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… spending time with her family which includes her two amazing daughters who were both born at home into the hands of midwives. Vice President Bounmy Inthavong, RM Bounmy is a 2015 graduate … empowering new parents to be confident in their ability to not only carry a pregnancy, but to birth their families, and parent them successfully with the knowledge and instincts that they … application and lobbying stakeholders. She started a new practice in 2013, which services her hometown and surrounding areas through both a midwifery practice group and, in collaboration …
… 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, …
… working conditions wherever work takes place. For midwives, work locations may include clients’ homes, midwifery clinics, birth centres, hospitals social media and other community settings. And midwives, depending on … out for one another. It means that our goal, whether we say it out loud or not, is to go home safe... every time.” (1) To achieve this objective, the OHSA outlines three basic rights …
… 1994, more than 150,000 babies have been born under midwifery care, including more than 35,000 births at home. A midwife is a registered health-care professional who provides primary care to those with low-risk pregnancies. Midwives provide care throughout pregnancy, labour and birth and provide care to both mother and baby during the first six weeks following the birth. …
- pay equity
… 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 …
… providing care that keeps clients out of emergency rooms by being on-call 24/7, making home visits for clinical assessments, and offering out-of-hospital options for care. We excel in ensuring seamless transitions between home, community and hospital, while providing a top quality client experience. This model could … on maternal/perinatal and newborn care in order for a true system transformation to occur: childbirth is the number one reason for admission to hospital in Ontario, with cesarean delivery the …
… & Control section). Key Resources Public Health Ontario, Infection Prevention and Control for Home and Community Care . January 2025 (PDF, 1357 KB) Public Health Ontario, Best practices for … switch to disposable instruments. Doe says the disposable stainless steel instruments come in a birth kit that includes a pad to go under the client and a blanket and hat for the baby. … lidded plastic tub that can be used to catch and contain the placenta. The new disposable birth kits are bulkier than the ones the midwives used to carry, but after six weeks of using …
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- PPE
… 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
… and historical trauma on Indigenous communities' health, particularly in relation to childbirth and maternal care, to offer nuanced, trauma-informed support to Indigenous clients. … Indigenous values and health issues Learn about and engage with organizations like the Toronto Birth Centre and Six Nations Birth Centre (Tsi Nón:we Ionnakerátstha). These organizations are … the Indigenous Midwifery department , Indigenous midwives and apprentices to Bring Birth Home and is committed to the restoration and renewal of Indigenous midwifery . Additional …
… 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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