ArticleQualitative health research2018
Interactions Between Indigenous Women Awaiting Childbirth Away From Home and Their Southern, Non-Indigenous Health Care Providers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Understanding care-seeking of pregnant women from underserved groups: a systematic review and meta-ethnography.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- A review of health and wellness studies involving Inuit of Manitoba and Nunavut.International journal of circumpolar health · 2020Pooled it
- Racism in Inuit experiences in healthcare: findings from an environmental scan.International journal of circumpolar health · 2026Review
- Cheko Gǫįtì (gift of the child): discerning maternal services, policies and influences during tumultuous times in the Northwest Territories, Canada (2018 to 2024).International journal of circumpolar health · 2026Article
- Inuit Women's Voices from Nunavut, Canada: Informing Perinatal Support Needs and Priorities.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exploring prenatal care experiences in Ontario, Canada: An equity-oriented qualitative study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Indigenous pregnancy: Agency and strength of Batwa women challenging colonialism and gender inequity.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Exploring integrated tertiary care for children from Nunavut: experiences of families and healthcare providers at the Aakuluk clinic in Ottawa, Canada.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
- Surgical Experiences of Patients From the Circumpolar North: A Scoping Review.World journal of surgery · 2025Article
- Co-designing Culturally Safe Indigenous Birth in High-Risk Obstetrics: Implementing Joyce's Principle with Inuit and Cree Families and Their Medical Providers.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society · 2025Article
- What is known about Indigenous women's dissatisfaction of Birthing experiences in mainstream maternity hospitals in Australia, Aotearoa, Canada, US, Kalaallit Nunaat and Sápmi? A systematic scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Anti-Indigenous racism in Canadian healthcare: a scoping review of the literature.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2024Article
- An exploration of the role of trust and rapport in enhancing vaccine uptake among Anishinaabe in rural northern Ontario.PloS one · 2024Article
- Shifting paradigm from biomedical to decolonised methods in Inuit public health research in Canada: a scoping review.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- Cultural Safety as an Outcome of a Dynamic Relational Process: The Experience of Inuit in a Mainstream Residential Addiction Rehabilitation Centre in Southern Canada.Qualitative health research · 2022Article
- The barriers to offering non-pharmacological pain management as an initial option for laboring women: A review of the literature.European journal of midwifery · 2022Review
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Abstract
We examine patient-provider interactions for Indigenous childbirth evacuees. Our analysis draws on in-depth interviews with 25 Inuit and First Nations women with medically high-risk pregnancies who were transferred or medevacked from northern Quebec to receive maternity care at a tertiary hospital in a southern city in the province. We supplemented the patient data with interviews from eight health care providers. Three themes related to patient-provider interactions are discussed: evacuation-related stress, hospital bureaucracy, and stereotypes. Findings show that the quality of the patient-provider interaction is contingent on individual health care providers' ability to connect with Indigenous patients and overcome cultural and institutional barriers to communication and trust-building. The findings point to the need for further training of medical professionals in the delivery of culturally safe care and addressing bureaucratic constraints in the health care system to improve patient-provider communication and overall relationship quality.
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