Kivalliq Inuit Centre boarding home and the provision of prenatal education

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Karen M. Lawford, Audrey R. Giles
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016
• Subjects: Nunavut; boarding home; health care; prenatal education; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; inuit; Kivalliq
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.32213; https://doaj.org/article/ac31b9e0fad046039e10a1c69ba21fbb

The Kivalliq Inuit Centre (KIC), a boarding home in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is unique in its provision of a pilot prenatal education class and public health nursing services for Nunavummiut who are beneficiaries of the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement. Through a critical review of literature, policies and interviews related to evacuation for birth, we argue that the pilot at the KIC has the potential to play an important role in improving maternal child health for residents of Nunavut.