Building Nursing Confidence in the North Island
Written by Kira Barwich, Research Co-ordinator April 2018 One of the ‘building blocks’ to sustain rural maternity care in the North Island that emerged through engaging community members and care providers was the need for increased confidence and competence in maternity care for the nurses on the North Island. We heard from many nurses in […]
Rural Maternity Services: “We’re just not paying enough attention to them”
The CRHR has long been passionate about providing evidence to support needs-based planning for rural maternity care. This issue has recently caught the attention of the media, as well. Recently, our very own Dr. Jude Kornelsen was featured in a CBC investigation into the lack of birthing opportunities for women in rural communities: […]
Sharing What We Are Learning
Written by Kira Barwich, Research Coordinator February 2018 Jude and Kira presented progress and findings from Phase I of the Building Blocks for Sustainable Rural Maternity Care: The North Island Project at several conferences in this past February and March. These conferences were fantastic opportunities to share project progress and findings and connect with other […]
Bringing It Back to the Community
Written by Kira Barwich, Research Coordinator November 2017 We spent last week up in the North Island engaging with communities and continuing fieldwork for the project. Our purpose for this trip was two-fold: to continue our communication with the communities we had previously engaged with, and to further engage with healthcare providers and administration on […]