ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2018
Ethnic enclaves and birth outcomes of immigrants from India in a diverse U.S. state.
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- Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and International Immigration Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Annals of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Comparative Measurements: Ethnic Enclaves and Severe Maternal Morbidity in Asian, Black, and Hispanic Neighborhoods in California.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Article
- Residential Segregation, Perceived Neighborhood Environment, and All-Cause Mortality Among Community-Dwelling Older Chinese Americans.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- The immigrant birthweight paradox in an urban cohort: Role of immigrant enclaves and ambient air pollution.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2022Article
- Differential COVID-19 testing, admissions, and mortality for Arab Americans in Southern California.PloS one · 2022Article
- Joint effects of ethnic enclave residence and ambient volatile organic compounds exposure on risk of gestational diabetes mellitus among Asian/Pacific Islander women in the United States.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2021Article
- The Muslim Ban and preterm birth: Analysis of U.S. vital statistics data from 2009 to 2018.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2020Article
- Ethnic Enclaves and Pregnancy and Behavior Outcomes Among Asian/Pacific Islanders in the USA.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2020Article
- An Examination of Preterm Birth and Residential Social Context among Black Immigrant Women in California, 2007-2010.Journal of community health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Sociological theory suggests that ethnic enclaves promote immigrant health. Existing studies of ethnic enclaves and immigrant birth outcomes have generally focused on blacks and Hispanics, while few have focused on immigrants from India - the second largest immigrant group in the U.S., after Mexicans. Paradoxically, this group generally exhibits worse birth outcomes than non-Hispanic whites, despite their high levels of education. This study investigates associations between residence in South Central Asian ethnic enclaves and both birth outcomes and prenatal behaviors of immigrant mothers from India, using population-level birth record data from the state of New Jersey in the U.S. (1999-2012; n = 64,375). Results indicate that residence in a South Central Asian enclave is associated with less prenatal smoking and earlier prenatal care, but not with birthweight- or gestational-age related outcomes, among immigrant mothers from India. These findings are consistent with theory suggesting that social support, social capital, and social norms transmitted through the social networks present in ethnic enclaves foster health-promoting behaviors. Notably, the prenatal behaviors of non-Hispanic white mothers were not associated to a large degree with living in South Central Asian enclaves, which is also consistent with theory and bolsters our confidence that the observed associations for immigrant mothers from India are not spurious.
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