ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2014
The impact of migration on pregnancy outcomes among Mexican-origin women.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Birth and Health Outcomes of Children Migrating With Parents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and International Immigration Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Annals of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Small Vulnerable Newborns Among Venezuelan Immigrants in Colombia Between 2018 and 2022.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- Childhood Cancer Risk in Hispanic Enclaves in California.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Article
- Variations in adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes among Latin American and Caribbean-Born birthing people by region of origin, California birth cohort, 2007-2020.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- The prevalence of preterm and low birth weight infants among migrant women in the Pearl River Delta region, China: a population-based birth cohort study.BMC public health · 2024Observational
- A Vegetable, Oil, and Fruit Dietary Pattern in Late Pregnancy is Linked to Reduced Risks of Adverse Birth Outcomes in a Predominantly Low-Income Hispanic and Latina Pregnancy Cohort.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- The Hispanic/Latinx Perinatal Paradox in the United States: A Scoping Review and Recommendations to Guide Future Research.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- Low Birth Weight and Preterm Birth Among Arab-American Women in Ohio.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
- The Association Between the Intersection of Immigrant Status and Insurance with Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Mexican Women Residing in the San Joaquin Valley: A Mediation Analysis of Late Initiation or No Prenatal Care.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2018Article
- Latina Birth Outcomes in California: Not so Paradoxical.Maternal and child health journal · 2016Article
- Psychological, cultural and neuroendocrine profiles of risk for preterm birth.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2015Article
- Variation in Birth Outcomes by Mother's Country of Birth Among Hispanic Women in the United States, 2013.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
To examine the association between individual-level and state-level migration status in the United States (US) and the risk of preterm and low birth weight infants among Mexican-origin women. We performed secondary analysis of the 2003 US birth certificate data for 641,474 infants born to Mexican-origin Latina women. The dependent variables were prematurity and low birth weight. The primary independent variables were individual- (maternal) and state-level migration status. Logistic regression analysis estimated the relationship between maternal and state-level migration status, maternal and infant factors, and the risk of prematurity and low birth weight. Women who were born in Mexico had less education and use of prenatal care than US-born, Mexican-origin women but also fewer preterm or low birth weight infants. After adjusting for maternal and infant characteristics, women who were born and resided in Mexico at delivery were 37-64% less likely to deliver preterm or low birth weight infants, and women who were born in Mexico and resided in the US had a 20-21% lower risk as compared to women who were born and resided in the same US state. Women who delivered in states with a higher proportion of Mexican-origin mothers were slightly more likely to deliver a preterm infant and slightly less likely to give birth to a low birth weight infant. These findings support the perinatal advantage of Mexican-born women and provide evidence that both individual- as well as state-level migration factors influence perinatal outcomes.
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