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Hickey S, Roe Y, Ireland S, Kildea S, Haora P, Gao Y, Maypilama EL, Kruske S, Campbell S, Moore S, Maidment SJ, Heinemann K, Hartz D, Adcock A, Storey F, Bennett M, Lambert C, Sibanda N, Lawton B, Cram F, Stevenson K, Lavoie J, Edmonds L, Geller S, Bourrassa C, Smylie J, Van Wagner V, Bourgeois C, Dion Fletcher C, King A, Briggs M, Worner F, Wellington C, Carson A, Nelson C, Watego K, Brown-Lolohea K, Colman K, Currie J, Lowell A, West R, Chamberlain C, Geia L, Sherwood J. A call for action that cannot go to voicemail: Research activism to urgently improve Indigenous perinatal health and wellbeing. Women Birth 2021; 34:303-305. [PMID: 33935005 DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2021.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sophie Hickey
- Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Australia.
| | - Yvette Roe
- Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Australia
| | - Sarah Ireland
- Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Australia
| | - Sue Kildea
- Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Australia
| | - Penny Haora
- Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Australia
| | - Yu Gao
- Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Australia
| | | | - Sue Kruske
- Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Australia
| | - Sandy Campbell
- Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Australia
| | - Suzanne Moore
- Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Australia
| | | | - Kayla Heinemann
- Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Australia
| | - Donna Hartz
- Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University, Australia
| | - Anna Adcock
- Te Tātai Hauora O Hine - Centre for Women's Health Research, Te Wāhanga Tātai Hauora-Wellington Faculty of Health, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
| | - Francesca Storey
- Te Tātai Hauora O Hine - Centre for Women's Health Research, Te Wāhanga Tātai Hauora-Wellington Faculty of Health, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
| | - Matthew Bennett
- Te Tātai Hauora O Hine - Centre for Women's Health Research, Te Wāhanga Tātai Hauora-Wellington Faculty of Health, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
| | - Charles Lambert
- Te Tātai Hauora O Hine - Centre for Women's Health Research, Te Wāhanga Tātai Hauora-Wellington Faculty of Health, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
| | - Nokuthaba Sibanda
- Te Tātai Hauora O Hine - Centre for Women's Health Research, Te Wāhanga Tātai Hauora-Wellington Faculty of Health, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
| | - Beverley Lawton
- Te Tātai Hauora O Hine - Centre for Women's Health Research, Te Wāhanga Tātai Hauora-Wellington Faculty of Health, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada
| | - Liza Edmonds
- Southern District Health Board, Aotearoa New Zealand; Otago Medical School, University of Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand
| | - Stacie Geller
- Center for Research on Women & Gender, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Illinois, United States
| | | | - Janet Smylie
- Well Living House Action Research Centre for Indigenous Infant, Child and Family Health and Wellbeing, St. Michael's Hospital, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada
| | | | - Cheryllee Bourgeois
- School of Midwifery, Ryerson University, Canada; Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto, Canada
| | - Claire Dion Fletcher
- School of Midwifery, Ryerson University, Canada; Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto, Canada
| | | | - Melanie Briggs
- Waminda South Coast Women's Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation, Australia
| | - Faye Worner
- Waminda South Coast Women's Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation, Australia
| | - Cleone Wellington
- Waminda South Coast Women's Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation, Australia
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- Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, Australia
| | - Jody Currie
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service Brisbane Limited, Australia
| | - Anne Lowell
- Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Australia
| | - Roianne West
- Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives, Australia
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