Being a refugee or having a refugee status? Birthweight and gestational age outcomes among offspring of immigrant mothers in Sweden

Aims: to evaluate whether the information on refugee status based on the residence permit is a useful source of information for perinatal health surveillance. Methods: Using the Swedish population registers (1997-2012), we use multinomial regression models to assess the associations between migratio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Scandinavian journal of public health 2019-11, Vol.47 (7), p.730-734
Hauptverfasser:	JUÁREZ, SOL, MUSSINO, ELEONORA, HJERN, ANDERS
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult asylum seeker Birth Weight country of birth Cross-Sectional Studies data collection Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data ethnicity Female Fetal Macrosomia - epidemiology folkhälsovetenskap Gestational Age Humans Infant, Low Birth Weight Infant, Newborn Infant, Postmature Male Medicin och hälsovetenskap Migration Mothers - statistics & numerical data Pregnancy Premature Birth - epidemiology public health Public Health Sciences refugee Refugees - statistics & numerical data Registries Sweden - epidemiology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Aims: to evaluate whether the information on refugee status based on the residence permit is a useful source of information for perinatal health surveillance. Methods: Using the Swedish population registers (1997-2012), we use multinomial regression models to assess the associations between migration status (refugee and non-refugee) and birth outcomes derived from birthweight and gestational age: low birthweight (LBW) (
ISSN:	1403-4948 1651-1905 1651-1905
DOI:	10.1177/1403494818777432