Institut de recherche en santé publique de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Dr Torres); Institute of Women's Studies (Dr Spitzer), Institute of Population Health (Drs Spitzer and Labonté), Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine (Drs Amaratunga and Labonté), and Faculty of Social Sciences (Dr Andrew), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Justice Institute of British Columbia, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (Dr Amaratunga); School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (Dr Amaratunga); and Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia (Dr Labonté).
Correspondence: Sara Torres, PhD, Institut de recherche en santé publique de l'Université de Montréal, Pavillon du Parc, 7101 Ave du Parc, #3064, Montreal, Quebec H3N 1x7, Canada ([email protected]).
Funding for this study was awarded to Sara Torres' doctoral research by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research–Institute of Gender and Health Doctoral Awards program. For the remaining authors, no conflicts of interest were declared.
The authors thank the Multicultural Health Brokers Co-op, the Multicultural Health Brokers, and Alberta Health Services Edmonton Zone Public Health and its health care professionals, who generously gave their time, shared their experiences, and cooperated in the carrying out of the case study.