ArticleSSM - population health2024
Disparities in birth outcomes within the U.S. White population: Prevalence of low birth weight among immigrant mothers from the Middle East and North Africa.
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- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Group Sessions with Pre-recorded Presentations on Digital and Postpartum Health Literacy Among Arab American Women.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- Lung Cancer Driver Mutations in Middle Eastern Americans: Associations with Smoking and Comparative Analysis with Middle Eastern Populations.Avicenna journal of medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
Immigration from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has diversified the U.S. non-Hispanic White population. Analyzing health disparities within this group is a complex task due to data limitations across most federal and state data collection systems. This study investigates disparities in the risk of giving birth to a low-birth-weight infant among foreign-born non-Hispanic White MENA and non-MENA mothers and by MENA mothers' nationality. This population-based study uses Restricted-Use Detail Natality Data from 2016 to 2019 accessed through the National Center for Health Statistics and provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study examines the risk of giving birth to a low-birth-weight infant (<2500g) among foreign-born non-Hispanic White mothers by MENA/non-MENA status as the primary independent variable of interest. Logistic regression models are used to control for social and demographic characteristics, medical risk factors, and measures of prenatal care adequacy. Results are presented as odds ratios. Among foreign-born non-Hispanic White mothers, 139,708 (32%) are classified as MENA and 296,093 (68%) as non-MENA. Results show that after controlling for social and demographic characteristics, medical factors, and measures of prenatal care adequacy, foreign-born non-Hispanic White MENA mothers have greater odds of giving birth to a low-birth-weight infant than their non-MENA counterparts (OR: 1.443,
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