Housing Stability and Access to General Healthcare and Reproductive Healthcare Among Women in Ohio.
Matern Child Health J
; 26(11): 2185-2191, 2022 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The relationship between housing instability and reproductive healthcare is understudied. We examined the association between housing insecurity and access and utilization of general healthcare, contraceptive healthcare, and abortion care.METHODS:
Using data from a population-representative survey of adult reproductive-age Ohio women (N = 2,529), we assessed housing insecurity (not paying rent/mortgage on time in the past year). We examined associations between housing insecurity and the followingoutcomes:
(1) not being able to access general healthcare in the past year; (2) experiencing delays or difficulties in accessing contraceptive healthcare in the past year; and (3) ever having an abortion. We used unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models. We selected confounders a priori and included age, socioeconomic status, and healthcare status.RESULTS:
Overall, 10.6% of Ohio women of adult reproductive age experienced housing insecurity. Approximately 27.5% of respondents were not able to access general healthcare and 10.4% experienced delays or difficulties in accessing contraceptive care. Compared to housing-secure respondents, housing-insecure women were less able to access general healthcare (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]2.16; 95% confidence interval [CI]1.45-3.23) and more likely to experience delays or difficulties when accessing contraceptive care (aOR1.74; 95% CI1.00-3.04). Insecure housing was not statistically associated with ever having an abortion (aOR1.76; 95% CI0.93-3.34).CONCLUSIONS:
In this study, recent housing insecurity was associated with poorer access to general and contraceptive healthcare. Studies utilizing multidimensional measures of housing insecurity and other material insecurity measures are needed to further explore the relationship between material insecurity and access to general and contraceptive care.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Abastecimiento de Alimentos
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Vivienda
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Matern Child Health J
Asunto de la revista:
PERINATOLOGIA
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos