Held Mary Lehman, Lindley Lisa C
Colleges of Social Work (Dr Held) and Nursing (Dr Lindley), University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Fam Community Health. 2018 Oct/Dec;41(4):225-232. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000199.
This study examined how country of origin (Mexico or Guatemala) correlates with prenatal care utilization among unauthorized Latina immigrants, who encounter disparate access to health care. Logistic regression and negative binomial regression analyses were used to examine prenatal care adequacy and number of visits among a sample of 4188 unauthorized Latina immigrants. Findings suggest that originating from Guatemala predicted increased likelihood of inadequate prenatal care and fewer prenatal care visits. Implications can inform policy and practice to strengthen prenatal care utilization, especially for unauthorized Guatemalan immigrants. Future research should examine independent predictors of prenatal care for Mexican and Guatemalan women.
本研究调查了原籍国（墨西哥或危地马拉）与未授权的拉丁裔移民产前护理利用情况之间的关联，这些移民在获得医疗保健方面面临差异。采用逻辑回归和负二项回归分析方法，对4188名未授权的拉丁裔移民样本的产前护理充足性和就诊次数进行了研究。研究结果表明，来自危地马拉的移民更有可能出现产前护理不足和产前检查次数较少的情况。这些结果可为加强产前护理利用的政策和实践提供参考，特别是针对未授权的危地马拉移民。未来的研究应探讨墨西哥和危地马拉女性产前护理的独立预测因素。
