Rural-Urban Differences in Health Care Access for Postpartum Parent and Infant Dyads

Date
08/2025
Journal
Journal of Rural Health
Description

Using the National Health Interview Survey, this paper looks at differences in perinatal health between rural and urban postpartum parents and infants and within postpartum parent-infant dyads. Researchers found that rural postpartum parents experience worse health than their urban counterparts and compared to their infants.

Center
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Sara Handley, Julia Interrante, Emily Gregory, Katy Kozhimannil