Calculated Kindness? The Voices of Women Refugee Claimants

Accessing Pre- and Postnatal Health Care Services in Toronto, Ontario

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11404236
AutoresHelen Gateri (MacEwan University, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume40
Fascículo1
Páginas1-16
Data de publicação2024-06-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRefuge Canada s Journal on Refuge (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0229-5113 • E-ISSN: 1920-7336
EditoraYork University Libraries (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.25071/1920-7336.41186
OpenAlexW4399788540
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas31

In Canada, refugee claimants are given temporary immigration status, making access to health care services challenging. While the federal government determines the entitlements granted to refugee claimants, provinces are responsible for delivering health care services. This qualitative study conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with eight refugee claimants and six service providers in Toronto, Ontario. An intersectional theoretical framework was employed to examine the experiences of women refugee claimants and their complicated and often incomplete access to prenatal and postnatal health care services. Findings revealed that delivery of health care services in Ontario created barriers to access and under-utilization of services resulting from intersections of health coverage, immigration status, gender, class, and discrimination

Criminology · Kindness · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Identity, and Health · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Nursing · Psychology