International migration and caesarean birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perinatal health disparities including disparities in caesarean births have been observed between migrant and non-migrant women and some literature suggests that non-medical factors may be implicated. A systematic review was conducted to determine if migrants in Western industrialized countries consistently have different rates of caesarean than receiving-country-born women and to identify the reasons that explain these differences.

Methods

Reports were identified by searching 12 literature databases (from inception to January 2012; no language limits) and the web, by bibliographic citation hand-searches and through key informants. Studies that compared caesarean rates between international migrants and non-migrants living in industrialized countries and that did

SUBMITTER: Merry L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3621213 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature