ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique
Contributions of immigration to depressive symptoms among pregnant women in Canada.
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- Psychosocial and behavioral health indicators among immigrant and non-immigrant recent mothers.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
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- Parity and Psychosocial Risk Factors Increase the Risk of Depression During Pregnancy Among Recent Immigrant Women in Canada.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
- Racial variations of adverse perinatal outcomes: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada.PloS one · 2022Article
- Variations in Relationships Between Perceived Stress and Birth Outcomes by Immigration Status.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
- Undiagnosed depression, persistent depressive symptoms and seeking mental health care: analysis of immigrant and non-immigrant participants of the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2020Article
- The migration journey and mental health: Evidence from Venezuelan forced migration.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- Examining the Social Patterning of Postpartum Depression by Immigration Status in Canada: an Exploratory Review of the Literature.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2019Review
- Chronic disease and malnutrition biomarkers among unemployed immigrants and Canadian born adults.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2019Article
- Health and Socio-Cultural Experiences of Refugee Women: An Integrative Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2017Review
- Scoping Review on Maternal Health among Immigrant and Refugee Women in Canada: Prenatal, Intrapartum, and Postnatal Care.Journal of pregnancy · 2017Article
- Who is distressed? A comparison of psychosocial stress in pregnancy across seven ethnicities.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2016Article
- An ethnographic investigation of the maternity healthcare experience of immigrants in rural and urban Alberta, Canada.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2016Article
- Postpartum Depression Among Immigrant and Arabic Women: Literature Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2015Review
- Improving Immigrant Populations' Access to Mental Health Services in Canada: A Review of Barriers and Recommendations.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2015Review
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Abstract
objectivesImmigrant women present high prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy, the early postpartum period and as mothers of young children. We compared mental health of immigrant and Canadian native-born women during pregnancy according to length of stay and region of origin, and we assessed the role of economics and social support in antenatal depressive symptomatology.
methodsData originated from the Montreal study on socio-economic differences in prematurity; 3834 Canadian-born and 1,495 foreign-born women attending Montreal hospitals for antenatal care were evaluated for depression at 24-26 weeks of pregnancy using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale by fitting logistic regressions with staggered entry of possible explanatory variables.
resultsImmigrant women had a higher prevalence of depressive symptomatology independently of time since immigration. Region of origin was a strong predictor of depressive symptomatology: women from the Caribbean, South Asia, Maghreb, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America had the highest prevalence of depressive symptomatology compared to Canadian-born women. The higher depression odds in immigrant women are attenuated after adjustment for lack of social support and money for basic needs. Time trends of depressive symptoms varied across origins. In relation to length of stay, depressive symptoms increased (European, Southeast Asian), decreased (Maghrebian, Sub-Saharan African, Middle Eastern, East Asian) or fluctuated (Latin American, Caribbean).
conclusionDepression in minority pregnant women deserves more attention, independently of their length of stay in Canada. Social support favouring integration and poverty reduction interventions could reduce this risk of antenatal depression.
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