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.
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, vol. 52, no. 4, July-August 2007, pp. 384-391
Description
Describes how the community-based midwifery service is providing the option, for women, to give birth within their remote community rather than have to be evacuated out.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, vol. 29, no. 3, March 2007, pp. 250-260
Description
Literature review findings resulted in a recommendation to make midwifery an integral part of maternity care for rural and remote Aboriginal communities.