ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2016
Exploring the 'Healthy Migrant Paradox' in Sweden. A Cross Sectional Study Focused on Perinatal Outcomes.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Modifiable Risk Factors for Dementia Among Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Australia: A Systematic Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Pooled it
- Pregnancy-Related Hypertensive Disorders and Immigrant Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Epidemiological Studies.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2017Pooled it
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- Women's use of Swedish health care during the postpartum period in relation to maternal country of birth-A population-based study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- A comparative study of health outcomes between elderly Migrant and non-migrant population in India: Exploring health disparities through propensity score matching.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- Immigrant ancestry and birthweight across two generations born in Sweden: an intergenerational cohort study.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- Health selection on self-rated health and the healthy migrant effect: Baseline and 1-year results from the health of Philippine Emigrants Study.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Association between maternal country of birth and preterm birth: A population-based register study of 910,752 deliveries.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2021Article
- Challenges in migrant women's maternity care in a high-income country: A population-based cohort study of maternal and perinatal outcomes.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2021Article
- Impact of Socio-economic Status on Low Birthweight: Decomposing the Differences Between Natives and Immigrants in Spain.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- Beyond the healthy immigrant paradox: decomposing differences in birthweight among immigrants in Spain.Globalization and health · 2020Article
- The influence of acculturation on the risk of stillbirth in migrant women residing in Western Australia.PloS one · 2020Article
- Prevalence of selected birth defects by maternal nativity status, United States, 1999-2007.Birth defects research · 2019Article
- Healthy migrant effect in the Swedish context: a register-based, longitudinal cohort study.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Do social factors and country of origin contribute towards explaining a "Latina paradox" among immigrant women giving birth in Germany?BMC public health · 2019Article
- Revisiting the Healthy Migrant Paradox in Perinatal Health Outcomes Through a Scoping Review in a Recent Host Country.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2017Article
- Migrants and health in the Nordic welfare states.Public health reviews · 2016Article
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Abstract
Evidence shows that in some contexts immigrants have better health than natives in spite of coming from poorer socioeconomic contexts and of facing socioeconomic disadvantages in the host country. However, this is a country or origin- and outcome-specific phenomenon. This study compares different health outcomes derived from birthweight and gestational age among different migrant groups residing in Sweden. Cross-sectional study based on the Swedish Medical Birth Register for years 1987-1993. Multinomial regression models were performed to obtain crude and adjusted Odd Ratios and their 95 % Confidence Intervals. Overall, immigrants show a higher risk of LBW and preterm and a lower risk of macrosomia and post-term. Moreover, some groups performed worse than natives even in indicators at the two ends of the distribution. The healthy migrant paradox is also outcome-specific within different perinatal indicators and the selection explanation cannot fully account for this phenomenon.
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