​Access to Midwifery Care in Ontario and Socioeconomic Status

Summary 

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Co-Investigators 

Meredith Vanstone, Beth Murray-Davis, Eileen Hutton

Studies 

1

Objective: To explore the barriers and facilitators that people of low-SES experience in accessing midwifery care in Hamilton, ON 
Method: Individual interviews

2

Objective: To explore the work done by midwives in Ontario to improve access to midwifery care for people of low SES and to identify barriers that midwives experience in doing this work 
Method: Individual interview

3

Objectives: 
1) To examine whether the distribution of midwifery clients across SES quintiles changed between 2006 to 2017
2)  To examine whether the current distribution across SES quintiles differs between midwifery care recipients and all other pregnant people
Method: Retrospective cohort studies