The role of doulas and community birth workers in abortion and contraception care: An international scoping review.

Objectives: Equitable and safe access to abortion and contraception is essential to protecting reproductive autonomy. Despite this, barriers to access remain. Nonclinical support people, may be able to facilitate access to abortion and contraception services and care, but evidence on the scope and efficacy of doulas in abortion and contraception care is lacking.

A qualitative case study of pregnancy and early parenting in Canada's federal prisons for women.

Objective: The aim of this study was to understand the experiences of pregnant people and new parents in Canadian federal prisons for women, and to better understand their ability to participate in the institutional Mother Child Program.

Methods: This qualitative case study used semi-structured interviews with people who experienced federal incarceration during pregnancy or the early parenting years.

Findings: Major themes in the analysis include: 1) Reasons why- and why not- to participate in the Mother Child Program; 2) Mothering from inside; 3) Health care; and 4) Strategies and survival.

Distance between institutions of incarceration and procedural abortion facilities in Canada.

Objectives: People incarcerated in facilities for women and girls face barriers to accessing abortion, including unclear legislation, operational procedures, and distance. While medication abortion could mitigate distance barriers, prison is not a hospitable environment for medication abortion. Considering this limitation, this paper aimed to identify the distance from institutions of incarceration designated for women and girls to procedural abortion facilities in Canada.

Abortion and contraception for incarcerated people: A scoping review.

Background: Women experiencing incarceration have higher rates of unmet contraceptive needs and rates of abortion than the public. Incarceration presents multiple potential barriers to accessing abortion and contraception care, including prison security protocols, prison locations, lack of access to care providers, stigma, and low health literacy. The objective of this scoping review is to understand the extent and type of evidence in relation to contraception and abortion access for people experiencing criminalization and incarceration.

Barriers and enablers to nurse practitioner implementation of medication abortion in Canada: A qualitative study.

In this study we explored nurse practitioner-provided medication abortion in Canada and identified barriers and enablers to uptake and implementation. Between 2020-2021, we conducted 43 semi-structured interviews with 20 healthcare stakeholders and 23 nurse practitioners who both provided and did not provide medication abortion. Data were analyzed using interpretive description.

The Intersection of Abortion and Criminalization: Abortion Access for People in Prisons.

Most incarcerated women are of reproductive age, and more than a third of women will have an abortion during their reproductive years. Although women are the fastest growing population in Canadian prisons, no one has studied the effect of their incarceration on access to abortion services. Studies outside of Canada indicate rates of abortion are higher among people experiencing incarceration than in the general population, and that abortion access is often problematic.

Nurse practitioners on 'the leading edge' of medication abortion care: A feminist qualitative approach.

Aims: To explore nurse practitioners' experiences of medication abortion implementation in Canada and to identify ways to further support the implementation of medication abortion by nurse practitioners in Canada.

Design: A qualitative approach informed by feminist theory and integrated knowledge translation.

Methods: Qualitative interviews with stakeholders and nurse practitioners between January 2020 and May 2021.

Community-based models of health care for women, trans and nonbinary people released from prisons: An international scoping review with implications for Canada.

Aims And Objectives: To illustrate the scope of different types of transitional, community-based health interventions for formerly incarcerated women, trans and nonbinary people, the eligibility criteria for these interventions, and associated health outcomes.

Background: Meeting the health needs of formerly incarcerated people in community, rather than through the criminal justice system, may prevent further experiences of criminalization. Research is needed to understand what community-based health interventions have been implemented internationally to inform the design of an intervention in Canada.

Optimizing the Nursing Role in Abortion Care: Considerations for Health Equity.

Registered nurses (RNs) provide abortion care in hospitals and clinics and support abortion care through sexual health education and family planning care in sexual health clinics, schools and family practice. Nurse practitioners (NPs) improve access to abortion not only as prescribers of medication abortion but also as primary care providers of counselling, resources about pregnancy options and abortion follow-up care in their communities. There is a need to better understand the current status of and potential scope for optimizing nursing roles in abortion care across Canada.

Maternal incarceration in a provincial prison in Canada: A qualitative study.

Aims: To explore the experiences of provincially incarcerated mothers in Nova Scotia, Canada; and to make recommendations with respect to improving the experiences of mothers facing criminalization and their children.

Design: This qualitative study is rooted in feminist standpoint theory, community-based research methodologies and prison abolition.

Methods: Mothers who were currently or previously incarcerated were recruited by community partners.

Mothers' Experiences with Child Protection Services: Using Qualitative Feminist Poststructuralism.

