A05-1 Experiences of Pregnancy Complications: Voices from Central Haiti 

 

Author: Marion Alex, RN, MN

 

Purpose: The study purpose was to explore and gain insight into the lived experience of skilled birth attendants (saj fanm), traditional birth attendants (matwon) and postpartum mothers in Haiti, with a focus on their experience with complicated pregnancy and birth.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Increase participants’ appreciation for global maternal/newborn health realities, including rates of maternal and neonatal mortality and their underlying causes.
• Identify connections between the health of women and newborns in Haiti and the nation's history and political economy.
• Develop insight into the realities -- challenges and opportunities -- of 'safe motherhood' through the stories of Haitian front-line maternity workers and mothers.

Presenter: Marion Alex, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish NS

 

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A05-2 The Experiences of Nurse-Midwives and Obstetricians Delivering Postpartum Care with Limited Resources in Tanzania

 

Authors: Danielle Macdonald, RN, BA, BScN, MN, PhD(c); Megan Aston, PhD, RN; Keisha Jefferies, PhD(student), MN, BScN, RN; Sheri Price, PhD, RN; Columba Mbekenga, PhD, RN; Thecla Kohi, PhD, RN; Gail Tomblin Murphy, PhD, RN; Shawna O’Hearn, MA, MSc; Lilian Mselle, PhD, RN; Maureen White, MN, RN

 

Purpose: To present the findings of a feminist poststructuralist study, which explored the experiences of nurse-midwives and obstetricians in the provision of postpartum care in Tanzania.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Identify resources which influenced the delivery of postpartum care in Tanzania.
• Develop an understanding of how social and institutional discourses may have influenced the ways that nurse-midwives and obstetricians provided postpartum care in Tanzania.
• Recognize the need for equitable access to adequate resources in order to provide postpartum care for women and their families throughout the world.

Presenters: Danielle Macdonald, University of Ottawa School of Nursing, Ottawa ON; Megan Aston, and Keisha Jefferies, Dalhousie University School of Nursing, Halifax NS