B02-1 Understanding Perinatal Food Choices of African-Canadian Immigrant Women: A Photovoice Study
Authors: Josephine Etowa, PhD, MN, BScN, RM, RN, FWACN; Salma Debs-Ivall, PhD, RN
Purpose: This paper presents findings of a study that examined how health practices of immigrant women affect their food choices and practices during the perinatal period.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe ethno-cultural food choices and practices of Canadian immigrant women of African and Caribbean descent during the perinatal period.
- Explain how health beliefs and practices of immigrant women affect their food choices and practices during the perinatal period.
- Discuss the implications of study findings for perinatal care.
Presenter: Josephine Etowa, University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences, Ottawa ON
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B02-2 Informed Advocacy: Nurses Providing Woman, Family, and Community-Centred Care
Authors: Karen MacKinnon, RN, MScN, PhD; Pertice Moffitt, RN, BScN, MN, PhD
Purpose: To share an empirically derived Informed Advocacy framework that may be helpful for nurses.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore how nurses can use this framework to provide woman, family and community-centred care.
- Discuss a practice story that will be analyzed using the Informed Advocacy Framework
- Reflect on our experiences and discuss how this framework might inform nursing education and practice.
Presenters: Karen MacKinnon, School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria BC; and Pertice Moffitt, Health Research Programs, Aurora Research Institute/Aurora College, Yellowknife NT