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Women’s health and midwifery
Cultural competency among healthcare providers is vital to ensure equitable and optimal maternity care for im/migrant and visible minority women
  1. Mohammad Mojammel Hussain Raihan1,
  2. Tanvir Chowdhury Turin2,3,4
  1. 1 Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  2. 2 Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  3. 3 Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  4. 4 The O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Dr Tanvir Chowdhury Turin, Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada; turin.chowdhury{at}ucalgary.ca

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2021-103481

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    Commentary on: Shorey S, Debby E, Downe S. Cultural competence and experiences of maternity health care providers on care for migrant women: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Birth 2021; 1–12. doi: 10.1111/birt.12581

    Implications for practice and research

    • Ensuring optimal maternity care for im/migrant and visible minority women requires proper training for care providers.

    • More research is needed towards implementation of relevant integrated policies, resources, and training towards culturally relevant care models.

    Context

    Cultural competency among healthcare practitioners is critical to ensure congruent healthcare for women from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.1 Existing cultural competency research focuses mainly on the views and experiences of local and indigenous people from an insider’s perspective.2 Although patients’ perspectives are vital, healthcare practitioners’ perspectives and experiences are also required to address critical challenges associated with developing culturally inclusive, high-quality healthcare for various minority groups.

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.