The number of homeless women giving birth at one of the country’s biggest maternity hospitals has increased tenfold in as many years. A study carried out at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin found 51 homeless women and 82 living in refuges attended there over the past decade. A team of researchers found these patients were at a significantly higher risk of premature birth than those with stable living arrangements.
Dr Lyndsay Creswell said: “Pregnant women with unstable housing were more likely to be affected by other adverse socioeconomic determinants of health including cigarette smoking, substance misuse, and domestic violence than women with permanent accommodation. “They were also more likely to experience a pre-term birth and give birth to infants with lower birth weights.” The study found over half the homeless women (54%) were Irish while three-quarters (75%) were singl
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