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The benefits of midwifery

NUNATSIAQ NEWS

Midwives are quick to point out the many advantages of bringing birth back to their communities:

• less disruption, practical and financial, for families separated at the time of birth;
• maintenance of cultural traditions related to birth;
• participation of all generations in events related to the child-bearing cycle;
• continuity of care;
• less money spent in the long term on transport, boarding, medevacs, and unnecessary testing;
• more money to put into community health programs;
• more local employment and health care leadership in the community;
• care in Inuttitut, leading to better understanding and confidence;
• increased autonomy for women and the population in general;
• more emphasis on preventive care, health promotion and public education;
• spreading of common knowledge related to mother and child care throughout the community;
• fewer women going south due to preventable problems;
• possibility for women to have increased knowledge, skills, and motivation to care well for themselves and their babies;
• possible increase in self-esteem, motivation and community cohesion and fewer suicides, depression, and family violence due to strains of separations.
  

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