ArticleBMJ open2016
Immigrant mothers and access to prenatal care: evidence from a regional population study in Italy.
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- Navigating barriers and building solutions: a mixed-methods study on sexual and reproductive healthcare for migrant women in Milan.Primary health care research & development · 2026Article
- An evaluation of the Syrian pregnant women's prenatal care satisfaction: a cross-sectional study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2025Article
- Migrant-friendly maternity care in Montreal, Canada: A cross-sectional study on migrant women's care perspectives.PloS one · 2025Article
- Factors Associated With Post-term Birth and Its Relationship to Neonatal Mortality in Japan: An Analysis of National Data From 2017 to 2022.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2024Article
- Birth and postnatal outcomes among infants of immigrant parents of different admission categories and parents born in Canada: a population-based retrospective study.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2024Article
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- Barriers to Accessing Primary Care and Appropriateness of Healthcare Among Immigrants in Italy.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Born in Brussels screening tool: the development of a screening tool measuring antenatal psychosocial vulnerability.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Factors associated with the timing of the first prenatal ultrasound in Canada.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe addressed the question of whether use of adequate prenatal care differs between foreign-born and Italian mothers and estimated the extent to which unobservable characteristics bias results.
settingThis study is on primary care and especially on adequate access to prenatal healthcare services by immigrant mothers.
participantsApproximately 37,000 mothers of both Italian and foreign nationality were studied. Data were obtained from the Standard Certificate of Live Birth between 2005 and 2010 in Umbria.
resultsEstimates from the bivariate probit model indicate that immigrant mothers are three times more likely to make fewer than four prenatal visits (OR=3.35) and 1.66 times more likely to make a late first visit (OR=1.66). The effect is found to be strongest for Asian women.
conclusionsStandard probit models lead to underestimation of the probability of inadequate use of prenatal care services by immigrant women, whereas bivariate probit models, which allow us to consider immigrant status as an endogenous variable, estimated ORs to be three times larger than those obtained with univariate models.
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