Omid Dadras|Takeo Nakayama|Masahiro Kihara|Masako Ono?Kihara|SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi|Fateme Dadras
The prevalence and associated factors of adverse pregnancy outcomes among Afghan women in Iran; Findings from community-based survey
Kyoto University|Kyoto University|Kyoto University|Kyoto University|Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|University of Tehran
backgrounds estimated 25 million afghans living iran almost half young women childbearing ages although evidence indicates lower rates antenatal care higher incidence pregnancy complications afghan compared iranian women underlying reasons well defined therefore present study aimed explore prevalence associated sociodemographic factors adverse pregnancy outcomes examine impact intimate partner violence food insecurity poor mental health housing issues pregnancy outcome afghan women living iran methods july 2019 enrolled 424 afghan women aged 1844 years old using timelocation sampling three community health centers south region tehran province data collected face face interviews using researcherdeveloped questionnaire using bivariate multivariate analysis impact poor antenatal care intimate partner violence food insecurity poor mental health assessed incidence adverse pregnancy outcome results half 566 afghan women reported least one pregnancy complication recent pregnancy results showed undocumented illiterate unemployed afghan women lower socioeconomic status likely experience adverse pregnancy outcomes furthermore observed lower prevalence adverse pregnancy outcomes among documented immigrants health insurance compared health insurance also found food insecurity adjusted 335 95 ci 134836 poor antenatal care adjusted 1050 95 ci 5402039 intimate partner violence adjusted 272 95 ci 110677 poor mental health adjusted 477 95 ci 254894 could adversely impact pregnancy outcome observed higher incidence adverse outcomes among suffering situations conclusion knowledge first study explored prevalence associated factors adverse pregnancy outcomes impact intimate partner violence food insecurity poor mental health pregnancy outcome among afghan women iran enhancing psychosocial support empowering afghan women expanding social network safety net priority central government international parties psychological counseling incorporated routine maternity care afghan refugees access free antenatal care right afghan women facilitated universal health insurance afghans regardless legal status