[Outcome of pregnancy and prenatal care among immigrant women (author's transl)].
A retrospective survey on a representative sample of births in France in 1972 relating to more than 11000 women showed the amount of perinatal pathology among immigrants as compared with French women: a higher rate of foetal or neonatal distress, a three to four times higher stillbirth rate among Portuguese and North African women, a prematurity rate more than twice as higher among North African women. When differences in parity and socio-cultural level between immigrant and French women were allowed for, there remained a higher rate of perinatal pathology among immigrants. Prenatal care was also more often inadequate among immigrants, even when taking into account their low socio-cultural standard. Attitude towards prenatal care was highly influenced by the level of adaptation in France. But, even with equal prenatal care, perinatal pathology was higher among immigrant women: being an immigrant is a risk factor in itself.
D000069:Acculturation; D000352:Africa, Northern / Q000208:ethnology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007234:Infant, Premature; D010298:Parity; D011174:Portugal / Q000208:ethnology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Issue de la grossesse et surveillance prénatale chez les femmes migrantes. Enquête sur un échantillon représentatif des naissances en France en 1972.