Indigenous Peoples’ responses to evacuation for birth in Ontario: conceptualizing risk through an Indigenous midwifery-led approach

Indigenous Peoples’ responses to evacuation for birth in Ontario: conceptualizing risk through an Indigenous midwifery-led approach

Abstract Background Currently, pregnant Indigenous Peoples living in remote, rural, and northern Indigenous communities in Canada are subjected to evacuation birth policy, whereby they are evacuated out of their community to large, urban hospitals to give birth. Evacuation for birth is assumed to de...

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Main Authors: Erika Campbell, Melanie Murdock, Sarah Durant, Carole Couchie, Carmel Meekis, Charitie Rae, Julie Kenequanash, Lisa Boivin, Jacob Barry, Arthi Erika Jeymohan, Karen Lawford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-05-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Self-determination of Risk
Wholistic Risk
Evacuation for Birth
Bringing Birth Home
Indigenous Midwifery
Indigenous Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02491-6
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