Gesundheitswesen
Volume 74, Issue 8-9, 2012, Pages 485-487

Need for nursing care among infants of Turkish and non-Turkish origin. An analysis of registry data of the medical service of the statutory health insurance in Westphalia-Lippe, Germany, 2004-2008 [Pflegebedürftigkeit bei türkischstämmigen und nicht-türkischstämmigen Säuglingen. Eine Analyse der Pflegegutachten des MDK Westfalen-Lippe von 2004 bis 2008.] (Article)

Spallek J.* , Reeske A. , Grosser A. , Schwabe W. , Rieger M. , Krahn U. , Razum O.
  • a Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, AG Epidemiologie and International Public Health, Universitätsstr. 30, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany, Bremer Institut für Präventionsforschung und Sozialmedizin (BIPS), Abteilung Prävention und Evaluation, Fachgruppe Sozialepidemiologie, Germany
  • b Bremer Institut für Präventionsforschung und Sozialmedizin (BIPS), Abteilung Prävention und Evaluation, Fachgruppe Sozialepidemiologie, Germany
  • c Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, AG Epidemiologie and International Public Health, Universitätsstr. 30, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
  • d Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung Westfalen-Lippe, Germany
  • e Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung Westfalen-Lippe, Germany
  • f Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Institut für Medizinische Biometrie Epidemiologie und Informatik, Germany
  • g Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, AG Epidemiologie and International Public Health, Universitätsstr. 30, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany

Abstract

Background and Aim: Infants of mothers with an immigrant background experience poorer health outcomes than infants in Germany as a whole. The aim of this study was to investigate whether differences exist in diagnoses leading to long-term nursing care among infants of Turkish vs. non-Turkish background. Methods: We analysed records of the medical service of the statutory health insurance of the region Westphalia-Lippe, 2004-2008. We used a name algorithm to identify cases with Turkish migrant background. Results: There were 1 107 applications for long-term nursing care, 141 of which concerned infants of Turkish origin. "Inborn malformations, deformities and chromosomal abnormitieso" was more often the reason for application among non-Turkish infants, "Certain conditions which have their origin in the perinatal periodo" were twice as common among Turkish as compared to non-Turkish infants. Conclusions: Our results do not support the assumption that mothers of Turkish origin more often apply for long-term nursing care due to malformations of their infant than other mothers. ©Georg Thieme Verlag KGStuttgart .

Author Keywords

Infant mortality Perinatal health Nursing care Migrant health Turkish immigrants

Index Keywords

Needs Assessment Germany Registries register human statistics Turkey (republic) nursing care Young Adult Humans Adolescent Infant, Newborn Emigrants and Immigrants preschool child female Infant Child, Preschool newborn Mothers Article mother adult migration Turkey Utilization Review Transients and Migrants
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84865715150&doi=10.1055%2fs-0031-1286276&partnerID=40&md5=6cc0d560f5e313a6d5cade027f2e4884
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1286276
ISSN: 09413790
Cited by: 1
Original Language: German