Margaret MacDonald, associate professor and graduate program director in the Department of Anthropology, has published a study titled “Equity In Care: Midwifery In Ontario During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The study has been published in the Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice.
The study investigates the unique challenges midwives faced in delivering high-quality care during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they adapted their care throughout this period of restrictions.
The researchers paid special attention to midwives working with clients from racialized and vulnerable communities and looked at how they adapted their care to better serve these vulnerable groups. The study revealed that midwives’ traditional ways of working were challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that their original working models may need to be adapted and improved both in Ontario and beyond.
