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Association between Migrant Women’s Legal Status and Prenatal Care Utilization in the PreCARE Cohort
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, MDPI, 2020, 17 (19), pp.7174. ⟨10.3390/ijerph17197174⟩, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 7174, p 7174 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2020.
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Abstract
- International audience; Barriers to access to prenatal care may partially explain the higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes among migrants compared with native-born women in Europe. Our aim was to assess the association between women’s legal status and inadequate prenatal care utilization (PCU) in France, where access to healthcare is supposed to be universal. The study population was extracted from the PreCARE prospective cohort (N = 10,419). The associations between women’s legal status and a composite outcome variable of inadequate PCU were assessed with multivariate logistic regressions. The proportion of women born in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) was higher among the undocumented than that of other migrants. All groups of migrant women had a higher risk of inadequate PCU (31.6% for legal migrants with European nationalities, 40.3% for other legal migrants, and 52.0% for undocumented migrants) than French-born women (26.4%). The adjusted odds ratio (aOR) for inadequate PCU for undocumented migrants compared with that for French-born women was 2.58 (95% confidence interval 2.16–3.07) overall, and this association was similar for migrant women born in SSA (aOR 2.95, 2.28–3.82) and those born elsewhere (aOR 2.37, 1.89–2.97). Regardless of the maternal place of birth, undocumented migrant status is associated with a higher risk of inadequate PCU.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Transients and Migrants
[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment
Prenatal Care Utilization
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lcsh:Medicine
Prenatal Care
Health Inequalities
Article
Europe
Young Adult
[SDV.EE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment
Pregnancy
Humans
population characteristics
Female
France
Prospective Studies
Undocumented Migrant
Africa South of the Sahara
geographic locations
Legal Status
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16617827 and 16604601
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, MDPI, 2020, 17 (19), pp.7174. ⟨10.3390/ijerph17197174⟩, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 7174, p 7174 (2020)
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid.dedup....7434bcdf0e6dfd9560665d1de4fb4c59