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ArticleBMC public health2022

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and birth outcomes in California: a quasi-experimental study.

Jacqueline M Torres, Emanuel Alcala, Amber Shaver, Daniel F Collin, Linda S Franck, Anu Manchikanti Gomez, Deborah Karasek, Nichole Nidey, Michael Hotard, Rita Hamad and 1 more

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Article in BMC public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Jacqueline M TorresDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UC San Francisco, 550 16th Street, 94143, San Francisco, CA, USA. Jacqueline.Torres@ucsf.edu.
Emanuel AlcalaCentral Valley Health Policy Institute, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Amber ShaverCentral Valley Health Policy Institute, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Daniel F CollinDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Linda S FranckDepartment of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Anu Manchikanti GomezSexual Health and Reproductive Equity Program, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Deborah KarasekDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Nichole NideyCincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Michael HotardImmigration Policy Lab, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Rita HamadDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Tania Pacheco-WernerCentral Valley Health Policy Institute, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, San Francisco, CA, USA.
University of California, San Francisco · USCalifornia State University, Fresno · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USStanford University · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of California, Merced · US

Funding

UCSF/Kaiser-DOR Program for Developing Independent Women's Health ResearchersK12HD052163 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ADLER, NANCY E, BRINDIS, CLAIRE D. · 2005 to 2023
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NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD052163
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provides temporary relief from deportation and work permits for previously undocumented immigrants who arrived as children. DACA faced direct threats under the Trump administration. There is select evidence of the short-term impacts of DACA on population health, including on birth outcomes, but limited understanding of the long-term impacts.

methodsWe evaluated the association between DACA program and birth outcomes using California birth certificate data (2009-2018) and a difference-in-differences approach to compare post-DACA birth outcomes for likely DACA-eligible mothers to birth outcomes for demographically similar DACA-ineligible mothers. We also separately compared birth outcomes by DACA eligibility status in the first 3 years after DACA passage (2012-2015) and in the subsequent 3 years (2015-2018) - a period characterized by direct threats to the DACA program - as compared to outcomes in the years prior to DACA passage.

resultsIn the 7 years after its passage, DACA was associated with a lower risk of small-for-gestational age (- 0.018, 95% CI: - 0.035, - 0.002) and greater birthweight (45.8 g, 95% CI: 11.9, 79.7) for births to Mexican-origin individuals that were billed to Medicaid. Estimates were consistent but of smaller magnitude for other subgroups. Associations between DACA and birth outcomes were attenuated to the null in the period that began with the announcement of the Trump U.S. Presidential campaign (2015-2018), although confidence intervals overlapped with estimates from the immediate post-DACA period.

conclusionsThese findings suggest weak to modest initial benefits of DACA for select birthweight outcomes during the period immediately following DACA passage for Mexican-born individuals whose births were billed to Medicaid; any benefits were subsequently attenuated to the null. The benefits of DACA for population health may not have been sufficient to counteract the impacts of threats to the program's future and heightened immigration enforcement occurring in parallel over time.

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Undocumented ImmigrantsBirth WeightCaliforniaChildEmigration and ImmigrationFemaleHumansMothersUnited StatesBirth OutcomesDACAPopulation HealthQuasi-Experimental

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