Immigrant Women
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13. Migration and health behaviour during pregnancy
Immigrant women adopt poorer health behaviour after migration
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14. Demand for surgical sterilization among patients in a district maternity hospital
In a large district maternity hospital 1,079 women patients were interviewed about the perceived need for surgical sterilization. Of the patients interviewed 3·7% had been booked for this procedure and a further 8·7% expressed a desire to undergo sterilization at the time of interview. This wish was not limited to European women but was frequently expresse
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15. Risk of tuberculosis in immigrant Asians: culturally acquired immunodeficiency?
Study of the 620 Asian immigrants with tuberculosis notified in the Wandsworth area of south London between 1973 and 1988 showed a bimodal pattern of tuberculosis notifications: in 1977 there was a peak among Asians from East Africa, and in 1981 a peak among those from the Indian subcontinent. There was a mean lag time of five years between clinical presenta
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16. Epidemiology and treatment of gonorrhoea caused by penicillinase-producing strains in Liverpool.
The epidemiological features are described of an outbreak of gonorrhoea caused by penicillinase-producing strains of gonococci in 76 patients in Liverpool between February and November 1976. Initially infections were confined to a socially deprived inner city area with a large immigrant population, and subsequent spread of infection remained circumscribed. T
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17. A comparative review of Asian and British-born maternity patients in Bradford, 1974-8.
The perinatal mortality rate for Asian babies born in Bradford during the five years 1974-8 was persistently higher than for babies born to United Kingdom mothers. A comparative review of 18 924 British indigenous and 6443 Asian immigrant maternity patients delivered in Bradford from 1974-8 demonstrated several differences between the two ethnic groups. Fact
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18. Children with low birth weight and low gestational age in Oslo, Norway: immigration is not the cause of increasing proportions.
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To determine the influence of children born to immigrant mothers on the total proportions of low birth weight and preterm deliveries in Oslo and to explain the increases in the proportions of children with low birth weight and low gestational age since 1980-1982. DESIGN--This was a cross sectional study based on Norwegian Medical Birth Regis
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19. Factors associated with non-participation of women in a breast cancer screening programme in a town in northern Italy.
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to investigate the reasons for the high percentage of women refusing to attend a breast cancer screening programme in the Health District of Brescia, Italy. DESIGN--This was a survey of a sample of non-attenders to the programme, who were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. SETTING--Non-attenders all lived in a central
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20. Breast feeding in Israel: maternal factors associated with choice and duration.
STUDY OBJECTIVES--To determine the influence of maternal characteristics on the incidence and duration of breast feeding. DESIGN--All the women who delivered in three obstetric wards within a two year period were surveyed. These three wards cover 93% of all births in the Jerusalem district. Women were interviewed on breast feeding of the previous child on th
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21. The demand incidence of cataract in Asian immigrants to Britain and their descendants.
Cataract is known to be more common in India than it is in the industrialised world, but there is little evidence to show whether people emigrating from India will continue to have a high incidence of the disease. Data have been collected from the outpatient clinics of a hospital in Leicester, England, that suggest that for people aged over 45 the demand inc
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22. Uptake of preventive health care among Mediterranean migrants in Belgium.
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to investigate the influence of ethnicity on the demand for preventive care by Mediterranean migrants in Belgium. DESIGN--This was a survey of patient contacts with general practitioners. SETTING AND PATIENTS--33 general practitioners working in Belgian localities with the highest migrant density collaborated in the study. During
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23. Case-control study of risk factors for disease in the neck and shoulder area.
A case-control study was performed to elucidate the strength of the relation between musculoskeletal disorders in the neck and shoulders and physical, organisational, and psychosocial aspects of the work environment. Cases were identified as those persons who consulted a physician in a community in southern Sweden for new musculoskeletal disorders in the nec