ECHO

Unveiling Maternal Health Disparities: Addressing the Impact of Racism Key Takeaways:  Throughout U.S. history, women of color have disproportionately suffered reproductive injustices. Implicit medical bias, unequal distribution of resources and a death of consistent, timely prenatal care and obstetrics aggravates existing disparities. Currently, Black women in the U.S. are 3-4x more likely to die from […]

Penn-CHOP ECHO: Applying causal inference methods to address pressing questions in environmental children’s health Key Takeaways:  Exposures during early life can set the stage for lifelong health outcomes and well-being. A variety of environmental factors—including macro-physical environmental factors (e.g., greenspace, pollution, water quality), macro-social environmental factors (e.g., discrimination, income, education), and micro-environmental factors (e.g., diet, […]

Cross-Cohort Mixture Analysis: A Data Integration Approach with Applications on Child Health Outcomes Key Takeaways:  Integrating data across multiple studies can enhance the statistical power of analyses and help researchers better understand the association between a mixture of chemical exposures and health outcomes. It can be challenging to combine data from multiple studies, especially when […]