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International migration to Canada: The post-birth health of mothers and infants by immigration class

Abstract

There are over 214 million international migrants worldwide, half of whom are women, and all of them assigned by the receiving country to an immigration class. Immigration classes are associated with certain health risks and regulatory restrictions related to eligibility for health care. Prior to this study, reports of international migrant post-birth health had not been compared between immigration classes, with the exception of our earlier, …

Authors

Gagnon AJ; Dougherty G; Wahoush O; Saucier J-F; Dennis C-L; Stanger E; Palmer B; Merry L; Stewart DE

Journal

Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 197–207

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

January 2013

DOI

10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.11.001

ISSN

0277-9536