Vivienne L Souter

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Low-Risk Unplanned Cesarean Birth: Disaggregating Asian Data

  Open Access•Sydney M Spencer, Amy A Laurent et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Racial and Ethnic…•2025•References: 29

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  Background Cesarean outcomes are rarely investigated by Asian ethnicities when examining variation among low-risk, first-time birthing parents. We analyzed a clinical birth dataset of Northwestern U.S. hospitals to evaluate disparities in unplanned cesarean births among disaggregated Asian ethnicities. Methods This cross-sectional study used chart-abstracted birth data from 2017 through 2021. Analysis restrictions included hospitals reporting for…

• Changes in preterm birth and stillbirth during Covid-19 lockdowns in 26 countries

  Open Access•Clara Calvert, Meredith Brockway et al.•ARTICLE•Nature Human Behaviour•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 59

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  Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. Changes in PTB rates, ranging from −90% to +30%, were reported in many countries following early COVID-19 pandemic response measures ('lockdowns'). It is unclear whether this variation reflects real differences in lockdown impacts, or perhaps differences in stillbirth rates and/or study designs. Here we present interrupted time series and meta-analyses using harmonized data f…

• Changes in preterm birth and stillbirth during Covid-19 lockdowns in 26 countries

  Open Access•Clara Calvert, Meredith Brockway et al.•ARTICLE•Nature Human Behaviour•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 59

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  Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. Changes in PTB rates, ranging from −90% to +30%, were reported in many countries following early COVID-19 pandemic response measures ('lockdowns'). It is unclear whether this variation reflects real differences in lockdown impacts, or perhaps differences in stillbirth rates and/or study designs. Here we present interrupted time series and meta-analyses using harmonized data f…

• Changes in preterm birth and stillbirth during Covid-19 lockdowns in 26 countries

  Open Access•Clara Calvert, Meredith Brockway et al.•ARTICLE•Nature Human Behaviour•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 59

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  Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. Changes in PTB rates, ranging from −90% to +30%, were reported in many countries following early COVID-19 pandemic response measures ('lockdowns'). It is unclear whether this variation reflects real differences in lockdown impacts, or perhaps differences in stillbirth rates and/or study designs. Here we present interrupted time series and meta-analyses using harmonized data f…

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Low-Risk Unplanned Cesarean Birth: Disaggregating Asian Data

  Open Access•Sydney M Spencer, Amy A Laurent et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Racial and Ethnic…•2025•References: 29

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  Background Cesarean outcomes are rarely investigated by Asian ethnicities when examining variation among low-risk, first-time birthing parents. We analyzed a clinical birth dataset of Northwestern U.S. hospitals to evaluate disparities in unplanned cesarean births among disaggregated Asian ethnicities. Methods This cross-sectional study used chart-abstracted birth data from 2017 through 2021. Analysis restrictions included hospitals reporting for…

Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Obstetrics (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 works) · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (1 works) · COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Epidemiology (1 works)