Refugee Births and the Migrant Health Effect in Syracuse NY.
Childbirth
Healthy migrant effect
Refugee health
Journal
Maternal and child health journal
ISSN: 1573-6628
Titre abrégé: Matern Child Health J
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9715672
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Sep 2023
Historique:
accepted:
19
05
2023
medline:
21
7
2023
pubmed:
7
6
2023
entrez:
7
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In Syracuse, NY among 5998 births in a 3-year period (2017-2019), 24% were to foreign-born women, among whom nearly 5% were refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia. The impetus for the study was to identify potential risk factors and birth outcomes of refugee women, other foreign-born women, and US born women to inform care. This study reviewed 3 years of births (2017-2019) in a secondary database of births in Syracuse, New York. Data reviewed included maternal demographics, natality, behavioral risk factors (e.g., drug use, tobacco use), employment, health insurance, and education. In a logistic regression model controlling for race, education, insurance status, employment status, tobacco use and illicit drug use, compared to US born mothers, refugees (OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.24-0.83) and other foreign born (OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.47-0.85) had significantly fewer low birth weight births. The results of this study supported the "healthy migrant effect," a concept that refugees have fewer low birth weight (LBW) births, premature births, and cesarean section deliveries than US born women. This study adds to the literature on refugee births and the healthy migrant effect.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37284922
doi: 10.1007/s10995-023-03694-5
pii: 10.1007/s10995-023-03694-5
pmc: PMC10244839
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1599-1606Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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