Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2012 Apr;14(2):216-22. doi: 10.1007/s10903-010-9424-7.
Disparities in health between immigrant and non-immigrant pregnant women in the United States is well documented, but few have documented disparities before pregnancy. Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2006), we examined the health of reproductive-aged women (8,095), sorted by immigrant and pregnancy pregnant US-born (P-US), pregnant foreign-born (P-FB), non-pregnant US-born (NP-US), and non-pregnant foreignborn (NP-FB). P-US women were 5.2 times more likely to report illicit drug use than P-FB women. NP-US women were 3.7 times more likely to report illicit drugs use, 45% less likely to have a normal BMI, 2.0 times more likely to binge drink, 7.6 times more likely to smoke, 1.6 times more likely to engage in moderate physical activity, and 1.7 times more likely to use birth control than NP-FB women. The lower prevalence of numerous destructive health behaviors among preconceptional immigrant women is an important finding.
美国移民和非移民孕妇之间的健康差异是有据可查的，但很少有人记录过怀孕前的差异。利用国家健康和营养调查（1999-2006 年），我们研究了育龄妇女（8095 人）的健康状况，这些妇女按移民和怀孕情况分为美国出生的孕妇（P-US）、外国出生的孕妇（P-FB）、非怀孕的美国出生的妇女（NP-US）和非怀孕的外国出生的妇女（NP-FB）。与 P-FB 妇女相比，P-US 妇女报告使用非法药物的可能性高 5.2 倍。NP-US 妇女使用非法药物的可能性高 3.7 倍，体重指数正常的可能性低 45%，狂饮的可能性高 2 倍，吸烟的可能性高 7.6 倍，从事适度体育活动的可能性高 1.6 倍，使用避孕药具的可能性高 1.7 倍。与非怀孕的外国出生妇女相比，孕前移民妇女许多不良健康行为的发生率较低，这是一个重要发现。
