Maternal and Child Health
Inuit Tuttarvingat has produced the following projects and materials on maternal and child health issues:
- “I am Inuk. Watch Me Grow” (Colouring Book)
- “Birth, A Joyous Community Event” (TV show)
- Transcript of TV show, “Birth, A Joyous Community Event” (Document)
- “Use of Cloth Diapers in Inuit Communities: Pilot Project” (Presentation)
- “Pregnant, or Planning to Be?” ( Fact Sheet) | Inuktitut version
- “What is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?” (Fact Sheet) | Inuktitut version
- “Irnisuksiiniq – Inuit Midwifery Network” (Website)
- “Exploring Models for Quality Maternity Care in First Nations and Inuit Communities: Final Report of Inuit Womens’ Needs Assessment” | Inuktitut report
- “The Cascade of Normal: Reclaiming Confidence in Birth”, Notes from the Canadian Association of Midwives conference, Oct 18-21, 2006
You may also be interested in…
See www.InuitMidwifery.ca for our Inuit relevant collection on maternity/midwifery care. Join the Irnisuksiiniq – Inuit Midwifery Network e-mail listserv at InuitMidwifery@naho.ca.
Birth outcomes in the Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada, Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2010
http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2010/01/25/cmaj.082042.full.pdf+html
Understanding and Improving Aboriginal Maternal and Child Health in Canada, Health Council of Canada, 2011
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2011/ccs-hcc/H174-23-2011-eng.pdf
Canadian Association of Midwives website – also includes the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives
http://www.canadianmidwives.org/main.cfm?l=en&p=04_200#17
Celebrating Birth: Aboriginal Midwifery in Canada, National Aboriginal Health Organization, 2008
http://www.naho.ca/documents/naho/english/midwifery/celebratingBirth/Midwiferypaper_English.pdf
Naasautit: Inuit Health Statistics – Inuit-specific statistics on health behaviours (Naasautit is very limited on this topic – there’s only smoking and breasfeeding stats)
http://www.inuitknowledge.ca/naasautit
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada website, maternal health section (nothing really loaded there yet)
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