184 results for 'home birth'
… schools of medicine”. Midwifery is an antidote to these traumatic processes. Midwifery returns birth to communities and supports family connection by providing culturally appropriate and primary care close to home,” says Ellen Blais, Director of Indigenous Midwifery at the AOM. Today, some thirty Indigenous midwives are engaged in the profound work of returning birth to their people. These passionate midwives are transforming health and they will gather in …
… such as the pool, the improvement of broadband internet access, the support for funding address homelessness, environmental work of the Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve. I also appreciate your … of the Community Paramedicine program which is supporting seniors and other patients to stay at home and yet have access to regular monitoring by essential healthcare professionals. Judy’s … rotation coverage at WPSHC and being the primary care providers for approximately 40% of the births. We work with the nurses to ensure they are able to keep their valuable skills up to …
… feminist tenet that no laws should restrict the ability to access reproductive health services; birth control; STI/HIV/AIDS testing, care and prevention; sex education; and, of course, access … justice. In Canada, calls for abortion access and care with dignity during pregnancy and birth were taken up by the feminist movement. Just a little over two decades ago, the profession … actualize and advocate for people’s right to choice. A midwife will follow a person to home, birth centre or hospital, depending on where they want to give birth, and provide the same …
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… as a midwife. She returned to Canada to practice for more than 20 years, attending thousands of births in St. Jacobs. In the '80s Elsie worked as a nurse in hospital while acting as a home birth midwife for the families in her community. When asked why she was willing to practice in …
… For example, some rural practice groups use this kind of a policy to fairly share hospital and home births and assign clients to midwives that live in the same part of a geographically large … line has received calls from midwives in practice groups where compensation is tied directly to births attended. This may result in a midwife who is leaving the practice not being compensated …
… of practice, call-models and communities’ needs. Midwives work in a variety of settings: from birth centres, to communities with high home-birth rates; from the largest, urban hospitals, to small, level 1 hospitals, and with vastly …
… and stories from the gathering. Anishinaabe midwife and Elder Elaine Ross has been providing birthing care in Treaty #3 territory , a large area covering northwestern Ontario and … of her path to becoming a midwife. Her personal commitment to birthing her children in her home with only her husband led to her being invited to births by neighbours and family members. … for the third day of the conference by sharing her research project, Returning Care and Health Home (RCHH): An Indigenous Health Commitment . Reflecting on the personal impact of this work, …
… setting practices. Once implemented, the orders will work to ensure midwives no longer take home substantially less compensation because our work is so deeply associated with women. The … are considered equally competent by government as providers of low-risk care for pregnancy and birth.” Elizabeth Brandeis. “The tribunal has spoken, the way forward is clear. The time has …
- pay equity
… Neepeeshowan staff Christine Roy, RM, and second attendant Jennifer Tookate with the new birth bed at Weeneebayko Area Health Authority Hospital, Attawapiskat, ON. The birth of your … a luxury in the north. For example, at the time of the interview, Christine was at her family home in Quebec, packing up quarts of berries to take back to Attawapiskat. Fresh, ripe, … from each direction, and we were all there for the same reason: to envision bringing Midwifery home to Indigenous communities in the north. They say that when things are supposed to happen, …
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… to reduce transmission has not changed. Health care settings such as midwifery clinics, birth centres, hospitals, community labs and diagnostic imaging facilities are responsible for … masking policies. Ensure that policy decisions address all locations of work including clients’ homes. Midwives should check if hospitals and birth centres where they have privileges and … settings in collaboration with clients. What can be done to enhance the safety of the space for home visits or home births, such as ventilation, designating a separate disinfected bathroom for …