Primary Birthing Attendants and Birth Outcomes in Remote Inuit Communities: A Natural "Experiment" in Nunavik, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
F. Simonet
R. Wilkins
E. Labranche
J. Smylie
M. Heaman ... [et al.]
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 63, no. 7, July 2009, pp. 546-551
Description
Examined outcomes from the 14 communities in Nunavik for the period of 1989 to 2000. Compared results from the Hudson Bay area, where Inuit midwives perform maternity care, to Ungava Bay area where western physicians performed the same function.