title: Measuring perinatal health equity and migration indicators for international comparisons.
abstract: An international research collaboration answered, "Can equity in perinatal health for migrant women be measured for comparison across countries?" In nine countries, perinatal databases were assessed for the availability of equity indicators. Equity data were also sought from women and health records. Optimal sources of data differed depending on the migrant perinatal health equity indicator. Health and migration data, required to capture equity, were often not reported in the same location. Migration indicators other than country of birth were underreported. Perinatal health equity can be measured for international comparisons, although a standardized protocol is required to capture all indicators.
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing; and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , McGill University , Montreal , Quebec , Canada.
authors.forename: Anita J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gagnon
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sarasua
authors.forename: Carly
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006306:Health Surveys; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D018743:Perinatal Care; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants