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Sara McLafferty, PhD and Sue Grady, MPH

Sara McLafferty is with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sue Grady is with the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Sara McLafferty, PhD, Department of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 607 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 (e-mail: smclaff{at}uiuc.edu).

We compared levels of geographic access to prenatal clinics in Brooklyn, NY, between immigrant and US-born mothers and among immigrant groups by country of birth. We used birth data to characterize the spatial distribution of mothers and kernel estimation to measure clinic density within a 2-mile radius of each mother. Results showed that geographic access to clinics differs substantially by country of birth. Certain groups (e.g., Pakistani, Bangladeshi) have relatively poor geographic access despite a high need for prenatal care.