Refugee Births and the Migrant Health Effect in Syracuse NY.

Objectives: In Syracuse, NY among 5998 births in a 3-year period (2017-2019), 24% were to foreign-born women, among whom nearly 5% were refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia. The impetus for the study was to identify potential risk factors and birth outcomes of refugee women, other foreign-born women, and US born women to inform care.

Methods: This study reviewed 3 years of births (2017-2019) in a secondary database of births in Syracuse, New York.