Clare Heggie
Biographic Data
| ID | 1451068 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clare Heggie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clare |
| FAMILY NAME | Heggie |
| SIGNATURE | HEGGIE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Brunswick |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-5440-7811 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Abortion and Contraception Policy in Prisons in Canada
Little is known about abortion and contraception policy in prisons in Canada. The aim of this study was to determine policies governing access to abortion and contraception in prisons in Canada. Between 2022 and 2023, we sent freedom of information requests to each province and territory and to the federal government of Canada, requesting any information with respect to policies governing abortion and contraception in prisons and jails. Our revie…
Services for Women Leaving Prison in Canada
Women are a growing population in prisons in Canada. When women leave prison, community-based organizations (CBOs) can provide immediate material resources, and facilitate connection to healthcare and other services. We conducted an environmental scan of CBOs that support women leaving prison in order to identify potential gaps in service delivery, and identified 86 CBOs distributed across ten provinces, with a lack of services in rural areas and…
Travel distances from institutions designated to detain women and girls to procedural (surgical) abortion facilities in Australia
Women are a fast growing population in prisons in Australia. The growing number of women in prisons challenges the ability of correctional services to meet gendered healthcare needs. People in prisons for women face a number of barriers accessing essential sexual and reproductive healthcare needs, including access to abortion. Distance is one potential barrier to accessing care. The purpose of this study was to create a directory of all instituti…
Jordan House and Asaf Rashid, Solidarity Beyond Bars
Resisting Carceral Logic through Doula Practice
A doula is a trained lay person who provides emotional, physical, and informational support during the perinatal period, defi ned as pregnancy and the fi rst year postpartum (Garcia and Yin, 2017). Research has shown doula support reduces clinical interventions in labour and delivery, improves neonatal outcomes, increases rates of breastfeeding initiation, and augments patient satisfaction with the birth experience Doula support may be particular…
Advocates’ perspectives on the Canadian prison mother child program
Over twenty years ago, Correctional Services Canada launched the Mother Child Program (MCP) to mitigate harms of separating incarcerated mothers from their babies. It has never been subjected to internal evaluation or independent study. The aim of the qualitative study was to explore the experiences of advocates employed by Elizabeth Fry Societies (EFS), community organizations dedicated to the support of incarcerated women, with respect to suppo…
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Resisting Carceral Logic through Doula Practice
A doula is a trained lay person who provides emotional, physical, and informational support during the perinatal period, defi ned as pregnancy and the fi rst year postpartum (Garcia and Yin, 2017). Research has shown doula support reduces clinical interventions in labour and delivery, improves neonatal outcomes, increases rates of breastfeeding initiation, and augments patient satisfaction with the birth experience Doula support may be particular…
Advocates’ perspectives on the Canadian prison mother child program
Over twenty years ago, Correctional Services Canada launched the Mother Child Program (MCP) to mitigate harms of separating incarcerated mothers from their babies. It has never been subjected to internal evaluation or independent study. The aim of the qualitative study was to explore the experiences of advocates employed by Elizabeth Fry Societies (EFS), community organizations dedicated to the support of incarcerated women, with respect to suppo…
Travel distances from institutions designated to detain women and girls to procedural (surgical) abortion facilities in Australia
Women are a fast growing population in prisons in Australia. The growing number of women in prisons challenges the ability of correctional services to meet gendered healthcare needs. People in prisons for women face a number of barriers accessing essential sexual and reproductive healthcare needs, including access to abortion. Distance is one potential barrier to accessing care. The purpose of this study was to create a directory of all instituti…
Jordan House and Asaf Rashid, Solidarity Beyond Bars
Abortion and Contraception Policy in Prisons in Canada
Little is known about abortion and contraception policy in prisons in Canada. The aim of this study was to determine policies governing access to abortion and contraception in prisons in Canada. Between 2022 and 2023, we sent freedom of information requests to each province and territory and to the federal government of Canada, requesting any information with respect to policies governing abortion and contraception in prisons and jails. Our revie…
Services for Women Leaving Prison in Canada
Women are a growing population in prisons in Canada. When women leave prison, community-based organizations (CBOs) can provide immediate material resources, and facilitate connection to healthcare and other services. We conducted an environmental scan of CBOs that support women leaving prison in order to identify potential gaps in service delivery, and identified 86 CBOs distributed across ten provinces, with a lack of services in rural areas and…
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Prison (3 works) · Abortion (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Pregnancy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)