Immigrant and non-immigrant women's experiences of maternity care: a systematic and comparative review of studies in five countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding immigrant women's experiences of maternity care is critical if receiving country care systems are to respond appropriately to increasing global migration. This systematic review aimed to compare what we know about immigrant and non-immigrant women's experiences of maternity care.

Methods

Medline, CINAHL, Health Star, Embase and PsychInfo were searched for the period 1989-2012. First, we retrieved population-based studies of women's experiences of maternity care (n = 12). For countries with identified population studies, studies focused specifically on immigrant women's experiences of care were also retrieved (n = 22). For all included studies, we extracted available data on experiences of care and undertook a descriptive comparison.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Small R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4108006 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature