Resources

One of our project goals is to recognize best practices to support First Nations, Métis and Inuit women throughout their reproductive and perinatal healthcare to address Indigenous maternal-child health disparities. Please look below to see the variety of resources that help inform and guide our work.

Indigenous Midwifery

Miscarriage of Justice:

Indigenous families disproportionately impacted by separating prison-born children from mothers

Article: Robin Hansen’s Prison Born adds to the list of overlooked situations in prison the instance of automatic separation — the act of the state legally taking a child away from their mother when the mother gives birth in prison.

Burnett, K.

(2010). Taking medicine: Women's healing work and colonial contact in southern Alberta, 1880-1930. UBC Press.

Lawford, K., & Giles, A. R.

(2012). An analysis of the evacuation policy for pregnant First Nations women in Canada. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 8(3), 329-342.

Olson, R., & Couchie, C.

(2013). Returning birth: The politics of midwifery implementation on First Nations reserves in Canada. Midwifery, 29(8), 981–987.

Varcoe, C., Brown, H., Calam, B., Harvey, T., & Tallio, M.

(2013). Help bring back the celebration of life: A community-based participatory study of rural Aboriginal women's maternity experiences and outcomes. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 13, 26.

Indigenous Feminism

NCIM Publications

Finding an Indigenous Midwife

The National Council of Indigenous Midwives (NCIM) exists to promote excellence in reproductive health care for Inuit, First Nations, and Métis women.

NCIM Publications

The National Council of Indigenous Midwives (NCIM) exists to promote excellence in reproductive health care for Inuit, First Nations, and Métis women.

NCIM Posters

The National Council of Indigenous Midwives (NCIM) exists to promote excellence in reproductive health care for Inuit, First Nations, and Métis women.

NCIM Position Statements

The National Council of Indigenous Midwives (NCIM) exists to promote excellence in reproductive health care for Inuit, First Nations, and Métis women.

NCIM Videos

The National Council of Indigenous Midwives (NCIM) exists to promote excellence in reproductive health care for Inuit, First Nations, and Métis women.

Indigenous Perinatal Health Outcomes

Bacciaglia, M., Neufeld, H. T., Neiterman, E., Krishnan, A., Johnston, S., & Wright, K.

(2023). Indigenous maternal health and health services within Canada: a scoping review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23(1), 327.

Chen, L., Xiao, L., Auger, N., Torrie, J., McHugh, N. G.-L., Zoungrana, H., & Luo, Z.-C.

(2015). Disparities and Trends in Birth Outcomes, Perinatal and Infant Mortality in Aboriginal vs. Non- Aboriginal Populations: A Population-Based Study in Quebec, Canada 1996–2010. PLOS ONE, 10(9), e0138562.

Leason, J. L.

(2018). Exploring the complex context of Canadian Indigenous maternal child-health through maternity experiences: the role of social determinants of health. Social determinants of health, 4(2).

Shah, Prakesh, Jamie Zao, Haydi Al-Wassia, Vibhuti Shah.

(2011). Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes for Aboriginal Women: A systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Women’s Health Issue 29(1): 28-39.

Sheppard, A. J., Shapiro, G. D., Bushnik, T., Wilkins, R., Perry, S., Kaufman, J. S., Kramer, M. S., & Yang, S.

(2017). Birth outcomes among First Nations, Inuit and Métis populations. Health Rep, 28(11), 11-16.

Economic Health Analyses for Women/Obstetric Health

Gao Y, Roe Y, Hickey S, Chadha A, Kruske S, Nelson C, et al.

(2023). Birthing on country service compared to standard care for First Nations Australians: a cost-effectiveness analysis from a health system perspective. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 2023;34:100722.

Walters D, Gupta A, Nam AE, Lake J, Martino F, Coyte PC.

(2015). A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Low-Risk Deliveries: A Comparison of Midwives, Family Physicians and Obstetricians. Healthc Policy. 2015 Aug;11(1):61-75. PMID: 26571469; PMCID: PMC4748366.

Guidelines for the economic evaluation of health technologies: Canada.

4th ed. Ottawa: CADTH; 2017 Mar.

Non-Insured Health Benefits program: First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

Annual report 2021 to 2022

Economic costs of medical evacuation and transportation of Indigenous Peoples who travel for obstetric care in Canada: A Systematic Review

Indigenous Methodologies

Bartlett, J., Iwasaki, Y., Gottlieb, B., Hall, D., & Mannell, R.

(2007). Framework for Aboriginal-guided decolonizing research involving Métis and First Nations persons with diabetes. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 65(11), 2371–2382.

Castellano, M. B.

(2004). Ethics of Aboriginal research. Journal of aboriginal health, 1(1), 98.

Kirkness, V. J., & Barnhardt, R.

(2001). First Nations and Higher Education: The Four R’s—Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity, Responsibility.

Kovach, M.

(2008). Conversational Method in Indigenous Research. First Peoples Child & Family Review, 5(1), 40–48.

Smith, L.T.

(2021). Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. Zed Scholar.

Wilson, S.

(2008). Research Is Ceremony – Fernwood Publishing. Fernwood Publishing.