Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Transnational prenatal care among migrant women from low-and-middle-income countries who gave birth in Montreal, Canada |
| Authors: |
Lisa Merry, Ye Na Kim, Marcelo L. Urquia, Julie Goulet, Sarah Fredsted Villadsen, Anita Gagnon |
| Source: |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: |
BMC, 2023. |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Gynecology and obstetrics |
| Subject Terms: |
Maternity care, Migrants, Migrant health, Prenatal care, Reproductive health, Transnationalism, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991 |
| More Details: |
Abstract Objectives There is little research examining transnational prenatal care (TPC) (i.e., prenatal care in more than one country) among migrant women. Using data from the Migrant-Friendly Maternity Care (MFMC) - Montreal project, we aimed to: (1) Estimate the prevalence of TPC, including TPC-arrived during pregnancy and TPC-arrived pre-pregnancy, among recently-arrived migrant women from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) who gave birth in Montreal, Canada; (2) Describe and compare the socio-demographic, migration and health profiles and perceptions of care during pregnancy in Canada between these two groups and migrant women who received no TPC (i.e., only received prenatal care in Canada); and (3) Identify predictors of TPC-arrived pre-pregnancy vs. No-TPC. Methods The MFMC study used a cross-sectional design. Data were gathered from recently-arrived ( |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1471-2393 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2393 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12884-023-05582-w |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/41e9e73c7f7a4f13b906ded632de7b92 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.41e9e73c7f7a4f13b906ded632de7b92 |
| Database: |
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