Karen Lawford
Biographic Data
| ID | 200253 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Lawford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Lawford |
| SIGNATURE | LAWFORD K |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9397-5784 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Indigenous Peoples’ responses to evacuation for birth in Ontario: Conceptualizing risk through an Indigenous midwifery-led approach
We outline actions to limit the practice of evacuation for birth, support the return of birth to Indigenous communities, and expand understandings of risk within policy and clinical practice
Conceptualizing risk for pregnant Indigenous Peoples accessing maternity care in Canada: A critical interpretive synthesis
In Canada, Indigenous Peoples living in northern, rural, and/or remote communities are evacuated for birth to hospitals based on beliefs within the Euro-Canadian biomedical model, which does not consider risk in a wholistic manner and overemphasizes biomedical risks like preeclampsia, hypertension, and diabetes. To understand risk wholistically, we conducted a critical interpretative synthesis to generate three concepts of risk: colonialism, raci…
Costs of medical evacuation and transportation of First Nations Peoples and Inuit who travel for medical care in Canada: A systematic review
Indigenous Women's Resistance of Colonial Policies, Practices, and Reproductive Coercion
This analysis of urban Indigenous women's experiences on the Homeland of the Métis and Treaty One (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Treaty Four (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and Treaty Six (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) territories illustrates that Indigenous women have recently experienced coercion when interacting with healthcare and social service providers in various settings. Drawing on analysis of media, study conversations, and policies, …
This policy sucks and it’s stupid: ” Mapping maternity care for First Nations women on reserves in Manitoba, Canada
First Nations women who live on rural and remote reserves in Canada leave their communities between 36 and 38 weeks gestational age to receive labor and birthing services in large urban centers. The process and administrative details of this process are undocumented despite decades of relocation as a routine component of maternity care. Using data from 32 semistructured interviews and information from peer-reviewed literature, grey literature, an…
An Analysis of the Evacuation Policy for Pregnant First Nations Women in Canada
A Canadian policy requires the routine evacuation of pregnant First Nations women who live on-reserve in rural and remote regions to larger centres to gain access to perinatal services. Despite this access, First Nations women's health remains poor and the First Nations infant mortality rate remains high. In this paper, we employ First Nations feminist theory to understand why the evacuation policy does not result in good health, especially for F…
An Analysis of the Evacuation Policy for Pregnant First Nations Women in Canada
A Canadian policy requires the routine evacuation of pregnant First Nations women who live on-reserve in rural and remote regions to larger centres to gain access to perinatal services. Despite this access, First Nations women's health remains poor and the First Nations infant mortality rate remains high. In this paper, we employ First Nations feminist theory to understand why the evacuation policy does not result in good health, especially for F…
Indigenous Women's Resistance of Colonial Policies, Practices, and Reproductive Coercion
This analysis of urban Indigenous women's experiences on the Homeland of the Métis and Treaty One (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Treaty Four (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and Treaty Six (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) territories illustrates that Indigenous women have recently experienced coercion when interacting with healthcare and social service providers in various settings. Drawing on analysis of media, study conversations, and policies, …
An Analysis of the Evacuation Policy for Pregnant First Nations Women in Canada
A Canadian policy requires the routine evacuation of pregnant First Nations women who live on-reserve in rural and remote regions to larger centres to gain access to perinatal services. Despite this access, First Nations women's health remains poor and the First Nations infant mortality rate remains high. In this paper, we employ First Nations feminist theory to understand why the evacuation policy does not result in good health, especially for F…
This policy sucks and it’s stupid: ” Mapping maternity care for First Nations women on reserves in Manitoba, Canada
First Nations women who live on rural and remote reserves in Canada leave their communities between 36 and 38 weeks gestational age to receive labor and birthing services in large urban centers. The process and administrative details of this process are undocumented despite decades of relocation as a routine component of maternity care. Using data from 32 semistructured interviews and information from peer-reviewed literature, grey literature, an…
Indigenous Women's Resistance of Colonial Policies, Practices, and Reproductive Coercion
This analysis of urban Indigenous women's experiences on the Homeland of the Métis and Treaty One (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Treaty Four (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and Treaty Six (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) territories illustrates that Indigenous women have recently experienced coercion when interacting with healthcare and social service providers in various settings. Drawing on analysis of media, study conversations, and policies, …
Conceptualizing risk for pregnant Indigenous Peoples accessing maternity care in Canada: A critical interpretive synthesis
In Canada, Indigenous Peoples living in northern, rural, and/or remote communities are evacuated for birth to hospitals based on beliefs within the Euro-Canadian biomedical model, which does not consider risk in a wholistic manner and overemphasizes biomedical risks like preeclampsia, hypertension, and diabetes. To understand risk wholistically, we conducted a critical interpretative synthesis to generate three concepts of risk: colonialism, raci…
Costs of medical evacuation and transportation of First Nations Peoples and Inuit who travel for medical care in Canada: A systematic review
Indigenous Peoples’ responses to evacuation for birth in Ontario: Conceptualizing risk through an Indigenous midwifery-led approach
We outline actions to limit the practice of evacuation for birth, support the return of birth to Indigenous communities, and expand understandings of risk within policy and clinical practice
Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works)