Background Understanding immigrant women's experiences of maternity care is critical if
receiving country care systems are to respond appropriately to increasing global migration …

Objective Due to migration, doctors see patients from different ethnic backgrounds. This
causes challenges for the communication. To develop training programs for doctors in …

Background In Australia only 2.2% of published health research has focused on multi-
cultural health despite the increase of culturally and linguistically diverse populations …

Introduction pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood are natural processes that bring joy to
individual women and families. However, for many migrant women, becoming a mother …

Aim A synthesis of the evidence of migrant women's perceptions of their needs and
experiences in relation to pregnancy and childbirth. Background Despite the fact that all …

Background Despite the potential of prenatal care for addressing many pregnancy
complications and concurrent health problems, non-western women in industrialized …

Background In our globalizing world, caregivers are increasingly being confronted with the
challenges of providing intercultural healthcare, trying to find a dignified answer to the …

Background Women who were born overseas represent an increasing proportion of women
giving birth in the Australian healthcare system. Problem Women from migrant and refugee …

Background Despite the well-established benefits of exercise during pregnancy, many
women remain inactive. This may be related, in part, to women's beliefs about exercise in …

The proportion of women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds is growing in
Australia. Synthesising existing evidence concerning the views and experiences of these …