Suboptimal factors in maternal and newborn care for refugees: Lessons learned from perinatal audits in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Refugees and their healthcare providers face numerous challenges in receiving and providing maternal and newborn care. Research exploring how these challenges are related to adverse perinatal and maternal outcomes is scarce. Therefore, this study aims to identify suboptimal factors in maternal and newborn care for asylum-seeking and refugee women and assess to what extent these factors may contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes in the Netherlands.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of national perinatal audit data from 2017 to 2019. Our analysis encompassed cases with adverse perinatal and maternal outcomes in women with a refugee background (n = 53). Suboptimal factors in care were identified and categorized according to Binder et al.'s Three Delay

SUBMITTER: Verschuuren AEH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11210813 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature