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Special Issue of Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Community HealthPrioritizing Indigenous Maternal and Infant
Health
Deadline for Submission is June 30th,
2012
Indigenous
communities continually experience poorer health outcomes than the general
populations of the countries they live in.
Maternal and infant outcomes are a fundamental indicator of the health
of populations, and the differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
outcomes are marked. Indigenous communities also experience higher birth rates,
younger populations, barriers to accessing health care, and higher rates of
suicide, addiction, incarceration, family violence, and apprehension of
children. The health and well-being of
Indigenous mothers and their babies is central to understanding how these
disparities are embodied, reproduced, challenged, and overcome.
Research
in the area of maternal and infant health has the potential to play an
important role in addressing disparities.
Issues of health outcomes, access to health care and education, place of
birth, provision and sustainability of midwifery services, breastfeeding,
current maternal health policies and practices, and social determinants of
health all contribute to our understanding of this issue. As attention to both maternal and infant
health policy and the health and well-being of Indigenous communities is
becoming more prevalent in wider national and global discourses, research and
evidence regarding indigenous maternal and infant health becomes increasingly relevant.
This special
issue (Winter 2012) seeks to bring together the various approaches to
Indigenous maternal and infant health research and practice.
Special Editors:
The issue will be co-edited by Rachel Olson
(Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation and the University of Sussex) and the National
Aboriginal Council of Midwives (NACM). NACM is a Canadian national organization and exists to
promote excellence in reproductive health care for Inuit, First Nations, and
Métis women. We advocate for the restoration of midwifery education, the
provision of midwifery services, and choice of birthplace for all Aboriginal
communities consistent with the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples.
Pimatisiwin is a peer reviewed, web-based journal published
twice each year by Native Counselling
Services of Alberta (www.ncsa.ca), in partnership with:
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Papa Ola Lokahi in
Hawaii (http://www.papaolalokahi.org),
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Te Rau Matatini in
New Zealand (www.matatini.co.nz) and
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International Indigenous Council for Healing Our Spirit
Worldwide (www.hosw.com).
The goal of the Pimatisiwin Journal is to promote the sharing of knowledge
and research experience between researchers, health professionals, and
Aboriginal leaders and community members. The journal provides a forum for this
diverse population to publish on research process and findings in a cross-disciplinary,
cross-cultural setting. The primary focus is on health and health research in
Indigenous communities, broadly defined. Articles can be of interest to many
fields, including sociological, psychological, medical, anthropological, experiential,
methodological, both qualitative and quantitative in nature.
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