B03-1 Delivering the Nurse-Family Partnership Program in Rural Communities

 

Authors: Karen Campbell RN, MN; Karen MacKinnon RN, PhD; Maureen Dobbins RN, PhD; Natasha Van Borek BA, MScPPH; Susan Jack RN, PhD

 

Presenter: Karen Campbell, McMaster University, Hamilton ON

 

Purpose: To explore the delivery of a public health nursing, health equity intervention for socially and economically disadvantaged mothers in rural Canada.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the findings of a qualitative study exploring the rural delivery of a community-based, health equity intervention for socially and economically disadvantaged mothers.
• Recognize how public health nurses experience rural geography and its influence on program delivery.
• Explore a rural model for delivery of this public health nursing program for pregnant and parenting mothers.

 

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B03-2 Maternal Request for Cesarean Delivery - 'Once a Section Always a Section'

 

Author: Cynthia Mannion RN, PhD

 

Presenter: Cynthia Mannion, University of Calgary, Calgary AB

 

Purpose: The purpose of this review is to examine if women's first choice to deliver by cesarean section will determine the delivery choices for subsequent pregnancies.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the trend in Canada towards cesarean birth as a normalized option for first-time mothers.
• Discuss the barriers and facilitators of birth choices for subsequent pregnancies.
• Construct an evidence-based opinion about cesarean birth for first-time mothers and sequelae.