title: What is the impact of diabetes for Australian Aboriginal women when pregnant?
abstract: The impact differential of diabetes for Aboriginal maternal and infant health outcomes is different to Caucasian outcomes. With maternal diabetes, Aboriginal infant's birth weight increases and stillbirth rate is 22/1000 for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and 53/1000 for pre-existing diabetes while for Caucasian infant's birth weight decreases and stillbirth rate is 3/1000 for GDM and 11/1000 for pre-existing diabetes. Equity of services is required to achieve equality of health outcomes.
authors.affiliation: School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, University of Western Australia, Australia. cindy.porter@cucrh.uwa.edu.au
authors.forename: Porter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cynthia
authors.forename: Skinner
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Timothy
authors.forename: Ellis
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isabelle
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D001724:Birth Weight; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000453:epidemiology