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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 3/2011

01-06-2011 | Original Paper

Maternal Morbidity and Perinatal Outcomes Among Foreign-Born Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans in Washington State, 1993–2006

Authors: Swee May Cripe, William O’Brien, Bizu Gelaye, Michelle A. Williams

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 3/2011

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Abstract

This study examined differences in perinatal outcomes of Southeast Asian (SEA) women compared with non-Hispanic white women in Washington. Using linked birth certificate and hospitalization discharge records for the years 1993–2006, we compared singleton births of Cambodian (3,858), Laotian (2,223), and Vietnamese (12,949) women with a random sample of white women (35,581). Associations between maternal nativity and perinatal outcomes were assessed using multivariable logistic regression. There are clear nativity differences among SEAs for gestational diabetes mellitus, anemia, placenta previa and febrile illness. SEAs had increased risks for these disorders when compared with white women. Compared with infants delivered of white women, infants of SEAs had increased risks for moderate to heavy meconium, birth injury and low birth weight. Differences in nativity among SEAs (populations that are traditionally studied in aggregate) should be considered when designing and carrying out interventions to prevent adverse pregnancy morbidity and outcomes among immigrants.
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Metadata
Title
Maternal Morbidity and Perinatal Outcomes Among Foreign-Born Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans in Washington State, 1993–2006
Authors
Swee May Cripe
William O’Brien
Bizu Gelaye
Michelle A. Williams
Publication date
01-06-2011
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-010-9328-6

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