Impact of Immigration and Duration of Residence in US on Length of Gestation Among Black Women in Newark, New Jersey
| Autor: | Lisa Gittens-Williams, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Amira Elsayed, Teresa Janevic, Laurie Navin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Emigrants and Immigrants Gestational Age Lower risk Article Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Residence Characteristics Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Socioeconomic status media_common 030505 public health New Jersey business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Gestational age Confidence interval Black or African American Gestation Female Residence 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Zdroj: | J Immigr Minor Health |
| ISSN: | 1557-1920 1557-1912 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10903-018-0813-7 |
| Popis: | Little is known about pregnancy outcomes of black immigrant women to the US. We surveyed 447 black women post-partum in two hospitals in Newark, NJ. Length of gestation was obtained from medical records. Covariates and information on immigration were collected by in-person interview. Risks ratios for preterm birth (< 37 weeks) comparing immigrant to US-born women were calculated using log-binomial regression. Associations with gestational age at delivery were estimated using linear regression. Multivariable models adjusted for socioeconomic and social/behavioral variables. Immigrant women relative to US-born women had a 60% lower risk of preterm birth (adjusted risk ratio = 0.4; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.2, 0.8) and longer gestation (adjusted difference = 1.4 weeks, 95%CI 0.6, 2.1). Gestation was 1.9 weeks longer for recent immigrants compared to US-born women (95%CI 0.2, 3.6), whereas for those who lived in the US for at least 10 years there was no difference. The healthy immigrant effect found among black immigrants may erode with time in the US. |
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