Immigrant Women’s Perspective on Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Systematic Review

Santiago, Conceição; Figueiredo, María Henriqueta

doi:10.1007/s10903-013-9915-4

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“…Our results are in keeping with those of other recently published studies in Spain [23,24], [25][26][27][28][29], and elsewhere in the world [18][19][20][30][31][32][33][34].…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Several studies have found that the less favorable socioeconomic status of immigrant women and the language barrier influence the utilization and adequacy of prenatal and postpartum care [18][19][20]. The purpose of the present study was to identify possible health inequalities by comparing the adequacy of antenatal care for uncomplicated pregnancies in African immigrant women (AIW) and native-born women in northern Spain.…”

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Disparities in Access to Prenatal Care Services for African Immigrant Women in Spain

Paz-Zulueta

Llorca

Santibáñez

2014

J Immigrant Minority Health

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This retrospective cohort study compares the utilization of prenatal care between African immigrant and native Spanish women. For 2007-2010, we identified 231 pregnant African immigrant women. The native-born population sample was obtained by simple random sampling in a 1:3 ratio. The Kessner Index (KI) and our Own Index (OI) were applied to rate prenatal care adequacy in three categories (adequate, intermediate, and inadequate). Odds ratios (ORs) were estimated using non-conditional logistic regression. Prenatal care was adequate according to the indexes (KI or OI) in 21.3 and 25.8% of North Africans and in 22.5 and 30.4% of sub-Saharan Africans. The ORs of inadequacy when adjusted for maternal age, social risk factors, and previous reproductive outcomes were 30.32 and 35.47 (KI or OI) in North and 64.43 and 67.93 in sub- Saharan Africans. These results suggest significant differences in obtaining adequate prenatal care between immigrant and native Spanish women.

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“…Our results are in keeping with those of other recently published studies in Spain [23,24], [25][26][27][28][29], and elsewhere in the world [18][19][20][30][31][32][33][34].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Disparities in Access to Prenatal Care Services for African Immigrant Women in Spain

Paz-Zulueta

Llorca

Santibáñez

2014

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…A number of in-depth studies by Higginbottom and her colleagues [ 19 ] have consistently found food choices to correlate with cultural beliefs, and, despite recommended health guidelines, immigrant women may continue to eat culturally preferred foods despite medical advice. This finding was also highlighted in a previous literature review of studies between 2000 and 2010 [ 55 ] which also identified the need for increased cultural knowledge relating to food choices and the need to involve the whole family in decisions related to food and nutrition.…”

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confidence: 59%

“…It is important to note that their risk attenuated when social support and financial situations were accounted for [ 30 ]. Also very noteworthy is the finding that immigrant women were less likely to report experiencing violence associated with pregnancy [ 28 , 55 – 57 ]. Stewart et al [ 29 ] found that the risk of violence associated with pregnancy increased if the migrant was an asylum seeker, lived in Canada for less than 2 years, lived without a partner, or had less than high school education.…”

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Scoping Review on Maternal Health among Immigrant and Refugee Women in Canada: Prenatal, Intrapartum, and Postnatal Care

Khanlou

Haque

Skinner

et al. 2017

Journal of Pregnancy

111

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The last fifteen years have seen a dramatic increase in both the childbearing age and diversity of women migrating to Canada. The resulting health impact underscores the need to explore access to health services and the related maternal health outcome. This article reports on the results of a scoping review focused on migrant maternal health within the context of accessible and effective health services during pregnancy and following delivery. One hundred and twenty-six articles published between 2000 and 2016 that met our inclusion criteria and related to this group of migrant women, with pregnancy/motherhood status, who were living in Canada, were identified. This review points at complex health outcomes among immigrant and refugee women that occur within the compelling gaps in our knowledge of maternal health during all phases of maternity. Throughout the prenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods of maternity, barriers to accessing healthcare services were found to disadvantage immigrant and refugee women putting them at risk for challenging maternal health outcomes. Interactions between the uptake of health information and factors related to the process of immigrant settlement were identified as major barriers. Availability of appropriate services in a country that provides universal healthcare is discussed.

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“…Women born in Africa, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, are often reported to have poor PCU rates in European countries [27]. This is not, however, specific to African women and indeed appears to be a common characteristic among many migrant women born in low-resource countries with inadequately developed health care systems [18, 28]. …”

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Association between maternal social deprivation and prenatal care utilization: the PreCARE cohort study

Gonthier

Estellat

Deneux‐Tharaux

et al. 2017

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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BackgroundMaternal social deprivation is associated with an increased risk of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. Inadequate prenatal care utilization (PCU) is likely to be an important intermediate factor. The health care system in France provides essential health services to all pregnant women irrespective of their socioeconomic status. Our aim was to assess the association between maternal social deprivation and PCU.MethodsThe analysis was performed in the database of the multicenter prospective PreCARE cohort study. The population source consisted in all parturient women registered for delivery in 4 university hospital maternity units, Paris, France, from October 2010 to November 2011 (N = 10,419). This analysis selected women with singleton pregnancies that ended after 22 weeks of gestation (N = 9770). The associations between maternal deprivation (four variables first considered separately and then combined as a social deprivation index: social isolation, poor or insecure housing conditions, no work-related household income, and absence of standard health insurance) and inadequate PCU were tested through multivariate logistic regressions also adjusted for immigration characteristics and education level.ResultsAttendance at prenatal care was poor for 23.3% of the study population. Crude relative risks and confidence intervals for inadequate PCU were 1.6 [1.5–1.8], 2.3 [2.1–2.6], and 3.1 [2.8–3.4], for women with a deprivation index of 1, 2, and 3, respectively, compared to women with deprivation index of 0. Each of the four deprivation variables was significantly associated with an increased risk of inadequate PCU. Because of the interaction observed between inadequate PCU and mother’s country of birth, we stratified for the latter before the multivariate analysis. After adjustment for the potential confounders, this social gradient remained for women born in France and North Africa. The prevalence of inadequate PCU among women born in sub-Saharan Africa was 34.7%; the social gradient in this group was attenuated and no longer significant. Other factors independently associated with inadequate PCU were maternal age, recent immigration, and unplanned or unwanted pregnancy.ConclusionSocial deprivation is independently associated with an increased risk of inadequate PCU. Recognition of risk factors is an important step in identifying barriers to PCU and developing measures to overcome them.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12884-017-1310-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Immigrant Women’s Perspective on Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Systematic Review

Cited by 33 publications

References 23 publications

Disparities in Access to Prenatal Care Services for African Immigrant Women in Spain

Disparities in Access to Prenatal Care Services for African Immigrant Women in Spain

Scoping Review on Maternal Health among Immigrant and Refugee Women in Canada: Prenatal, Intrapartum, and Postnatal Care

Association between maternal social deprivation and prenatal care utilization: the PreCARE cohort study

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