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Migrant women's experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and maternity care in European countries: A systematic review.
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151 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Understanding equity-oriented maternity care for women of refugee background in high-income countries: a qualitative systematic review.International journal for equity in health · 2026Pooled it
- Maternal and neonatal outcomes of second-generation mothers in Europe: a systematic review.Globalization and health · 2025Pooled it
- Screening instruments for antenatal and postpartum mental health disorders in migrant women: a systematic review.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Immigrant and minority parents' experiences in a neonatal intensive care unit: A meta-ethnography review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Racialized migrant women's discrimination in maternal care: a scoping review.International journal for equity in health · 2025Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators of access to maternity care for African-born women living in Australia: a meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence.Systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Wellbeing Outcomes and Risk and Protective Factors for Parents with Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds from the Middle East in the First 1000 Days: A Systematic Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Pooled it
- Equity in prenatal healthcare services globally: an umbrella review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- The sexual and reproductive healthcare challenges when dealing with female migrants and refugees in low and middle-income countries (a qualitative evidence synthesis).BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Key dimensions of women's and their partners' experiences of childbirth: A systematic review of reviews of qualitative studies.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Ethnic minority women's experiences of accessing antenatal care in high income European countries: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review and narrative synthesis of fathers' (including migrant fathers') experiences of pregnancy and childbirth.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Pooled it
- Barriers to and enablers of postpartum health behaviours among women from diverse cultural backgrounds with prior gestational diabetes: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis applying the theoretical domains framework.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Perinatal Social Support Interventions for Asylum-seeking and Refugee Women Residing in Europe.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Pooled it
- Improving Diversity in Recruitment: Lessons Learned During the REACH Pregnancy Circles Pilot Trial.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Trial
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- Find your village: a call for culturally coordinated understanding and action with migrant heritage families in the Global North.Global health action · 2026Article
- Satisfaction with Maternity Care Among Immigrant Women, Refugee Women and Non-immigrant Women: Results of the Pregnancy and Obstetric Care for Refugees (PROREF) Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- "Do not leave me behind and do not put me in your box": family-planning access and care needs among women with migration histories in Berlin, Germany-a mixed-methods study.Reproductive health · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundAcross Europe there are increasing numbers of migrant women who are of childbearing age. Migrant women are at risk of poorer pregnancy outcomes. Models of maternity care need to be designed to meet the needs of all women in society to ensure equitable access to services and to address health inequalities.
objectiveTo provide up-to-date systematic evidence on migrant women's experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and maternity care in their destination European country. SEARCH STRATEGY: CINAHL, MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycINFO and Scopus were searched for peer-reviewed articles published between 2007 and 2017. SELECTION CRITERIA: Qualitative and mixed-methods studies with a relevant qualitative component were considered for inclusion if they explored any aspect of migrant women's experiences of maternity care in Europe. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Qualitative data were extracted and analysed using thematic synthesis.
resultsThe search identified 7472 articles, of which 51 were eligible and included. Studies were conducted in 14 European countries and focused on women described as migrants, refugees or asylum seekers. Four overarching themes emerged: 'Finding the way-the experience of navigating the system in a new place', 'We don't understand each other', 'The way you treat me matters', and 'My needs go beyond being pregnant'.
conclusionsMigrant women need culturally-competent healthcare providers who provide equitable, high quality and trauma-informed maternity care, undergirded by interdisciplinary and cross-agency team-working and continuity of care. New models of maternity care are needed which go beyond clinical care and address migrant women's unique socioeconomic and psychosocial needs.
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