Background Global migration is at an all-time high with implications for perinatal health.
Migrant women, especially asylum seekers and refugees, represent a particularly vulnerable …

Infant mortality (IM) and birth outcomes, key population health indicators, have lifelong
implications for individuals, and are unequally distributed globally. Even among western …

Research shows how racism can negatively affect access to health care and treatment.
However, limited theoretical research exists on conceptualizing racism in health care. In this …

Influxes of migrant women of childbearing age to receiving countries have made their
perinatal health status a key priority for many governments. The international research …

An increasing number of contemporary research publications acknowledge the influence of
religion and culture on sexual and reproductive behavior and health-care utilization. It is …

Background Care during pregnancy and labour is of great importance in every culture.
Studies show that people of migrant origin have barriers to obtaining accessible and good …

Introduction. The relation of migration to infant outcomes is unclear. There are studies which
show that some migrant groups have similar or even better outcomes than those from the …

Objective This study aimed to investigate pregnancy outcomes in Somali‐born women
compared with those women born in each of the six receiving countries: Australia, Belgium …

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that suboptimal factors in perinatal care services
resulting in perinatal deaths were more common among immigrant mothers from the Horn of …

BACKGROUND: The US has become home to growing numbers of immigrants and refugees
from countries where the traditional practice of female genital cutting (FGC) is prevalent …