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Exploring the 'Healthy Migrant Paradox' in Sweden. A Cross Sectional Study Focused on Perinatal Outcomes

Författare

  • Sol Pia Juarez
  • Barbara A. Revuelta-Eugercios

Summary, in English

Evidence shows that in some contexts immigrants have better health than natives in spite of coming from poorer socioeconomic contexts and of facing socioeconomic disadvantages in the host country. However, this is a country or origin- and outcome-specific phenomenon. This study compares different health outcomes derived from birthweight and gestational age among different migrant groups residing in Sweden. Cross-sectional study based on the Swedish Medical Birth Register for years 1987-1993. Multinomial regression models were performed to obtain crude and adjusted Odd Ratios and their 95 % Confidence Intervals. Overall, immigrants show a higher risk of LBW and preterm and a lower risk of macrosomia and post-term. Moreover, some groups performed worse than natives even in indicators at the two ends of the distribution. The healthy migrant paradox is also outcome-specific within different perinatal indicators and the selection explanation cannot fully account for this phenomenon.

Publiceringsår

2016

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

42-50

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volym

18

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology

Nyckelord

  • Birthweight
  • Gestational age
  • Sweden
  • Macrosomia
  • Post-term
  • Migrants

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1557-1912