Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-52

Factors affecting adequate prenatal care and the prenatal care visits of immigrant women to Taiwan (Article)

Liang Y.-W. , Chang H.-P. , Lin Y.-H. , Lin L.-Y. , Chen W.-Y.*
  • a Department of Senior Citizen Service Management, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, No. 193, Sanmin Road, Shi, Taichung 40343, Taiwan
  • b Department of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, No. 110, Jianguo N. Rd., Taichung 40201, Taiwan, Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
  • c Department of Health Services Policy and Management, No. 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, United States
  • d Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
  • e Department of Senior Citizen Service Management, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, No. 193, Sanmin Road, Shi, Taichung 40343, Taiwan

Abstract

This paper investigates prenatal care utilization, identifies factors affecting the adequacy of prenatal care, and explores the effect of adequate initial timing of prenatal care on total prenatal care visits among Taiwan new immigrant females. Data was obtained from the 2008 Prenatal Care Utilization among Taiwan New Immigrant Females Survey on women who either had at least one preschool-aged child or had delivered their infants but were still hospitalized (N = 476). The Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index was applied to rate the prenatal care adequacy. The logistic regression model was used to investigate factors associated with the adequacy of prenatal care utilization, and the linear regression model was estimated to identify the impact of influential factors on the prenatal care usage. Females' nationality, employment, and transportation convenience increased the likelihood of receiving adequate prenatal care. Having adequate initial timing of prenatal care was found to be positively related to the frequency of prenatal care visits. Prenatal care utilization can be affected by factors within the health care system and by characteristics of the population; therefore, a measure of prenatal care utilization cannot distinguish these factors but reflects the result of all of them in varying combinations. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Prenatal care New immigrant females Taiwan Utilization

Index Keywords

prenatal care demography human Taiwan Cross-Sectional Studies Humans cross-sectional study migrant health services research Emigrants and Immigrants female pregnancy standards adult health care quality Quality of Health Care utilization Health Services Accessibility health care delivery
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84893452627&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-012-9734-z&partnerID=40&md5=36560fa469b05355de16f83d1a0cb24b
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9734-z
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English