ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2012
Rising disparities in severe adverse birth outcomes among Haitians in Québec, Canada, 1981-2006.
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- Maternal and neonatal health in Canada's Black communities: A scoping review of epidemiologic studies.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026Article
- Pediatric Morbidity Among Black Haitians in Canada: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Health of black children and youth in canada: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Practices for collecting, analyzing and disseminating data on health and its social determinants among Black populations in Quebec: a scoping review.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Article
- Underlying Causes of Ethnocultural Inequality in Pregnancy Outcomes: Role of Hospital Proximity.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Article
- Racial variations of adverse perinatal outcomes: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada.PloS one · 2022Article
- Ethnicity, Child Sex, and the Likelihood of Marriage in Pregnancy: A Novel Analysis of Gender Inequity.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- Interventions to Support International Migrant Women's Reproductive Health in Western-Receiving Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Health equity · 2021Review
- Scoping Review on Maternal Health among Immigrant and Refugee Women in Canada: Prenatal, Intrapartum, and Postnatal Care.Journal of pregnancy · 2017Article
- Comparison of black-white disparities in preterm birth between Canada and the United States.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2016Article
- Infant mortality among the Canadian-born offspring of immigrants and non-immigrants in Canada: a population-based study.Population health metrics · 2016Article
- Disparities in birth weight and gestational age by ethnic ancestry in South American countries.International journal of public health · 2015Article
- Occupational risks and pregnancy and infant health outcomes in Florida farmworkers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
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Abstract
Perinatal health data for Haitians are scant. We evaluated adverse birth outcomes for Haitians in Québec, Canada. We analyzed 2,124,909 live births from 1981 to 2006. Haitian ethnicity was assessed using maternal birth country (Haiti, other Caribbean country, other foreign country, Canada) and home language (Creole, French/English but Creole mother tongue, French/English, other). Associations between ethnicity and preterm birth (PTB), low birth weight (LBW), and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) birth were calculated. Adverse birth outcomes were more common among mothers with Haitian ethnicity. Relative to Canadian-born mothers, odds for Haitian-born mothers were 4 times greater for extreme PTB (≤27 weeks), twice greater for very PTB (28-31 weeks), and 25% higher for moderate PTB (32-36 weeks). Patterns were similar for SGA birth and severe cases of LBW. Despite overall decreases LBW and SGA birth, relative and absolute inequalities increased over time. Perinatal health inequalities are increasing for Haitian-born mothers.
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