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Developing a National-Scale Exposure Index for Combined Environmental Hazards and Social Stressors and Applications to the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort

Description
Discusses the process of building an index to assess environmental hazards and social stressors on pregnancy. Utilizes factors such as pollution, lack of green space, social economic status, social vulnerability, race/ethnicity, metro versus non-metro location, and more to define exposure risk.
Author(s)
Sheena E. Martenies, Mingyu Zhang, Anne E. Corrigan, et al.
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(14), 6339
Date
07/2023
Type
Document
Tagged as
Environmental health · Infrastructure · Maternal health and prenatal care · Research methods and resources · Social determinants of health