The Norwegian Research Council has granted 12,7 million NOK to The MIPREG Project: Closing the Gaps in Maternity Care to Migrant Women in Norway.
The healthcare needs of migrant women have been a growing area of concern in Norway and internationally. Issues of interest have focused on persisting inequities in the health outcomes for pregnant women and their babies despite universal access to free public maternity services.
Closing the Gaps in Maternity Care to Migrant Women in Norway (the MIPREG Study) seeks to: 1) Determine the current gaps in maternity care delivery to pregnant migrant women; 2) Develop and pilot interventions to fill present gaps in antenatal and delivery care; and 3) Ultimately improve health outcomes among pregnant migrant women.
Read the full article at the University of Oslo webpages: link.
Main project group:
- Ingvil Krarup Sørbye (PI), Norwegian National Advisory Unit for Women’s Health, Oslo University Hospital
- Prof. Johanne Sundby, University of Oslo
- Prof. Siri Vangen, Norwegian National Advisory Unit for Women’s Health, Oslo University Hospital
- Associate professor Benedikte V. Lindskog, University of Oslo