Journal article
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