Homicide During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period in Louisiana, 2016-2017

Maeve E Wallace; Joia Crear-Perry; Pooja K Mehta; Katherine P Theall

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.5853

Homicide During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period in Louisiana, 2016-2017

JAMA Pediatr. 2020 Apr 1;174(4):387-388. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.5853.

Authors

Maeve E Wallace¹, Joia Crear-Perry², Pooja K Mehta³, Katherine P Theall¹

Affiliations

¹ Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Women's Community Health Education Center, Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
² National Birth Equity Collaborative, New Orleans, Louisiana.
³ Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.

Abstract

This study examines the incidence of homicide as the cause of mortality in women who are pregnant or post partum in Louisiana in 2016 through 2017, comparing this with other causes of maternal mortality.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Female
Homicide*
Humans
Louisiana / epidemiology
Maternal Mortality*
Postpartum Period*
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women*
Retrospective Studies

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding