Pregnancy Complications Among Resettled Refugees in Illinois
Recommended Citation
Adjei Boakye E, Runez AT, Hoskin Snelling CC, Lamberson JR, Halloway V, Ezike N, and Kumar GS. Pregnancy Complications Among Resettled Refugees in Illinois. J Immigr Minor Health 2022.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-10-2022
Publication Title
J Immigr Minor Health
Abstract
Newly resettled refugee populations often have significant health care needs including pregnancy complications; yet research is lacking on pregnancy complications among refugees in Illinois. This was a retrospective analysis of the 2016-2017 hospital discharge data of refugee women of childbearing age (15-44 years) in Illinois. There were 3,355 hospital encounters by refugee women in our analysis, and 19.1% (n = 640) were associated with complications mainly related to pregnancy. The majority of hospital encounters associated with complications mainly related to pregnancy occurred after the first 8 months of US arrival (85.2%) and were among women who had Medicaid insurance (90.3%), ≥ 5 hospital encounters (60.2%), and who were most commonly from Iraq (23.3%) or Burma (19.4%). Refugee women may benefit from increased awareness and education about prenatal care, support in access, and prompt referrals.
PubMed ID
35947321
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
