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Equitable migrant-friendly perinatal healthcare access and quality in public ma...

Migrant women are at higher risk to face access barriers to perinatal care services and to experience worse pregnancy outcomes compared to native. Assessing the perception of migrant women and health providers discloses a multifaceted view on migrant-friendly care, a multidimensional concept in itself. This study aims to compare self-perceived assessments of migrant women and directors of obstetrics and gynaeco...

Study of COVID-19 surveillance time using a Primary Health Care Grouping of Por...

Equitable perinatal healthcare for migrants, Portugal: comparative analysis of ...

Migration is seen as a common risk factor in obstetricmanagement. Migrants often have a higher risk of experience worse pregnancy outcomes, higher rates of operative delivery, and a higher likelihood to receive less adequate postpartum care when compared to native women. This study evaluates self-perceived assessment of migrant women and hospital directors on equitable migrant friendly perinatal healthcare qual...

Tobacco use during pregnancy among native and migrant women in Portugal: result...

Tobacco use is a major modifiable risk factor of adverse maternal and fetal health outcomes. Being a migrant has been associated with lower risk of smoking during pregnancy. However, it remains a matter of debate whether such association could be explained by other socio-demographic characteristics or whether such effect remains or increases according to the length of stay in the host country. This study examin...

Tobacco use during pregnancy among native and migrant women in Portugal. Result...

Tobacco use is a major modifiable risk factor of adverse maternal and fetal health outcomes. Being a migrant has been associated with lower risk of smoking during pregnancy. However, it remains a matter of debate whether such association could be explained by other socio-demographic characteristics or whether such effect remains or increases according to the length of stay in the host country. This study examin...

Migrants and perinatal health: access to health services

Inequities in access to health care between migrant and native women have been reported, but determinants of such inequities remain a matter of controversy. According to the national law, health care is provided to all residents with the same conditions of Portuguese citizens, in a universal, tax-financed National Health Service. This study intended to review the available evidence on the access of migrant wome...