Equitable health-care access: the experiences of refugee and refugee claimant mothers with an ill preschooler.

Little is known about access to health services for preschool children in refugee or refugee claimant families living in Canada. This mixed-methods study collected information from a purposive sample of 55 mothers living in a second-tier city in the province ofOntario.The findings raise questions about equitable access to primary health care for these families. Factors other than need determined whether a mother was able to access care for her …