Background: The postpartum period is often portrayed as a blissful, calm and loving time when mothers, partners and family members bond with their newborn babies. However, this time may be experienced quite differently when mothers are monitored by Child Protection Services. Having a baby under these circumstances can be very difficult and traumatizing.

Peer doula support training for Black and Indigenous groups in Nova Scotia, Canada: A community-based qualitative study.

Objectives: The objectives of this qualitative study were to explore participant experiences of doula training programs offered by a prisoner health advocacy organization and Indigenous and Black community groups.

Design: This investigation employed a qualitative design. Recruitment was conducted through email.

Feminist Abolitionist Nursing.

The converging crises of COVID-19 and racist state violence in 2020 shifted public discourse about marginalization, public health, and racism in unprecedented ways. Nursing responded to the pandemic with heroic commitment and new politicization. But public engagement with systemic racism is forcing a reckoning in nursing.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes among Incarcerated Women in Canada: A Scoping Review.

Background: Women are the fastest growing population in Canadian prisons. Incarceration can limit access to essential health services, increase health risks and disrupt treatment and supports. Despite legal requirements to provide care at professionally accepted standards, evidence suggests imprisonment undermines sexual and reproductive health.

Second Opinions: Negotiating Agency in Online Mothering Forums.

Study Background: Online forums and other virtual communities are an increasing source of postpartum support and information for first-time mothers. However, there is little evidence about how new mothers in Canada access and use online resources.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine how first-time mothers accessed information and support both online and off-line during the first six months postpartum and how their experiences were constructed through social and institutional discourses.

Mother-Child Programs for Incarcerated Mothers and Children and Associated Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review.

Background: Increasing incarceration of women disrupts fertility, family formation, parenting and mother-child relationships. It is common in many jurisdictions, including Canada, to mitigate the harm of separation from the primary parent through programs allowing children to co-reside with their mothers in prison. In this scoping review, we asked the following questions: (1) What are the characteristics of residential mother-child programs in carceral facilities? (2) Who is eligible to participate? (3) How do these programs make a difference to maternal and child health outcomes?

Method: We use the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for systematic scoping reviews.

Experiences With Managing the Workplace Social Environment: A Qualitative Study.

Objective: This study aims to examine 1st-line managers' (FLMs') experiences in managing the workplace social environment (WSE).

Background: FLMs are responsible for the establishment and maintenance of supportive WSE essential for effective teamwork. Poorly managed WSE and dysfunctional teams hold negative implications for patients, teams, and organizations.

Promoting recruitment by rebranding the image of nursing.

Understanding the factors that can influence people to pursue a career in nursing is essential for healthcare service managers, human resource professionals and nurse educators, particularly given the global shortage of nurses. There is evidence that the public perception of nursing can be negatively influenced by the media and nursing recruitment advertisements, and that this can discourage some people from choosing nursing as a career. At the Dalhousie University in Canada, evidence regarding the career choices of prospective nurses was used to inform a rebranding strategy for the School of Nursing's recruitment materials.

"Breastfeeding in public" for incarcerated women: the baby-friendly steps.

Background: Women are the fastest-growing population in carceral facilities in Canada. Most incarcerated women are mothers, with above-average parity. The incarceration of women has implications not only for women's health, but for that of their children.

Maternal health outcomes for incarcerated women: A scoping review.

Aims And Objectives: To inform a systematic synthesis of what is known about the maternal health outcomes of incarcerated women, this scoping review uses a theoretical framework of intersectional feminism.

Background: Despite rising imprisonment of women, there is a lack of research, from a feminist perspective, on perinatal health outcomes among incarcerated women.

Design: Systematic scoping review using the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodology.

Clinical Opinion Letters Regarding Breastfeeding and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome for Child Apprehension Family Court Proceedings.

The accelerating reach of opioid use disorder in North America includes increasing prevalence among pregnant people. In Canada, the rate of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) rose 27% between 2012-2013 and 2016-2017, and it is estimated that 0.51% of all infants now experience NAS after delivery.

The Intergenerational Impact of Management Relations on Nurse Career Satisfaction and Patient Care.

Objective: This article provides insights into the role of management relations on nurses' career satisfaction across different career stages.

Background: Managers and positive relations with staff are critical to improving job satisfaction, career development, and retention for new graduates to mid- to late-career nurses.

Methods: Using a descriptive qualitative approach, we conducted a thematic analysis of 18 focus groups held in 8 Canadian provinces with 185 student, early-career, and mid- to late-career nurse participants.