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Chapter 65 - Social and Cultural Aspects Affecting Pregnancy Outcomes in Migrant Populations

from Section 8 - Public Health Issues in Obstetrics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2021

By
Pauline L. M. de Vries  and
Thomas van den Akker
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona Ventura
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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Summary

Over the last decades, the number of international migrants worldwide has not stopped growing. In 2017, there were 258 million international migrants worldwide, half of them women. Asia and Europe currently host 60% of all international migrants with 80 million and 78 million migrants each, followed by North America with 58 million [1]. With a growing number of migrants, healthcare workers in high-income countries will encounter them more frequently in their practice. Migrants, on the other hand, will encounter health professionals with sometimes very different cultural values and beliefs. These differences may cause misunderstandings and delays in accessing appropriate medical care during pregnancy and childbirth.

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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Obstetrics & Maternal-Fetal Medicine
 , pp. 525 - 531
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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