Association of Preterm Birth Rate With COVID-19 Statewide Stay-at-Home Orders in Tennessee

Elizabeth M Harvey; Elizabeth McNeer; Morgan F McDonald; Carrie K Shapiro-Mendoza; William D Dupont; Wanda Barfield; Stephen W Patrick

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.6512

Association of Preterm Birth Rate With COVID-19 Statewide Stay-at-Home Orders in Tennessee

JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Jun 1;175(6):635-637. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.6512.

Authors

Elizabeth M Harvey¹, Elizabeth McNeer², Morgan F McDonald³, Carrie K Shapiro-Mendoza¹, William D Dupont², Wanda Barfield¹, Stephen W Patrick⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Reproductive Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville.
⁴ Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

Abstract

This cohort study analyzes preterm birth rates during statewide stay-at-home orders in Tennessee during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pregnancy
Premature Birth* / epidemiology
Quarantine
SARS-CoV-2
Tennessee / epidemiology