Delivering Diversity: Newly Regulated Midwifery Returns to Manitoba, Canada, One Community at A Time
ABSTRACT Through its publicly funded health care system, Canada is committed to offering accessible, quality maternity health services to all its citizens, yet this remains a challenge in its First Nations, rural and immigrant communities. With the implementation of midwifery as a self‐regulating he...
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crwiley:10.1016/j.jmwh.2008.07.002 2024-06-02T08:06:44+00:00 Delivering Diversity: Newly Regulated Midwifery Returns to Manitoba, Canada, One Community at A Time Kreiner, Meta 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmwh.2008.07.002 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1016%2Fj.jmwh.2008.07.002 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1016/j.jmwh.2008.07.002 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health volume 54, issue 1 ISSN 1526-9523 1542-2011 journal-article 2009 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmwh.2008.07.002 2024-05-03T11:12:32Z ABSTRACT Through its publicly funded health care system, Canada is committed to offering accessible, quality maternity health services to all its citizens, yet this remains a challenge in its First Nations, rural and immigrant communities. With the implementation of midwifery as a self‐regulating health profession in Manitoba, Canada, in 2000, initiatives were incorporated into the structure of the profession to try to address this issue. This qualitative investigation documents and explores these initiatives through a case study combining semistructured interviews and documentary sources. The innovations discussed include the development of an Aboriginal midwifery degree program, the supports put in place to assist rural midwifery practices, and the efforts to increase ethnic diversity and cultural competence within the midwifery profession. What unites these efforts is a community building approach which attempts to strengthen communities through local midwifery services and midwives drawn from community members. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Wiley Online Library Canada Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health 54 1 |
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ABSTRACT Through its publicly funded health care system, Canada is committed to offering accessible, quality maternity health services to all its citizens, yet this remains a challenge in its First Nations, rural and immigrant communities. With the implementation of midwifery as a self‐regulating health profession in Manitoba, Canada, in 2000, initiatives were incorporated into the structure of the profession to try to address this issue. This qualitative investigation documents and explores these initiatives through a case study combining semistructured interviews and documentary sources. The innovations discussed include the development of an Aboriginal midwifery degree program, the supports put in place to assist rural midwifery practices, and the efforts to increase ethnic diversity and cultural competence within the midwifery profession. What unites these efforts is a community building approach which attempts to strengthen communities through local midwifery services and midwives drawn from community members. |
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