North Island Blog: Updates from the Field

Building Nursing Confidence in the North Island

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 […]

Talking About Risk

Talking About Risk

CME session on birth with Dr. Kostaka attended by over 30 North Island care providers Following a year of intensive fieldwork to understand the challenges faced by rural moms, community members and care providers in North Vancouver Island, we are now looking at how to action each of the proposed building blocks for sustainable rural […]

Rural Maternity Services: “We’re just not paying enough attention to them”

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

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

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 […]