Abstract

Introduction/Background: Poor childhood health can lead to chronic illness, producing significant burdens on both patients and the healthcare system. Given that public policy can affect public health, it is conceivable that childhood health can be influenced by one’s state of residence. The Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI) is calculated based on how strongly a state leans toward the Democratic or Republican Party in presidential elections compared to the national average. We set out to determine the ecological correlation between childhood health outcomes and state-level partisanship, as denoted by PVI. Methods: The outcome of interests were 16 measures of childhood health obtained from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. …

Highlights

  • The Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI) determines how strongly a state leans toward the Democratic or Republican Party in presidential elections compared to the nation

  • In the United States, many health disparities exist among children along racial, economic and geographic lines

  • What is New: Trends for multiple measures of childhood health vary in association with the political partisanship of the state being examined

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Introduction

The Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI) determines how strongly a state leans toward the Democratic or Republican Party in presidential elections compared to the nation. We set out to determine the correlation between childhood health outcomes and state-level partisanship using PVI. Poor childhood health can lead to numerous adverse outcomes, both at an individual and societal level [1]. Several studies have demonstrated that the well-being of a child is strongly linked to subsequent adult health outcomes and that both childhood and adolescence are critical periods [2, 3]. Preterm birth can affect the central nervous system, vision, hearing, respiratory development, and growth of a child [6]. These physical consequences can reduce both the quality and duration of a child’s life [3, 7]

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