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
