Receipt of adequate prenatal care for privately sponsored versus government-assisted refugees in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Canada has 2 main streams of resettlement: government-assisted refugees and privately sponsored refugees, whereby citizens can privately sponsor refugees and provide resettlement services, including health care navigation. Our objective was to compare receipt of adequate prenatal care among privately sponsored and government-assisted refugees.

Methods

This population-based study used linked health administrative and demographic databases. We included all resettled refugees classified as female who landed in Ontario, Canada, between April 2002 and May 2017, and who had a live birth or stillbirth conceived at least 365 days after their landing date. Our primary outcome - adequacy of prenatal care - was a composite that comprised receipt of a first-trimester prenatal

SUBMITTER: Evans A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069929 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature