International migration to Canada: The post-birth health of mothers and infants by immigration class

There are over 214 million international migrants worldwide, half of whom are women, and all of them assigned by the receiving country to an immigration class. Immigration classes are associated with certain health risks and regulatory restrictions related to eligibility for health care. Prior to th...

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Published in:Social science & medicine (1982) 2013-01, Vol.76 (1), p.197-207
Main Authors: Gagnon, Anita J., Dougherty, Geoffrey, Wahoush, Olive, Saucier, Jean-François, Dennis, Cindy-Lee, Stanger, Elizabeth, Palmer, Becky, Merry, Lisa, Stewart, Donna E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to health care
Adult
Asylum seekers
Biological and medical sciences
Birth
Canada
Cohort Studies
Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data
Emigration and Immigration - classification
Emmigration and immigration
Female
Health risk assessment
Health Status
Humans
Immigration
Infant
International migration
Maternal & child health
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Mothers - statistics & numerical data
Needs Assessment
Noncitizens
Postnatal Care
Postpartum women
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Refugees
Refugees - statistics & numerical data
Risk
Women
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Summary:There are over 214 million international migrants worldwide, half of whom are women, and all of them assigned by the receiving country to an immigration class. Immigration classes are associated with certain health risks and regulatory restrictions related to eligibility for health care. Prior to this study, reports of international migrant post-birth health had not been compared between immigration classes, with the exception of our earlier, smaller study in which we found asylum-seekers to be at greatest risk for health concerns. In order to determine whether refugee or asylum-seeking women or their infants experience a greater number or a different distribution of professionally-identified health concerns after birth than immigrant or Canadian-born women, we recruited 1127 migrant (and in Canada
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.11.001