ArticlePreventing chronic disease2013
A binational overview of reproductive health outcomes among US Hispanic and Mexican women in the border region.
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- Voces de la frontera/Voices from the Border: Using Case Studies of Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting along the U.S.-Mexico Border to Identify Shared Measures of Success.Maternal and child health journal · 2017Article
- The Important Role of Binational Studies for Migration and Health Research: A Review of US-Mexico Binational Studies and Design Considerations for Addressing Critical Issues in Migrant Health.International migration (Geneva, Switzerland) · 2017Article
- Decision Making About Method of Delivery on the U.S.-Mexico Border.Health care for women international · 2016Article
- First trimester initiation of prenatal care in the US-Mexico border region.Medical care · 2015Article
- Unintended birth among Hispanic women in Texas: a descriptive analysis.Maternal and child health journal · 2015Article
- Obstetric emergencies at the United States-Mexico border crossings in El Paso, Texas.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Adolescent births in the border region: a descriptive analysis based on US Hispanic and Mexican birth certificates.Maternal and child health journal · 2015Article
- Cesarean birth in the border region: a descriptive analysis based on US Hispanic and Mexican birth certificates.Maternal and child health journal · 2015Article
- microRNA expression in the cervix during pregnancy is associated with length of gestation.Epigenetics · 2015Article
- Mortality, Ethnicity, and Urbanization Among Children Aged 1-4 Years on the US-Mexico Border.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
introductionThe US-Mexico border region has 15 million residents and 300,000 births annually. Reproductive health concerns have been identified on both sides of the border, but comparable information about reproductive health is not available. The objective of this study was to compare reproductive health indicators among populations in this region.
methodsWe used 2009 US Hispanic and Mexican birth certificate data to compare births inside the border region, elsewhere within the border states, and in the United States and Mexico overall. We examined trends in total fertility and birth rates using birth data from 2000 through 2009 and intercensal population estimates.
resultsAmong women in the border region, US women had more lifetime births than Mexican women in 2009 (2.69 births vs 2.15 births) and throughout the decade. Birth rates in the group aged 15 to 19 years were high in both the US (73.8/1,000) and Mexican (86.7/1,000) border regions. Late or no prenatal care was nearly twice as prevalent in the border regions as in the nonborder regions of border states. Low birth weight and preterm and early-term birth were more prevalent in the US border than in the Mexican border region; US border rates were higher and Mexican rates were lower than their corresponding nonborder and national rates. We found some variations within border states.
conclusionThese findings constitute the first population-based information on the reproductive health of the entire Hispanic US-Mexico border population. Evidence of disparities warrants exploration at state and local levels. Teen pregnancy and inadequate prenatal care are shared problems in US-Mexico border communities and suggest an area for binational cooperation.
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