June 19, 2019 at 12:00pm PT
Through this discussion you will learn how the project led to the development of 5 ‘building blocks’ needed to sustain local maternity care, hear the perspectives of North Island community representatives, the Health Authority, health professionals and other experts and key stakeholders, as well as explore the community-driven research process and its alignment with the CCGHR principles, within a global-local health context.
In this webinar, presenter Kira Barwich will guide us through the process and progress of the Building Blocks for Sustainable Rural Maternity Care, a project that began as a response to inequity of maternity services for North Vancouver Island communities and with an intent to understand community experiences of birth on North Vancouver Island. This in-depth, community-driven investigation worked to understand how to support culturally appropriate and respectful local maternity care, as articulated by mothers, elders, care providers and community members.
Kira Barwich is a Research Coordinator at University of British Columbia at the Centre for Rural Health Research. Kira has an MSc in Global Health from Trinity College, University of Dublin and has worked on global health research projects in Indonesia, Zimbabwe and Cambodia. Her current role involves looking at how to sustain maternity care in rural, low-resource communities in British Columbia.
Kira is an active member of the Student and Young Professional Network and the BCCI Community of Practice.
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