Notes
Location
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Key recommendations
Improvements are needed with respect to provision of information related to postpartum depression and informed choice around the need for C-sections.
Key populations
Newcomer women
Key findings
Newcomers were more likely to be university graduates, but had lower incomes than Canadian-born women.
No differences were found in newcomer ability to access acceptable prenatal care, although fewer received information regarding emotional and physical changes during pregnancy.
Rates of C-sections were higher for newcomers than Canadian-born women.
Newcomers were also more likely to be placed in stirrups for birth and have an assisted birth.
Community organizations
Canadian Perinatal Surveillance Systems (CPSS), Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada
Integration timeline
At what point during the integration process the study was conducted?
NA
