Diversity and challenges in the management of maternity care for migrant women

Lyberg, Anne; Viken, Berit; Haruna, Megumi; Severinsson, Elisabeth

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01364.x

Cited by 47 publications

(63 citation statements)

References 17 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…It has been found in qualitative studies that there are subgroups among immigrant women who are vulnerable and that the flexibility of maternity services should be improved in order to better meet their specific needs [19, 20]. A recent Norwegian registry study showed that, among the compared groups, the risk of adverse obstetric outcomes was higher among women of African and Asian descent [21].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do experiences with pregnancy, birth and postnatal care in Norway vary by the women’s geographic origin? a comparison of cross-sectional survey results

Sjetne

Iversen

2017

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundA national survey was conducted to measure and benchmark women’s experiences with pregnancy, birth and postnatal care in Norway. The purpose of this secondary analysis is to explore potential variation in these experiences with regard to the survey respondents’ geographic origin.MethodsData were collected in a national observational cross-sectional study, by a self-administered questionnaire and from registries. The questionnaire collects patient reported experience measures (PREMS) of mainly nontechnical aspects of the health-care services. While taking the clustered characteristics of the respondents into consideration, we compared the mean scores on 16 indexes between women of four different geographic origins using linear regression models.ResultsThe origin of the 4904 respondents were classified as Norway (n = 4028, 82%), Western Europe, North-America, Oceania (n = 233, 5%), Eastern Europe (n = 290, 6%), and Asia, Turkey, Africa, and South-America) (n = 353, 7%). The observed differences were moderate, and no consistency was present in the results in respect of direction or magnitude of the differences between the groups.ConclusionsWith some important cautions, we conclude that this study did not detect systematic differences between groups of different geographic origin, in their experiences with pregnancy and maternity care in Norway.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do experiences with pregnancy, birth and postnatal care in Norway vary by the women’s geographic origin? a comparison of cross-sectional survey results

Sjetne

Iversen

2017

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…According to the evidence in the articles, it is acknowledged that the migrant women's situation in a new country is related to lack of 'communication and connection' to others (Lyberg et al 2012). Their situation can be explained by the diversity in experiences of security, knowledge, and personal values.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A qualitative review of migrant women's perceptions of their needs and experiences related to pregnancy and childbirth

Balaam

Akerjordet

Lyberg

et al. 2013

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Self Cite

149

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Aim. A synthesis of the evidence of migrant women's perceptions of their needs and experiences in relation to pregnancy and childbirth. Background. Despite the fact that all European Union member states have ratified human rights-based resolutions aimed at non-discrimination, there is a relationship between social inequality and access to pre-, intra-, and postpartum care. Design. A qualitative systematic review of studies from European countries.

show abstract

“…Then, we proceeded to the identification of a preliminary framework reflecting participants’ perspectives as well as theoretical discussions on the topic [22–24, 26, 30, 32–34, 41]. We used this analytic structure for indexing the data , a procedure most commonly referred to as coding (e.g., [42]).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some health care professionals, guided by the perceptions they have of their patients, may use the power associated with their position to revindicate certain values that contribute to health care inequities [27, 32–34], creating a distance between “us” and “them” (i.e., their patients) [35]. …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges newly-arrived migrant women in Montreal face when needing maternity care: Health care professionals’ perspectives

et al. 2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundPeople who leave their country of origin, or the country of habitual residence, to establish themselves permanently in another country are usually referred to as migrants. Over half of all births in Montreal, Canada are to migrant women. To understand healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards migrants that could influence their delivery of care, our objective was to explore their perspectives of challenges newly-arrived migrant women from non-Western countries face when needing maternity care.MethodIn this qualitative multiple case study, we conducted face-to-face interviews with 63 health care professionals from four teaching hospitals in Montreal, known for providing maternity care to a high volume of migrant women. Interviews were transcribed and thematically analysed.ResultsPhysicians, nurses, social workers, and therapists participated; 90% were female; and 17% were themselves migrants from non-Western countries. According to participants, newly-arrived migrant women face challenges at two levels: (a) direct care (e.g., understanding Canadian health care professionals’ expectations, communicating effectively with health care professionals), and (b) organizational (e.g., access to appropriate health care). Challenges women face are strongly influenced by the migrant woman’s background as well as social position (e.g., general education, health literacy, socio-cultural integration) and by how health care professionals balance women’s needs with perceived requirement to adhere to standard procedures and regulations.ConclusionsHealth care professionals across institutions agreed that maternity care-related challenges faced by newly-arrived migrant women often are complex in that they are simultaneously driven by conflicting values: those based on migrant women’s sociocultural backgrounds versus those related to the implementation of Canadian guidelines for maternity care in which consideration of migrant women’s particular needs are not priority.

show abstract

Diversity and challenges in the management of maternity care for migrant women

Cited by 47 publications

References 17 publications

Do experiences with pregnancy, birth and postnatal care in Norway vary by the women’s geographic origin? a comparison of cross-sectional survey results

Do experiences with pregnancy, birth and postnatal care in Norway vary by the women’s geographic origin? a comparison of cross-sectional survey results

A qualitative review of migrant women's perceptions of their needs and experiences related to pregnancy and childbirth

Challenges newly-arrived migrant women in Montreal face when needing maternity care: Health care professionals’ perspectives

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About