Neonatal morbidity among African refugee women in Israel: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Reports on neonatal morbidity (NM) among refugees in developed countries remain inconsistent. We aimed to compare NM among infants of African refugees in Israel to the native population based on a large population sample.

Design

A case-control study.

Setting

A tertiary hospital in Israel.

Participants

Data on hospital-based live births of refugee women and their newborns who were born in 2014 and 2017 were retrieved from medical records. Perinatal and neonatal data were compared between the refugee group and the native residents matched for gestational age and year of birth as well as within the refugee group.

Primary outcome

Prevalence of NM among African refugees in Israel.

Results

Newborns delivered by 357 refugee women (mean age 30.

SUBMITTER: Ovental A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655578 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature