Maternal care and birth outcomes among ethnic minority women in Finland

Malin, Maili; Gissler, Mika

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-84

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“…In Finland, African-origin singleton newborns had a 6-fold increased perinatal mortality rate compared to newborns of native mothers [9]. Somali women in Sweden carried a higher risk of perinatal mortality, neonatal distress, preterm delivery, and small-for-gestational-age neonates [10].…”

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Pregnancy Outcome of Migrant Women Delivering in a Public Institution in Northern Italy

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Iacovella

Parazzini

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Gynecol Obstet Invest

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Background/Aim: European societies are facing a wave of incoming immigrants and the needs of a new multiethnic obstetrical population. It remains controversial whether native and immigrant women have equivalent pregnancy outcomes. Methods: Perinatal indicators of the obstetric outcome were monitored in all delivering women during a 5-year period in a large academic public general hospital. We compared rates of preterm deliveries, low birth weight, cesarean section during labor, perineal tears, and fetal acidemia in the native and immigrant parturients. Results: Immigrant women experienced very low birth weight (p < 0.005) and preterm deliveries (p < 0.05), more often than natives did. Among ethnic groups, data singled out Sub-Saharan African women to be at a higher risk for very small premature babies and cesarean section during labor. Conclusions: There are differences in perinatal outcome between immigrant and Italian woman; within the large migrant population, ethnic groups show wide disparities and challenge the health provider differently. Special attention to women at a higher risk may reduce fetal-maternal morbidities.

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Pregnancy Outcome of Migrant Women Delivering in a Public Institution in Northern Italy

Zanconato

Iacovella

Parazzini

et al. 2011

Gynecol Obstet Invest

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“…Limited access to health care has been related with worse reproductive results (prematurity, low birth weight) in immigrant populations [30][31][32][33] . A change along the period in the method used for gestational age determination might have an impact on the estimated gestational age.…”

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Shortening of gestational length among native-born and immigrants in Spain (1997–2008)

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During the last decade there have been significant socio-demographic changes in Spain with potential impact on gestational length. The aim of the study was to describe the evolution of gestational age during 1997-2008, separately for native-born and immigrant population, in order to assess their contribution to the overall pattern of gestational length.A cross-sectional study of 5,018,229 singleton births born between 1997 and 2008 was carried out. The annual mean of gestational age was calculated and compared by means of ANOVA test, globally and also separately for natives and immigrants. Proportions of deliveries by gestational age and maternal characteristics were calculated in 4 periods and compared by means of Chi-square tests. Crude and adjusted multinomial logistic regression models were fitted separately for native-born and immigrant women.Our results show that in the last 12 years a progressive shortening in the mean gestational age has taken place in Spain. While the overall decrease of gestational length along the period was 1.5 days, closer to that in Spanish women (1.1 days), it was 2.3 days among immigrants. In both groups this shortening was mainly due to an increase in the proportion of 37-39 weeks deliveries at the expense of a substantial decrease in those with 40 weeks. These trends remained after controlling for known confounding variables such as maternal age, parity and occupation.Further analysis of its causes and public health implications are recommended.

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“…Studies of migrant women in Finland showed a notable variation in health and in the use of services within different migrant groups as compared to the rest of the population [13]. Likewise, in Denmark in 1981-2003 stillbirths and infant mortality were higher among some ethnic groups, but not among others [14].…”

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Perinatal health in the Nordic countries — Current challenges

Hemminki

2009

Scand J Public Health

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Maternal care and birth outcomes among ethnic minority women in Finland

Cited by 159 publications

References 62 publications

Pregnancy Outcome of Migrant Women Delivering in a Public Institution in Northern Italy

Pregnancy Outcome of Migrant Women Delivering in a Public Institution in Northern Italy

Shortening of gestational length among native-born and immigrants in Spain (1997–2008)

Perinatal health in the Nordic countries — Current challenges

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