a new study.The findings, published Monday by researchers from several universities, hospitals and health institutions, were found through a review of data from a federal survey on maternity experiences in Canada.
Canada’s Indigenous communities at greater risk post-surgery, study shows The results of the review, which included 3,100 mothers living in small and rural towns across Canada, revealed a staggering disparity between the experiences of those across several different communities — that 23 per cent of Indigenous women had travelled 200 km or more to give birth compared to only two per cent of non-Indigenous.“I knew there would be a disparity, but I never imagined that the disparity would be so extreme, particularly since we.