There is an old Maori proverb that goes
What has happened to our society, I have a news roll on the side of my blog, which i read when i first log in. With all the negativity in the Media I do question whether it is money or people who are the priority in maternity care, and then I read a positive article like this and it really puts it in perspective.
The picture of doom & gloom is not so for Maori women and their whanau. Midwifery is making positive changes, the number of Māori midwives practising grew from 110 in 2005, to 157. The statistics i read show that Maori women in New Zealand have the highest chance of having a normal birth and are least likely to have a Caesarian section or instrumental delivery. Maori women also had the lowest rates for inductions and epidurals. Overall Maori and Pacific mothers were more like to have chosen Midwifery care than GP care. How is it in less than a decade the tables have been turned on care of Maori Women.
What is important to the care of our women in New Zealand
It is Midwifery, it is Midwifery, it is Midwifery.
- He aha te mea nui o te ao?
He tangata! He tangata! He tangata!- What is the most important thing in the world? It is people! It is people! It is people!
What has happened to our society, I have a news roll on the side of my blog, which i read when i first log in. With all the negativity in the Media I do question whether it is money or people who are the priority in maternity care, and then I read a positive article like this and it really puts it in perspective.
The picture of doom & gloom is not so for Maori women and their whanau. Midwifery is making positive changes, the number of Māori midwives practising grew from 110 in 2005, to 157. The statistics i read show that Maori women in New Zealand have the highest chance of having a normal birth and are least likely to have a Caesarian section or instrumental delivery. Maori women also had the lowest rates for inductions and epidurals. Overall Maori and Pacific mothers were more like to have chosen Midwifery care than GP care. How is it in less than a decade the tables have been turned on care of Maori Women.
What is important to the care of our women in New Zealand
It is Midwifery, it is Midwifery, it is Midwifery.
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2 comments:
I agree that it is important to remind ourselves of why we want to be midwives and why midwifery is so important for women. It will be interesting to see how we go under a new government.
Yes, it will be interesting to see how the new Government goes. Personally I am worried. Looks like Tony Ryall will be the new Minister of Health and if you do a search on his name and maternity, its very obvious where he stands.
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