigación Centro de Educación Médica e Investigación Clínica (CEMIC-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina aut Castilla Eduardo Estudio Colaborativo Latinoamericano de Malformaciones Congénitas (ECLAMC), Instituto Nacional de Genetica Medica Populacional (INAGEMP), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil aut López-Camelo Jorge Estudio Colaborativo Latinoamericano de Malformaciones Congénitas (ECLAMC), Dirección de Investigación Centro de Educación Médica e Investigación Clínica (CEMIC-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/3(2015-03-01), 343-351 1661-8556 60:3<343 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0639-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0639-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wehby George Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 145N. Riverside Dr., 100 College of Public Health Bldg., Room N248, 52242-2007, Iowa City, IA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gili Juan Estudio Colaborativo Latinoamericano de Malformaciones Congénitas (ECLAMC), Dirección de Investigación Centro de Educación Médica e Investigación Clínica (CEMIC-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pawluk Mariela Estudio Colaborativo Latinoamericano de Malformaciones Congénitas (ECLAMC), Dirección de Investigación Centro de Educación Médica e Investigación Clínica (CEMIC-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Castilla Eduardo Estudio Colaborativo Latinoamericano de Malformaciones Congénitas (ECLAMC), Instituto Nacional de Genetica Medica Populacional (INAGEMP), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- López-Camelo Jorge Estudio Colaborativo Latinoamericano de Malformaciones Congénitas (ECLAMC), Dirección de Investigación Centro de Educación Médica e Investigación Clínica (CEMIC-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/3(2015-03-01), 343-351 1661-8556 60:3<343 2015 60 38