Polygamy and birth outcomes among Bedouin women of the Negev: The contribution of social determinants and pregnancy complications.
Alexandra Berger-PolskyNihaya DaoudRuslan SergienkoEyal SheinerIlana Shoham-VardiNatalya BilenkoPublished in: Health care for women international (2019)
Polygamy has been associated with adverse health outcomes. We examined the association between polygamy and adverse birth outcomes (composite score of preterm birth, low birth weight, small for gestational age, Apgar score < 7) using survey data linked to retrospective medical data of 9,872 cohort Bedouin women who bore live singletons in a large medical center in Southern Israel between 2008 and 2014. Women in polygamous marriages (18%) were more likely to have adverse birth outcomes after considering different factors (AOR = 1.28, 95% CI = 1.09-1.51), indicating that polygamy is an independent risk factor for birth outcomes that should be considered in research and clinical practice.
Keyphrases
- gestational age
- preterm birth
- low birth weight
- birth weight
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- human milk
- pregnancy outcomes
- healthcare
- clinical practice
- electronic health record
- cross sectional
- big data
- cervical cancer screening
- breast cancer risk
- preterm infants
- mental health
- insulin resistance
- machine learning
- adverse drug
- risk factors
- body mass index
- type diabetes
- skeletal muscle
- metabolic syndrome
- emergency department
- adipose tissue
- weight gain