Translating Priorities Into Practice: Midwifery Care for Uninsured Migrant Populations Across Canada
While there is a clearly demonstrated intention to provide equitable access to midwifery care to all people, including "priority populations" like migrants and newcomers, in practice, these commitments have not been fully realized. Equity is encumbered by broader structural issues, such as the growth in the number of newcomers without access to public health insurance. Moves toward equity within midwifery and healthcare more broadly need to meaningfully engage with other policy sectors, such as immigration, to be able to adapt to emerging issues affecting reproductive care, such as the growing precarity of newcomer populations in Canada.
Authors
- Lindsay Larios (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8756-8453)
- Heidi Elias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6463-5212)
Institutions
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Birth
- Published
- 2024-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12893
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada