Migration to western industrialised countries and perinatal health: A systematic review

Neighborhood Inequalities in Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in an Urban Setting in Spain: A Multilevel Approach

“…In relation to limitations, first of all, grouping women in eight major regions of origin ignores the heterogeneity of subgroups with cultural, ethnic, religious, or other differences that can affect the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, 16 but the low number of adverse pregnancy outcomes precluded stratifying for units smaller than regions. However, in our study, mother's country of origin is a useful measure of recent migration, as there are relatively few second-generation or longer-term immigrants.…”

“…15 Research on recent immigration highlights the fact that immigrants often have better health than established residents of the host-country (healthy migrant effect) but that their health deteriorates with time in the host country. 16 Although there are other studies on adverse pregnancy outcomes among immigrants in Spain, they have used hospital-based registries. 17,18 Despite the considerable body of research into socioeconomic inequalities in adverse pregnancy outcomes in geographical areas of developed countries, we only know of one other study, conducted in Canada, which has examined adverse pregnancy outcomes and recent immigration using multi-level analysis.…”

Ethnic variations in mortality in pre-school children in Denmark, 1973–2004

“…refugees. 38 The immigrant population of this study consisted of a wide range of different migrant types, from labour workers, to family unifications and refugees, however no specific pattern of health outcomes with immigration type was seen. We find no clear cut explanations for the observed ethnic differences, they may be related to both pre-and post immigration exposures, cultural assimilation, language competences, religious convictions, notions and practices of health and use of health care services.…”

Brechas de desigualdad en salud en niños migrantes versus locales en Chile

“…Estos factores de riesgo se traducen en resultados adversos para la salud de los niños migrantes internacionales. De acuerdo a lo reportado en la literatura internacional, niños nacidos de madres con antecedentes de inmigración tienen una mayor incidencia de muerte fetal, muerte neonatal, parto prematuro y bajo peso al nacer 8,9,10,11 . El estado de salud física de los niños migrantes después del nacimiento se ha estudiado con menos rigor, pero hay indicios de mayor prevalencia de caries dentales, algunas enfermedades infecciosas 10,12 y obesidad 13 .…”

“…Recientemente se ha reconocido que la condición migratoria puede ser un indicador de vulnerabilidad social o de desigualdad social en salud al interior de un país 1-4,9,10 y que variables migratorias específicas, posibles de modificar o prevenir, pueden ser determinantes en este proceso 8 . Los principales factores que afectan a la salud de los migrantes internacionales son condiciones laborales, barreras culturales, acceso y uso a servicios de salud, condiciones previas en el país de origen, tiempo de residencia en el país de destino (asociados a fenómenos de asimilación y aculturación), procesos sociales de integración/exclusión y experiencias de estigma y discriminación 11,12,13 . El último reporte de niñez de las Naciones Unidas del 2016 (Estado Mundial de la Infancia 2016: una oportunidad para cada niño) entrega información crí-tica acerca de la importancia de nacer y crecer en un espacio familiar, comunitario y socio-cultural estable, seguro y que ofrece oportunidades de crecimiento sano y permanente 3 .…”