outcomes varied by region. Women from South Asian HSCs had a significantly
increased risk of poor/no pregnancy care attendance, late
booking visits, and post-term birth. However, pregnancy outcomes
among women from South Asian non-HSCs were still concerning.
Generally, more women from HSCs than non-HSCs did not speak
Englishwell, had given birth previously, and lived in relatively socioeconomically
disadvantaged areas. These differences in demographic characteristics
are consistentwith national Australian data for humanitarian
and non-humanitarian migrants [16].
Maternal risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomeswere generally
more common in HSC than non-HSC groups. Higher proportions of
women fromHSCs in each regionwere overweight,which is a risk factor