Providing family planning and reproductive healthcare to Canadian immigrants: perceptions of healthcare providers.
Cultural impacts on health experiences and behaviours are profound in the area of reproductive health and family planning. Explored through interviews with family planning healthcare professionals, this paper evaluates their experiences in providing family planning and reproductive healthcare to immigrants in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area of Ontario, Canada. Results reveal the complexity of delivering care to members of this group, particularly when dealing with language barriers, situations when professional and non-professional interpreters are used, and instances where healthcare professionals realize that they themselves have misconceptions and misunderstandings about other cultures. The paper concludes by discussing future research options and implications for the delivery of reproductive health family planning services to this population.
Newbold
K Bruce
KB
School of Geography & Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Canada. newbold@mcmaster.ca
Willinsky
Jacqueline
J
D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003657:Decision Making; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D018456:Reproductive Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012932:Social Facilitation; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult