Ability of municipality-level deprivation indices to capture social inequalities in perinatal health in France: A nationwide study using preterm birth and small for gestational age to illustrate their relevance

Ability of municipality-level deprivation indices to capture social inequalities in perinatal health in France: A nationwide study using preterm birth and small for gestational age to illustrate their relevance

Abstract Background Evidence-based policy-making to reduce perinatal health inequalities requires an accurate measure of social disparities. We aimed to evaluate the relevance of two municipality-level deprivation indices (DIs), the French-Deprivation-Index (FDep) and the French-European-Deprivation...

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Main Authors: Yaya Barry, Yann Le Strat, Elie Azria, Maud Gorza, Hugo Pilkington, Sthéphanie Vandentorren, Anne Gallay, Nolwenn Regnault
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Deprivation indices
Social inequalities in health
Socioeconomic factors
Preterm birth
Small for gestational age
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13246-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13246-1

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