Congenital Syphilis Outcomes Associated With Adverse Social Determinants Of Health, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/17, McSwiggin) reports, “Congenital syphilis outcomes are strongly associated with adverse social determinants of health, including inadequate prenatal care, substance use, housing instability, and interactions with the justice system.” In the study, “mothers of infants with potential congenital syphilis were predominantly Black or African American (65%) or non-Hispanic (86%), more than half (52%) indicated unemployment, and the majority (78%) resided in census tracts within the third or fourth quartiles of social vulnerability.” The findings were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.