Does Child Opportunity Indices (COI) Predict Birth Weight?

Socioeconomic disadvantages, even at the neighborhood level can exacerbate 健康 outcomes at all levels of life 和 contribute to pervasive 健康 disparities. Issues concerning 健康 at 和 before birth can impact development well into adulthood 和 lead to chronic 健康 conditions. There are significant external factors at play in the prenatal stages of life. Using Child Opportunity Index (COI) 和 medical records of pregnant individuals this current study explores how child opportunity indices encompassing, 教育, 健康, 环境, 和 socioeconomic opportunity during pregnancy associate with birth weight outcomes. Birth weight being an important indicator for many infant 健康 outcomes with long-lasting consequences throughout development 和 into adulthood. Observing that COI does have an impact on birth weight even when accounting for other factors. 希望, this study will enable those in the fields of psychological, 健康, 和 public policy research to further this investigation 和 better underst和 the systemic effects on 健康. With the hopes that one day, with increased research 和 awareness, there will be greater consideration 和 change in how resources 和 健康care are administered 和 distributed to bridge the gaps in 健康 outcomes due to systemic inequalities.