Healthy Immigrant Effect: Preterm Births Among Immigrants and Refugees in Syracuse, NY

Miller, Lauren S.; Robinson, Jonnell A.; Cibula, D

doi:10.1007/s10995-015-1846-3

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“…Refugee women were at greater risk of having pregnancy complications such as preterm birth, caesarean section and low birthweight children [21,22]. By contrast, other studies have no increased risk for pregnancy complications for refugee women [23,24], and some even found, similar to our findings among women with GDM, a lower risk of preterm birth [25,26].…”

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confidence: 88%

Gestational diabetes care and outcomes for refugee women: a population‐based cohort study

2017

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confidence: 88%

Gestational diabetes care and outcomes for refugee women: a population‐based cohort study

2017

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“…Since 2005, there has been a focus on better understanding risk factors that impacted previous generations and potential transgenerational effects. Explanatory mechanisms have included the life course perspective (9), Barker hypothesis (24), adverse childhood events (25), toxic stress (10), healthy immigrant effect (26), impact of stress and societal racism (27,28), weathering hypothesis (29), and epigenetics (30) as possible mechanisms.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One example is the healthy immigrant effect, which is the phenomenon by which immigrants experience more positive health outcomes (including preterm birth) than the native-born population in developed countries (26). Is it possible that native-born foreign populations have more stressful lives than immigrants?…”

Section: Adverse Childhood Events and Toxic Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Is it possible that native-born foreign populations have more stressful lives than immigrants? If so, it is possible that life stress is related to adverse reproductive outcomes (26). Other theories have hypothesized the role of preconceptional stress and its contribution to the high rates of preterm birth experienced by black women (33).…”

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The future of preconception care in the United States: multigenerational impact on reproductive outcomes

Fleur

Damus

Jack

2016

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

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The future of preconception care will require an innovative multigenerational approach to health promotion for women and men to achieve optimal reproductive health outcomes. In this paper we provide a summary of historical trends in perinatal interventions in the United States that have effectively reduced adverse perinatal outcomes but have not improved disparities among ethnic/racial groups. We describe evidence pointing to an enhanced preconception care paradigm that spans the time periods before, during, and between pregnancies and across generations for all women and men. We describe how the weathering, Barker, and life course theories point to stress and non-chromosomal inheritance as key mediators in racial disparities. Finally, we provide evidence that indicates that humans exposed to toxic stress can be impacted in future generations and that these phenomena are potentially related to epigenetic inheritance, resulting in perinatal disparities. We believe that this expanded view will define preconception care as a critical area for research in the years ahead.

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“…Studies show that maternal immigration status is an important social determinant of perinatal health, but results regarding its association with pregnancy outcomes are conflicting . Some studies show migrant mothers having similar or even better outcomes than those from the receiving country, that is, the healthy immigrant effect . Similarly, higher risk of adverse outcomes for the migrant groups has been reported .…”

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Trends in sociodemographic and health care factors in Portuguese and non‐Portuguese mothers giving birth in Portugal, 1995‐2014

Kana

Peleteiro

Correia

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Paediatric Perinatal Epid

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Background Time‐trend disparity in adverse pregnancy outcomes according to maternal nationality or immigration status has been well documented. In this study, we investigated time changes in individual‐level risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes that have not been given the needed attention. Objective To compare 20‐year trends in sociodemographic, obstetric, health care factors, and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Portuguese and non‐Portuguese women. Methods We studied 2 105 497 livebirths from Portuguese national birth registry (1995‐2014). We compared maternal sociodemographic characteristics (age, education, employment, and marital status), obstetric, and health care factors (parity, number of foetuses, place and type of delivery) in Portuguese and non‐Portuguese at four periods (1995‐1999, 2000‐2004, 2005‐09, and 2010‐2014). Time‐trend analysis using joinpoint regression method was performed to identify trends (joinpoints) and compare time changes in the prevalence of sociodemographic, obstetric, and health care factors expressed as annual percentage change (APC). Results The proportion of livebirths in non‐Portuguese mothers increased between 1995 and 1999 (2.9%), 2000‐2004 (6.3%), 2005‐2009 (9.5%), and 2010‐2014 (9.8%). The proportion of women aged ≥ 35 years among Portuguese mothers varied from 11.1% (1995‐1999), 14.4% (2000‐2004), 18.6% (2005‐2009) to 25.5% (2010‐2014); among non‐Portuguese women, the corresponding proportions were 15.7% (1995‐1999), 14.6% (2000‐2004), 16.1% (2005‐2009), and 19.0% (2010‐2014), respectively. The rate of change in maternal age ≥ 35 years had 2 joinpoints in both Portuguese (APC = 6.5%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 6.2, 6.9; 2005‐2014) and non‐Portuguese (3.3%, 95% CI 2.5, 4.0; 2002‐2014). Increase in caesarean rate was higher for non‐Portuguese (24.0%‐36.1%) than the Portuguese (30.6%‐31.6%) between 1995 and 2014. Conclusions Sociodemographic, obstetric, and health care factors have divergent time trends and rate of change for Portuguese and non‐Portuguese.

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Healthy Immigrant Effect: Preterm Births Among Immigrants and Refugees in Syracuse, NY

Cited by 43 publications

References 35 publications

Gestational diabetes care and outcomes for refugee women: a population‐based cohort study

Gestational diabetes care and outcomes for refugee women: a population‐based cohort study

The future of preconception care in the United States: multigenerational impact on reproductive outcomes

Trends in sociodemographic and health care factors in Portuguese and non‐Portuguese mothers giving birth in Portugal, 1995‐2014

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