@article{ref1,
title="Community effects of police-related deaths: associations with low birthweight births and poverty among US counties",
journal="Violence and victims",
year="2021",
author="Chandran, Aruna and Irwin, Stephanie and Crifasi, Cassandra and Dean, Lorraine T.",
volume="36",
number="3",
pages="339-346",
abstract="Police-related deaths are a public health problem; however, their effects on community-level reproductive health outcomes remain largely unexplored. Among US counties with populations >100,000 (N = 580), we examined the longitudinal association between police-related deaths and rates of low birthweight (LBW) (<2,500 grams) deliveries, with counties stratified by quartiles of poverty. In the two lowest poverty quartiles, two or more police-related deaths were associated with a 5% (incidence rate ratio [IRR]: 1.05, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02, 1.09) and 10% (IRR 1.10, 95% CI: 1.05, 1.15) higher rate of LBW births, respectively. The effect was not significant in the two highest poverty quartiles. No counties are &quot;immune&quot; from the important effects of police-related deaths and therefore the public health importance of police violence is a ubiquitous one regardless of social class or position.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-6708",
doi="10.1891/VV-D-20-00047",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/VV-D-20-00047"
}