Maternal health and pregnancy outcomes comparing migrant women born in humanitarian and nonhumanitarian source countries: a retrospective, observational study

BackgroundThe relationship between migration and pregnancy outcomes is complex, with little insight into whether women of refugee background have greater risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes than other migrant women. This study aimed to describe maternal health, pregnancy care, and pregnancy outcomes among migrant women from humanitarian and nonhumanitarian source countries.MethodsRetrospective, observational study of singleton births, at a single maternity service in Australia 2002-2011, to migrant women born in humanitarian source countries (HSCs, n=2,713) and non-HSCs (n=10,606). Multivariable regression analysis assessed associations between maternal HSC-birth and pregnancy outcomes.ResultsCompared with women from non-HSCs, the following were more common in women from HSCs: ag