Health Care for Women International
Volume 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-23

Pregnant women at risk: An evaluation of the health status of refugee women in buffalo, new york (Article)

Kahler L.R.* , Sobota C.M. , Hines C.K. , Griswold K.
  • a VIVE Refugee Organization, Buffalo, NY, United States
  • b VIVE Refugee Organization, Buffalo, NY, United States
  • c VIVE Refugee Organization, Buffalo, NY, United States
  • d VIVE Refugee Organization, Buffalo, NY, United States

Abstract

Each year, conflicts escalate the need for women, children, and men to seek refuge outside their home countries, and the United States and Canada provide asylum for many of these refugees. However, few researchers have investigated the health status of specific populations of refugees sojourning or newly arrived in the United States. As nurses at a Buffalo, New York, refugee shelter for Canada-bound asylum seekers, we provided health assessments to this group of refugees at their on-site clinic. Pregnant women were of major concern, being potentially at risk for poor pregnancy outcomes. We found that our sample of pregnant refugees had several previously undetected health problems and suggest that further research on refugee populations is needed. © 1996 Taylor & Francis.

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Index Keywords

Pregnancy, High-Risk refugee human Refugees health service health status nursing assessment Health Services Needs and Demand United States Humans New York Adolescent male female pregnancy Health Status Indicators women's health Article pregnancy outcome adult high risk pregnancy health survey
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0029688604&doi=10.1080%2f07399339609516216&partnerID=40&md5=8dcd1fd59975968c1b629e4c95ed0d50
DOI: 10.1080/07399339609516216
ISSN: 07399332
Cited by: 18
Original Language: English