Growth, developmental achievements and vaccines timeliness of undocumented migrant children from Eritrea compared with Israelis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Israel has absorbed >40,000 Eritrean undocumented migrants since 2007, while the majority live in the southern neighborhoods of Tel-Aviv. As non-citizens and citizens infants in Israel receive free preventive treatment at the mother and child health clinics (MCHC), this study aimed to compare development and growth achievements between children of Eritrean mothers (CE) to children of Israeli mothers (CI), and assess their compliance to routine follow-up and vaccination-timeliness.

Methods

This cohort study included all Israeli-born CE between 2009 and 2011, compared with a random sample of CI and treated at the same MCHC and followed-up to the age of 30-months. Dependent outcomes included anthropometric measurements, developmental achievements and adherence to i

SUBMITTER: Mor Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5843265 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature