Abstract
The present study investigates the intersecting impacts of race/color, education and place of residence on the non-adequacy of care provided in different dimensions of prenatal care. To this end, we analyzed data from the 2013 National Health Survey using multiple logistic regression models. The results suggest that the variables operate together to shape non-adequacy to prenatal care. Black women and those with less schooling were more likely to miss 6 prenatal consultations, starting before the 12th week of pregnancy. Women up to 20 years of age, those residing in the North, Northeast and Midwest regions and those with less schooling were less submitted to the recommended laboratory and physical exams. And, finally, black women and those up to 20 years of age were more likely to not receive guidance on childbirth. Our findings reiterate the multifaceted nature of the problem and point to the insufficiency of population surveys, by not including and not allowing the characterization of the most marginalized segments of the population, making it difficult to further investigate realities from an intersectional perspective.
Keywords:
Race; Schooling; Place of residence; Intersectionality; Prenatal care
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