Primary birthing attendants and birth outcomes in remote Inuit communities--a natural "experiment" in Nunavik, Canada

Background: There is a lack of data on the safety of midwife-led maternity care in remote or indigenous communities. In a de facto natural “experiment”, birth outcomes were assessed by primary birthing attendant in two sets of remote Inuit communities. Methods: A geocoding-based retrospective birth...

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Published in:Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
Main Authors: Simonet, F, Wilkins, R, Labranche, E, Smylie, J, Heaman, M, Martens, P, Fraser, W D, Minich, K, Wu, Y, Carry, C, Luo, Z-C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2009
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Hudson Bay
Nunavik
Canada
Hudson
Ungava Bay
inuit
Online Access:http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/63/7/546
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2008.080598

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