Toward the development of culturally safe birth models among northern First Nations: The Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre experience

• Main Author: Payne, Lauren Elizabeth
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Lookout; First Nations
• Online Access: http://summit.sfu.ca/item/11334

This paper presents the approach taken by the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) to improve maternal and newborn care for First Nations peoples in Northwestern Ontario. I use a cultural safety lens to explore whether the SLMHC’s focus on birthing meanings, beliefs, attitudes, and practi...