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Curisa M. Tucker, Assistant Professor of Nursing Science, University of South Carolina

Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers

The study examined more than 7 million births that occurred over 22 years. supersizer/E+ via Getty Images

Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure known as peripartum cardiomyopathy, a potentially deadly disease that disproportionately affects Black mothers.

That’s the key finding of my recent study, published in February 2025 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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