Perinatal health outcomes of offspring of internal migrant women according to human development index: a registry-based cohort study of over 10 million live births from Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Migration, driven by factors like poverty, violence, and natural disasters, is a key social determinant of health. While international migrants often have worse perinatal outcomes, research on perinatal health differences between internal migrants and non-migrants remains limited. We aimed to determine whether the offspring of women who migrate within Brazil experience poorer perinatal outcomes than those of non-migrants, according to the Human Development Index (HDI) of their municipalities of origin and destination.

Methods

We used the CIDACS Birth Cohort, consisting of women applying for social programmes in the Unified Registry for Social Programmes Cadastro Único linked with live births and mortality registries. We included live births conceived from M

SUBMITTER: Cerqueira-Silva T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11870261 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature