The Innuulisivik Maternity Centre : issues around the return of Inuit midwifery and birth to Povungnituk, Quebec / by Christopher Fletcher.: Z1-1991/1-41-73E-PDF

“When planning began in the 1980s for a new regional health centre in Povungnituk, local women's organizations and health care planners from the south began to assess the overall medical needs of the population and to look for better solutions to the issue of birthing and the participation of Inuit in the process. The concerns of local women mirrored an evolving philosophy in some circles that health services in Aboriginal communities should reflect values associated with their cultures and should empower local people to take control of the services in their communities. From this grassroots movement was born the Innuulisivik Maternity Centre, where the vast majority of Inuit women living in Hudson Bay communities now give birth with the help of Inuit midwives and midwives in training. This is a unique arrangement in Canada and presents an example that could be adopted or adapted by other Aboriginal communities in the country. This document represents a synthesis of a great deal of information collected about the Maternity Centre and about the cultural construction of pregnancy and birth. The information is presented in a way that highlights the questions and concerns of the community members who participated in the research. Most of the information was collected while the author was in Povungnituk under the auspices of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, although some complementary information comes from previous research conducted with funding from different granting agencies and organizations"--Intro., p. 2-3.

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