Maternal and infant health of immigrant in the capital tri-county area in Michigan
by Chu, Yu-Ying, M.S., MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, 2010, 128 pages; 1487217

Abstract:

Previous studies have shown that many groups of immigrant mothers have improved birth outcomes compared to mothers born in the United States, which is referred to as the epidemiological paradox. This thesis research was designed to study how individual- and neighborhood-level risk factors affect the adverse birth outcomes of U.S.-born and foreign-born mothers in the capital tri-county area in Michigan from the year 1995 to 2007. There were 73,682 women in total, including 67,515 U.S.-born and 5,628 foreign-born mothers. The results indicated that foreign-born women were less likely to contribute to both low birth weight and preterm birth than U.S.-born women, and the birth outcomes varied considerably within different foreign-born groups of mothers. I also found that neighborhood-level risk factors affect U.S.-born women more while individual-level risk factors were more important for foreign-born women.

 
AdviserSue C. Grady
SchoolMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 49-02, p. , Dec 2010
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsGeography; Public health; Ethnic studies; Epidemiology
Publication Number1487217
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