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ArticleJournal of pregnancy2017

Scoping Review on Maternal Health among Immigrant and Refugee Women in Canada: Prenatal, Intrapartum, and Postnatal Care.

N Khanlou, N Haque, A Skinner, A Mantini, C Kurtz Landy

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Article in Journal of pregnancy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Perspectives and Beliefs Surrounding Postpartum Care and Physical Activity of South Asian Immigrant Women in Canada.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2026
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  7. Uptake of prenatal syphilis screening and its determinants in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

N KhanlouFaculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7176-8875
N HaqueFaculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
A SkinnerFaculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
A MantiniCentre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
C Kurtz LandyFaculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The last fifteen years have seen a dramatic increase in both the childbearing age and diversity of women migrating to Canada. The resulting health impact underscores the need to explore access to health services and the related maternal health outcome. This article reports on the results of a scoping review focused on migrant maternal health within the context of accessible and effective health services during pregnancy and following delivery. One hundred and twenty-six articles published between 2000 and 2016 that met our inclusion criteria and related to this group of migrant women, with pregnancy/motherhood status, who were living in Canada, were identified. This review points at complex health outcomes among immigrant and refugee women that occur within the compelling gaps in our knowledge of maternal health during all phases of maternity. Throughout the prenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods of maternity, barriers to accessing healthcare services were found to disadvantage immigrant and refugee women putting them at risk for challenging maternal health outcomes. Interactions between the uptake of health information and factors related to the process of immigrant settlement were identified as major barriers. Availability of appropriate services in a country that provides universal healthcare is discussed.

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Emigrants and ImmigrantsHealth Services AccessibilityRefugeesCanadaFemaleHumansMaternal Health ServicesParturitionPregnancyRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID28210508
PMCPMC5292182

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