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Gestational Diabetes and International Migration
In many countries, immigrant women constitute a substantial proportion of women giving birth. With gestational diabetes being one of the most common complications in pregnancy, understanding gestational diabetes in the context of international migration becomes increasingly relevant. Here, we examin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9669780/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405868 http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvac160 |
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author | Kragelund Nielsen, Karoline Davidsen, Emma Husted Henriksen, Anne Andersen, Gregers S |
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description | In many countries, immigrant women constitute a substantial proportion of women giving birth. With gestational diabetes being one of the most common complications in pregnancy, understanding gestational diabetes in the context of international migration becomes increasingly relevant. Here, we examine the current evidence related to international migration and gestational diabetes, including short- and long-term adverse outcomes and the experiences of immigrant women with gestational diabetes care and long-term follow-up. Existing evidence focuses on immigrants in high-income countries, and has mainly examined differences in the risk of developing gestational diabetes, or on the experiences of immigrant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Studies suggest that the risk of gestational diabetes may be influenced by migration and that immigrant women likely experience particular barriers to care and follow-up. Current research on perinatal outcomes is inconclusive and studies on long-term outcomes are practically absent. Future research should include data on country of origin and examine the role of premigration and postmigration factors in developing gestational diabetes and its associated short- and long-term outcomes. Understanding these factors will provide useful insights into improving the health and health care needs of migrating populations and enable inclusion of culturally appropriate health care practices, thereby improving the health of our current and future generations. |
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spelling | pubmed-96697802022-11-18 Gestational Diabetes and International Migration Kragelund Nielsen, Karoline Davidsen, Emma Husted Henriksen, Anne Andersen, Gregers S J Endocr Soc Mini-Review In many countries, immigrant women constitute a substantial proportion of women giving birth. With gestational diabetes being one of the most common complications in pregnancy, understanding gestational diabetes in the context of international migration becomes increasingly relevant. Here, we examine the current evidence related to international migration and gestational diabetes, including short- and long-term adverse outcomes and the experiences of immigrant women with gestational diabetes care and long-term follow-up. Existing evidence focuses on immigrants in high-income countries, and has mainly examined differences in the risk of developing gestational diabetes, or on the experiences of immigrant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Studies suggest that the risk of gestational diabetes may be influenced by migration and that immigrant women likely experience particular barriers to care and follow-up. Current research on perinatal outcomes is inconclusive and studies on long-term outcomes are practically absent. Future research should include data on country of origin and examine the role of premigration and postmigration factors in developing gestational diabetes and its associated short- and long-term outcomes. Understanding these factors will provide useful insights into improving the health and health care needs of migrating populations and enable inclusion of culturally appropriate health care practices, thereby improving the health of our current and future generations. Oxford University Press 2022-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9669780/ /pubmed/36405868 http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvac160 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Endocrine Society. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Mini-Review Kragelund Nielsen, Karoline Davidsen, Emma Husted Henriksen, Anne Andersen, Gregers S Gestational Diabetes and International Migration |
title | Gestational Diabetes and International Migration |
title_full | Gestational Diabetes and International Migration |
title_fullStr | Gestational Diabetes and International Migration |
title_full_unstemmed | Gestational Diabetes and International Migration |
title_short | Gestational Diabetes and International Migration |
title_sort | gestational diabetes and international migration |
topic | Mini-Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9669780/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405868 http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvac160 |
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