Kim Sigmund
Biographic Data
| ID | 914609 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kim Sigmund |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kim |
| FAMILY NAME | Sigmund |
| SIGNATURE | SIGMUND K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0808-9540 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
I have nowhere to go: Asylum-seeking mothers’ (im)mobility in Los Angeles
Caring for Women of Color: Community-Based Doulas' Strategies in Hospital Birth in Los Angeles
In the United States, women of color experience worse pregnancy and birth outcomes than white women. Likewise, many women of color report facing discrimination from perinatal health providers, and many experience precarity that can negatively impact birth experiences and outcomes. In this context, more women of color now embrace the use of community-based doulas. Using ethnographic data, I argue that community-based doulas, as members of the comm…
Covid-19 and decreased asylum access: Mother work, precarity and preocupación among Central American asylum-seekers in Los Angeles
In 2020, the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the U.S. government's increased legal restrictions on asylum-seekers acted together to increase social, economic and legal precarity in the lives of Central American asylum-seeking mothers in Los Angeles. In this context, these asylum-seeking mothers discussed their intersectional precarities through the idiom of distress "preocupación", which signalled the concerns, worries, and fe…
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Covid-19 and decreased asylum access: Mother work, precarity and preocupación among Central American asylum-seekers in Los Angeles
In 2020, the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the U.S. government's increased legal restrictions on asylum-seekers acted together to increase social, economic and legal precarity in the lives of Central American asylum-seeking mothers in Los Angeles. In this context, these asylum-seeking mothers discussed their intersectional precarities through the idiom of distress "preocupación", which signalled the concerns, worries, and fe…
I have nowhere to go: Asylum-seeking mothers’ (im)mobility in Los Angeles
Caring for Women of Color: Community-Based Doulas' Strategies in Hospital Birth in Los Angeles
In the United States, women of color experience worse pregnancy and birth outcomes than white women. Likewise, many women of color report facing discrimination from perinatal health providers, and many experience precarity that can negatively impact birth experiences and outcomes. In this context, more women of color now embrace the use of community-based doulas. Using ethnographic data, I argue that community-based doulas, as members of the comm…
Gender Studies (2 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Asylum seeker (1 works) · Context (archaeology) (1 works) · Criminology (1 works) · Ethnography (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works)