MID213 - First Nations Australian Women's Health

The key principles and interconnected cultural capabilities underpinning The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework, The National Schemes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy 2020-2025 and The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework are adopted in this unit and adapted to midwifery practice. The unit assists students to understand the history and ongoing impacts from the Western colonisation of Australian First Nations. An emphasis is placed on understanding the experiences of women, families, and communities. Students will discuss strengths-based, woman/community centred, and solution focussed strategies to optimise maternal, newborn and women's health for First Nations Australian women and those living in rural and remote areas of Australia. The impact of intergenerational trauma and women being evacuated from their local community to birth is explored, as well as strategies to reduce negative impacts.

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PRESCRIBED TEXT - MIDWIFERY PREPARATION FOR PRACTICE

PRESCRIBED TEXT - SKILLS FOR MIDWIFERY PRACTICE AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND 2ND EDITION