Introduction
In this study the changes in foods habits of South Asian migrants’ post-migration are investigated and reported. Changes in food habits post-migration negatively impact on the health of NZ South Asians and is a key modifiable factor for maintaining their healthy migrant status.
Introduction:
A Lottery Health Research grant enabled the development of an ethnic specific dietary assessment tool for NZ South Asians. This study describes the process and outcomes of this research.
Summary
This study highlights how women of South Asian ethnicity in Aotearoa NZ were at increased risk of stillbirth and neonatal death compared with NZ European women, although only at extremely preterm (< 24 weeks) and post-term (≥ 41 weeks) gestations. While there were no major differences in established risk factors for stillbirth and neonatal death by ethnicity, metabolic-related factors were more common among South Asian women, which may contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes in this ethnic group.
The study used clinical data from perinatal deaths between 2008 and 2017 provided by the NZ Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, and linked national maternity and neonatal data, and singleton birth records from the same decade, from the Statistics NZ Integrated Data Infrastructure for all births.
