Positive Pregnancy Outcomes in Mexican Immigrants: What Can We Learn?

Page, Robin

doi:10.1177/0884217504270595

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“…While some migrant women have clearly an elevated risk for birth complications, others, like the women from the Balkan countries, have partly more favourable birth outcomes than Swiss mothers. This is in accordance with fi ndings from recent studies, which discuss the supportive role of the migrants' family networks as resources for their greater resilience (Page 2004;Leslie et al 2003). Apart from the country or region of origin, the maternal educational level was also an important infl uence.…”

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“…Yet, fi ndings vary between groups and settings. In industrialised countries, migrant and ethnic minority women either displayed a greater risk of low birth weight and perinatal morbidity and mortality, and a higher risk for a Caesarean section (Ibison 2005;Braveman et al 1995), or showed a similar or lower risk (Leslie et al 2003;Page 2004;Rizzo et al 2004;Matthias et al 2006). Also, breastfeeding rates vary between ethnic minorities in Western European countries (Griffi ths et al 2005;Ruowei et al 2002;Crost & Kaminski 1998).…”

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Caesarean sections and breastfeeding initiation among migrants in Switzerland

Merten

Wyss

Ackermann‐Liebrich

2007

Int J Public Health

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Our data confirms inequalities in reproductive health outcomes and responses to health promotion programmes among migrant women in Switzerland. These differences are dependent on educational level and on the mothers' nationality. The large variation suggests that different trans-national experiences play some role in health-related decision-making and access to health care. This should be considered when planning health promotion programs and the individual counselling of pregnant mothers in Switzerland.

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Caesarean sections and breastfeeding initiation among migrants in Switzerland

Merten

Wyss

Ackermann‐Liebrich

2007

Int J Public Health

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“…In terms of acculturation, maternal birth in a foreign country might represent preservation of cultural values, such as close family relationships, which are associated with lower stress and pregnancy anxiety and greater social support (Page, 2004;Campos et al, 2008). These benefits might play a significant role in promoting healthy pregnancies.…”

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Maternal nativity as a risk factor for gastroschisis: A population‐based study

Salemi

Pierre

Tanner

et al. 2009

Birth Defects Research

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BACKGROUND:The prevalence of gastroschisis is increasing in many parts of the world, although the etiology is largely unexplained. Young maternal age has been the only consistently identified, strong risk factor. The objective of this study was to examine the role of maternal nativity in relation to other suspected risk factors for gastroschisis in Florida. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of singleton infants born in Florida from 1998-2003. Gastroschisis cases were identified from the Florida Birth Defects Registry. Demographic and perinatal data were obtained from birth records. Multivariable Poisson regression was used to estimate adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for each factor of interest. RESULTS: The 6-year birth prevalence of gastroschisis was 3.26 per 10,000 live births, and the annual rate increased 41% during the study period. In addition to maternal age and marital status, maternal race/ethnicity and nativity were significantly associated with the risk of delivering an infant with gastroschisis. Compared with non-Hispanic white women, non-Hispanic black women had the lowest risk of delivering an infant with gastroschisis (PR, 0.19; 95% CI, 0.13-0.26), followed by Hispanic women (PR, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.43-0.83). Women born outside the United States were significantly less likely than U.S.-born women to deliver an infant with gastroschisis (PR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.41-0.86). CONCLUSIONS: Although young maternal age remains a strong significant risk factor for gastroschisis in Florida, other factors such as maternal race/ ethnicity and nativity could be important in explaining the increasing prevalence of gastroschisis. Birth

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“…Studies have found positive mental and physical health benefits of family support for Latinos (Bird, Canino, Davies, Zhang, Ramirez, & Lahey, 2001;Page, 2004). In understanding family support, an important distinction is between functional support (e.g., emotional assistance) and structural support, (e.g., size of these supports) (Thoits, 1995).…”

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Social cohesion, social support, and health among Latinos in the United States

Mulvaney-Day

Alegrı́a

Sribney

2007

Social Science & Medicine

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The role of individual versus community level social connections in promoting health is an important factor to consider when addressing Latino health. This analysis examines the relationships between social support, social cohesion, and health in a sample of Latinos in the United States. Using data from the National Latino and Asian American Study, the analysis uses ordered logistic regression to explore the relationships of family support, friend support, family cultural conflict, and neighborhood social cohesion with self-rated physical and mental health, taking into account language proficiency and use, nativity, and sociodemographic variables. Family support, friend support, and neighborhood social cohesion were positively related to selfrated physical and mental health, and family cultural conflict was negatively related when controlled only for sex and age. After controlling for education, income, and other demographic measures, only family support was found to have a weak association with self-rated physical health; however, the relationship seemed to be mediated by language. In contrast, family support and family cultural conflict were strongly associated with self-rated mental health, after controlling for language, education, income, and other demographic measures. The study did not find neighborhood social cohesion to be significantly related to either self-rated physical or mental health, after accounting for the effects of the other social connection variables. Language of interview did not explain the highly significant effects of language proficiency and use. Social connections are important for health and mental health, but language and other sociodemographic factors seem to be related to how Latinos establish these social linkages. Further investigation into the role of language in the development and maintenance of social connections may help unravel the mechanisms by which they promote or decrease health.

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Positive Pregnancy Outcomes in Mexican Immigrants: What Can We Learn?

Cited by 93 publications

References 22 publications

Caesarean sections and breastfeeding initiation among migrants in Switzerland

Caesarean sections and breastfeeding initiation among migrants in Switzerland

Maternal nativity as a risk factor for gastroschisis: A population‐based study

Social cohesion, social support, and health among Latinos in the United States

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