ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2022
Kivalliq Inuit women travelling to Manitoba for birthing: findings from the Qanuinngitsiarutiksait study.
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- "We built it grassroots… birth by birth": circumpolar maternal child health workshop proceedings.International journal of circumpolar health · 2026Article
- Inuit Women's Voices from Nunavut, Canada: Informing Perinatal Support Needs and Priorities.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 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
- Inuit youth health and wellbeing programming in Canada.International journal of circumpolar health · 2024Review
- Inuit mental health service utilisation in Manitoba: results from the qanuinngitsiarutiksait study.International journal of circumpolar health · 2024Article
- Indigenous data governance approaches applied in research using routinely collected health data: a scoping review.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Article
- Mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Inuit living in Manitoba: community responses.International journal of circumpolar health · 2023Article
- Cross-jurisdictional pandemic management: providers speaking on the experience of Nunavut Inuit accessing services in Manitoba during the COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of circumpolar health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Qanuinngitsiarutiksait study aimed to develop detailed profiles of Inuit health service utilization in Manitoba, by Inuit living in Manitoba (approximately 1,500) and by Inuit from the Kivalliq region of Nunavut who travel to Manitoba to access care not available in Nunavut (approximately 16,000 per year).
methodsWe used health administrative data routinely collected in Manitoba for all services provided and developed an algorithm to identify Inuit in the dataset. This paper focused on health services used by Inuit from the Kivalliq for prenatal care and birthing.
resultsOur study found that approximately 80 percent of births to women from the Kivalliq region occur in Manitoba, primarily in Winnipeg. When perinatal care and birthing are combined, they constitute one third of all consults happening by Kivalliq residents in Manitoba. For scale, hospitalizations for childbirths to Kivalliq women about to only 5 percent of all childbirth-related hospitalizations in Manitoba.
conclusionsThe practice of evacuating women from the Kivalliq for perinatal care and birthing is rooted in colonialism, rationalized as ensuring that women whose pregnancy is at high risk have access to specialized care not available in Nunavut. While defendable, this practice is costly, and does not provide Inuit women a choice as to where to birth. Attempts at relocating birthing to the north have proven complex to operationalize. Given this, there is an urgent need to develop Inuit-centric and culturally appropriate perinatal and birthing care in Manitoba.
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