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Long-distance travel for birthing among Indigenous and non-Indigenous pregnant people in Canada
Janet Smylie, Kristen O’Brien, Emily Beaudoin, Nihaya Daoud, Cheryllee Bourgeois, Evelyn Harney George, Kerry Bebee and Chaneesa Ryan
CMAJ June 21, 2021 193 (25) E948-E955; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.201903
Janet Smylie
Well Living House (Smylie), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Smylie), University of Toronto; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (O’Brien); Midwifery Education Program (Bourgeois), Ryerson University; Seventh Generations Midwives Toronto (Bourgeois), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Public Health (Daoud), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (Harney George, Bebee), BC; Native Women’s Association of Canada (Ryan), Ont.; Bridlewood Medical Centre (Beaudoin), Kanata, Ont.
MD MPHKristen O’Brien
Well Living House (Smylie), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Smylie), University of Toronto; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (O’Brien); Midwifery Education Program (Bourgeois), Ryerson University; Seventh Generations Midwives Toronto (Bourgeois), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Public Health (Daoud), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (Harney George, Bebee), BC; Native Women’s Association of Canada (Ryan), Ont.; Bridlewood Medical Centre (Beaudoin), Kanata, Ont.
MScEmily Beaudoin
Well Living House (Smylie), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Smylie), University of Toronto; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (O’Brien); Midwifery Education Program (Bourgeois), Ryerson University; Seventh Generations Midwives Toronto (Bourgeois), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Public Health (Daoud), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (Harney George, Bebee), BC; Native Women’s Association of Canada (Ryan), Ont.; Bridlewood Medical Centre (Beaudoin), Kanata, Ont.
MD MPHNihaya Daoud
Well Living House (Smylie), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Smylie), University of Toronto; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (O’Brien); Midwifery Education Program (Bourgeois), Ryerson University; Seventh Generations Midwives Toronto (Bourgeois), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Public Health (Daoud), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (Harney George, Bebee), BC; Native Women’s Association of Canada (Ryan), Ont.; Bridlewood Medical Centre (Beaudoin), Kanata, Ont.
MPH PhDCheryllee Bourgeois
Well Living House (Smylie), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Smylie), University of Toronto; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (O’Brien); Midwifery Education Program (Bourgeois), Ryerson University; Seventh Generations Midwives Toronto (Bourgeois), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Public Health (Daoud), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (Harney George, Bebee), BC; Native Women’s Association of Canada (Ryan), Ont.; Bridlewood Medical Centre (Beaudoin), Kanata, Ont.
BHSc MidwiferyEvelyn Harney George
Well Living House (Smylie), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Smylie), University of Toronto; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (O’Brien); Midwifery Education Program (Bourgeois), Ryerson University; Seventh Generations Midwives Toronto (Bourgeois), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Public Health (Daoud), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (Harney George, Bebee), BC; Native Women’s Association of Canada (Ryan), Ont.; Bridlewood Medical Centre (Beaudoin), Kanata, Ont.
BA BSc MidwiferyKerry Bebee
Well Living House (Smylie), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Smylie), University of Toronto; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (O’Brien); Midwifery Education Program (Bourgeois), Ryerson University; Seventh Generations Midwives Toronto (Bourgeois), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Public Health (Daoud), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (Harney George, Bebee), BC; Native Women’s Association of Canada (Ryan), Ont.; Bridlewood Medical Centre (Beaudoin), Kanata, Ont.
BA BHSc MidwiferyChaneesa Ryan
Well Living House (Smylie), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Smylie), University of Toronto; Ontario HIV Treatment Network (O’Brien); Midwifery Education Program (Bourgeois), Ryerson University; Seventh Generations Midwives Toronto (Bourgeois), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Public Health (Daoud), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (Harney George, Bebee), BC; Native Women’s Association of Canada (Ryan), Ont.; Bridlewood Medical Centre (Beaudoin), Kanata, Ont.
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Janet Smylie, Kristen O’Brien, Emily Beaudoin, Nihaya Daoud, Cheryllee Bourgeois, Evelyn Harney George, Kerry Bebee, Chaneesa Ryan
CMAJ Jun 2021, 193 (25) E948-E955; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.201903
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