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March 19, 2026Journal of Women s Health0 citations

Preconception Care Receipt and Prepregnancy Hypertension Among Black Women in the United States: 2016–2021

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SBShanika Jerger ButtsMTMichael ThompsonLHLorenzo N. Hopper

Key Points

  • This research aims to assess the receipt of preconception care services among Black women with and without hypertension before pregnancy.
  • Analyzed preconception care data from Black women in the United States from 2016 to 2021.
  • Compared care receipt between women with hypertension and those without before pregnancy.
  • Evaluated factors associated with lower odds of preconception care in hypertensive women.
  • Hypertensive Black women showed significantly lower odds of receiving preconception care services.
  • Women with chronic conditions, like hypertension, were expected to seek more preconception care, highlighting a troubling trend.

Abstract

These findings affirm that hypertensive Black women had lower odds of receiving preconception care services compared with Black women who did not begin pregnancy with hypertension. Given that women with chronic conditions would have more reasons to receive care prior to pregnancy, this finding is disconcerting.

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Butts et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69bb92ae496e729e62980256https://doi.org/10.1177/15409996261432062
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