Welfare and immigration reform and use of prenatal care among women of Mexican ethnicity in San Diego, California.
Foreign-born women and, in particular, Hispanic foreign-born women, are less likely to have insurance, are less likely to have insurance that covers prenatal care, and are less likely to utilize prenatal care compared with US-born Hispanic women. Significant concern has been raised regarding the ability of immigrant women to access prenatal care services because of severe restrictions imposed on immigrants' eligibility for Medicaid-funded services following the passage in 1996 of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reform Act (PRWORA) and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA). We conducted an interview-based study of prenatal care utilization with women of Mexican ethnicity and diverse immigration statuses in San Diego County, California. Our findings indicate that, despite increased levels of fear associated with recent immigration and with undocumented status, there were no statistically significant differences across immigration statuses in length of time to receipt of medical care for gynecological events and for prenatal care.
Loue
Sana
S
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4945, USA. sana.loue@cwru.edu
Cooper
Marlene
M
Lloyd
Linda S
LS
D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D017058:Mexican Americans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012923:Social Class
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