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2014

O'Brien, B., Higginbottom, G., Mumtaz, Z.

Background Immigration to Canada has significantly increased in recent years, particularly in the Prairie Provinces. There is evidence that pregnant newcomer women often encounter challenges when attempting to navigate the health system. Our aim was to explore newcomer women’s experiences in...

2012

Yohani, S., O'Brien, B., Chiu, Y., Ahmadi, E., Okeke-Ihejirika, P., Paton, P., Mumtaz, Z., Higginbottom, G.M.A.

Alberta is a popular Canadian destination for new immigrants, including childbearing families. Although evidence suggests that immigrant women can have difficulty utilizing maternity care services, researchers have little knowledge of how factors such as ethnic group, English-language skills,...

2005

Galera, S.A., Roldan, M.C., O'Brien, B.

The number of women involved with drugs is increasing, and the same is true for violence against them. Many of these women are mothers. This study aimed to investigate how mothers of children between one month and six years old who are living in a context of drugs and violence and are receiving...

2010

Nilmanat, K., Sripichyakan, K., Kantaruksa, K., O'Brien, B., Warangkana, C.

Thai men who participate in a sexual encounter leading to an unwanted pregnancy typically are not expected to accept responsibility for providing support and care to women who choose pregnancy termination. Twenty-three individuals (6 women and 6 men who were partners, plus six women and five men...

2005

Pillon, S., Chavez, K., O'Brien, B.

The aim was to describe relationships between gender and drug use as well as risk behaviors that may be associated with drug use among first-year students at the University of São Paulo-Ribeirão Preto. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is an anonymous survey that was used for this descriptive...

2009

Chalmers, B., Kaczorowski, J., Levitt, C., O'Brien, B., Dzakpasu, S., Young, D., Lee, L., Boscoe, M.

Background: Intervention rates in maternity practices vary considerably across Canadian provinces and territories. The objective of this study was to describe the use of routine interventions and practices in labor and birth as reported by women in the Maternity Experiences Survey of the Canadian...

2005

Roldan, M.C., Galera, S.A., O'Brien, B.

Although the drug problem is more present among men, women are an increasing group and a vulnerable subgroup, since many of them are involved in motherhood. In this paper, the partial results of an ethnographic study on maternal role-related perceptions, beliefs and attitudes are presented, as...