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Adjusted odds of receiving any virtual prenatal care were\n                      <jats:italic>greater<\/jats:italic>\n                      for women who identified as Asian (aOR\u2009=\u20091.23; 95% CI[1.01, 1.51]) or Hispanic (aOR\u2009=\u20091.61; 95% CI[1.37, 1.88]), and for those who experienced homelessness (aOR\u2009=\u20091.90; 95% CI[1.27, 2.84]) or job loss (aOR\u2009=\u20091.25; 95% CI[1.04, 1.51]). Adjusted odds were\n                      <jats:italic>lower<\/jats:italic>\n                      for women who did not have a bachelor\u2019s degree, had previously given birth, had no insurance pre-pregnancy (aOR\u2009=\u20090.69; 95% CI[0.56, 0.85]), were rural residents (aOR\u2009=\u20090.51; 95% CI[0.41, 0.63]), had been exposed to incarceration (aOR\u2009=\u20090.49; 95% CI[0.30, 0.79]), and had given birth in 2021 (aOR\u2009=\u20090.77; 95% CI[0.69, 0.86]).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Social determinants of health and stressful life events are not uniformly associated with greater or lesser odds of utilizing virtual prenatal care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s10995-026-04289-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,6]],"date-time":"2026-08-06T14:01:20Z","timestamp":1786024880000},"page":"1069-1079","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Associations Between Virtual Prenatal Care Utilization, Social Determinants of Health, and Stressful Life Events: A Multistate Analysis of U.S. Women, 2020\u20132021"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"30","author":[{"given":"Don E.","family":"Willis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pearl A.","family":"McElfish","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Clare C.","family":"Brown","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jennifer A.","family":"Andersen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"George C.","family":"Pro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James P.","family":"Selig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cari A.","family":"Bogulski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,6]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"4289_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2023.6630","volume":"6","author":"M Acharya","year":"2023","unstructured":"Acharya, M., Ali, M. 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