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Structural heteropatriarchy and maternal cardiovascular morbidities

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  • Everett, Bethany G.
  • Philbin, Morgan M.
  • Homan, Patricia

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The United States has some of the poorest maternal health outcomes of any developed nation. Existing research on maternal cardiovascular morbidities has focused predominantly on individual- and clinic-level drivers, but we know little about community- and structural-level factors that shape these outcomes. We use a composite measure of “structural heteropatriarchy” which includes measures of structural sexism and structural LGB-stigma to examine the relationship between structural heteropatriarchy and three cardiovascular-related maternal morbidities using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (n = 3928). Results using multivariate regressions show that structural heteropatriarchy is associated with increased risk of reporting maternal morbidities. Our findings provide further evidence that sexuality- and gender-based stigma operate together to shape health disparities, including maternal health.

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  • Everett, Bethany G. & Philbin, Morgan M. & Homan, Patricia, 2024. "Structural heteropatriarchy and maternal cardiovascular morbidities," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 351(S1).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:351:y:2024:i:s1:s0277953623007918
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116434
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