F03-1 First Nation Families and Health Care Providers - Walking the Perinatal Journey Together
Authors: Barbara Webster RN, BScN, MSc; Lucy Barney RN, BSN, MSN
Presenters: Barbara Webster and Lucy Barney, First Nations Health Authority, Vancouver BC
Purpose: To discuss the health of First Nation women in relation to pregnancy and postpartum and the care they receive during this perinatal period. Several themes will emerge during this presentation: culturally relevant, trauma informed and relational practice care; successes and challenges in providing or receiving care; standard practices that potentially create barriers to holistic care; availability of resources and conference participant self-reflection.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the need to provide culturally based, trauma informed and relational practice care.
- Describe approaches in providing holistic care to First Nation women and families.
- Identify culturally relevant resources available to clients and care providers.
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F03-2 A Relational Approach to Health Service Delivery: Creating Positive Change for Indigenous Mothers and Infants
Authors: Amy Wright MScN, NP-Pediatrics; Olive Wahoush PhD, RN; Marilyn Ballantyne PhD, RN; Chelsea Gabel PhD; Susan M. Jack PhD, RN
Presenter: Amy Wright, McMaster University, Hamilton ON
Purpose: To better understand how Indigenous mothers select and use health care in urban settings in Canada to develop meaningful strategies to improve health care, impacting at the provider, organizational and health policy levels.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify facilitators and barriers to accessing postnatal care in urban settings for Indigenous mothers.
- Understand strategies for improving access to, and health care provision for, Indigenous mothers and their infants.
- Appreciate the importance of providing culturally safe health care for Indigenous families.
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F03-3 Examining HIV-Related Stigma Among Childbearing Women of African Descent
Authors: Josephine Etowa PhD, RM, RN, FWACN; Jean Hannan PhD, RN, ARNP; Craig Phillips LLM, PhD, RN, ARNP, FAAN; Seye Babatunde FWACP, MPH, MBBS; Chinedu Oraka MD; Tyler Boyce Honours BA; Sarah Layng BScN (student)
Presenters: Josephine Etowa, Tyler Boyce, Chinedu Oraka, and Sarah Layng, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
Purpose: To present the preliminary findings of a study examining infant feeding practices of HIV positive Black mothers living in Canada, Nigeria and the United States. This paper focuses on the Ottawa, Canada site.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe infant feeding practices among Black mothers living with HIV.
- Understand HIV-related stigma and discrimination.
- Describe the socio-cultural context of Black mothers' infant feeding practices and HIV.