People of low socioeconomic position are less likely to get midwifery care in Ontario, Canada, despite public support, but little is known about the challenges they face. The goal of this study was to look into the hurdles and facilitators that people of low socioeconomic status face when seeking midwifery care. The research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive study approach. In Hamilton, semi-structured interviews were performed with 30 low-income pregnant and post-partum women. Open coding techniques were used to code transcribed interviews, which were then thematically examined. People of low socioeconomic class have limited access to midwifery care due to a lack of awareness about the profession and the fact that physicians frequently do not provide information on midwifery care when pregnant women first contact the health care system. Inequitable access to midwifery care may be compounded for people of low socioeconomic level by a lack of information of midwifery within socialnetworks and a tendency to move passively through the health care system, which typically favor’s physician care. To eliminate gaps in access to midwifery care, targeted measures to address this issue are required.
