A call for action that cannot go to voicemail: Research activism to urgently improve Indigenous perinatal health and wellbeing. Issue 4 (July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hickey, Sophie; Roe, Yvette; Ireland, Sarah; Kildea, Sue; Haora, Penny; Gao, Yu; Maypilama, Elaine Läwurrpa; Kruske, Sue; Campbell, Sandy; Moore, Suzanne; Maidment, Sarah-Jade; Heinemann, Kayla; Hartz, Donna; Adcock, Anna; Storey, Francesca; Bennett, Matthew; Lambert, Charles; Sibanda, Nokuthaba; Lawton, Beverley; Cram, Fiona; Stevenson, Kendall; Lavoie, Josée; Edmonds, Liza; Geller, Stacie; Bourrassa, Carrie; Smylie, Janet; Van Wagner, Vicki; Bourgeois, Cheryllee; Dion Fletcher, Claire; King, Alexandra; Briggs, Melanie; Worner, Faye; Wellington, Cleone; Carson, Adrian; Nelson, Carmel; Watego, Kristie; Brown-Lolohea, Kyleigh; Colman, Kady; Currie, Jody; Lowell, Anne; West, Roianne; Chamberlain, Catherine; Geia, Lynore; Sherwood, Juanita;
• Is Part Of: Women and birth. Volume 34:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 303
• Page End: 305
• Publication Date: 2021-07
• Subjects: Indigenous -- Midwifery -- Research activism -- Community-controlled organisations -- Call to action; Midwives -- Periodicals; Pregnancy -- Periodicals; Midwifery -- Periodicals; Pregnancy -- Periodicals; 618.2
• DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2021.03.011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1871-5192

Abstract

Abstract: In this call to action, a coalition of Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, United States and Canada argue for the urgent need for adequately funded Indigenous-led solutions to perinatal health inequities for Indigenous families in well-resourced settler-colonial countries. Authors describe examples of successful community-driven programs making a difference and call on all peoples to support and resource Indigenous-led perinatal health services by providing practical actions for individuals and different groups.