Somali women's use of maternity health services and the outcome of their pregnancies: A descriptive study comparing Somali immigrants with native-born Swedish women

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 99-106

  Råssjö, Eva Britta ^a,b   Byrskog, Ulrika ^a,c,d   Samir, Raghad ^a,b   Klingberg Allvin, Marie ^d,e  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Centre for Clinical Research   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case control study; Health care utilisation; Maternal morbidity; Perinatal outcome; Somali women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOMALIA; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEALTH CARE UTILISATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL OUTCOME; SOMALI WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMALIA; SWEDEN; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883794191     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: 18775764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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