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‘Dying for a Cure’ documentary
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ACM2015 Creative Arts / Women and Birth 28S (2015) S35–S38
[C4] The midwife inside Shea Caplice Independent Researcher, Sydney, Australia It is highly relevant that at a national midwifery conference we explore and share our innermost thoughts and ideas about midwifery. This presentation is the beginning of an ongoing documentary film project. Participants will see three short interviews with midwives that will give the viewers a very personal insight into what makes a midwife, what motivates a midwife and what maintains a midwife. The interviews will celebrate midwives, their passion and their commitment to the profession. This work will move and inspire by getting to the heart of what we call midwifery. Film is an excellent medium to communicate what is personal. The aim of the work is to create a connection between the viewer and the midwife, utilising words and pictures to tell the story and enhance the relationship so that we may have a deeper understanding of what lies inside the heads and hearts of midwives. The aim of this presentation is to honour the midwifery profession. It reminds us of the essence of midwifery and what connects all midwives. The personal interviews with three unique midwives gives the viewer a rare insight into what motivates and inspires the midwifery passion.
The images they created demonstrated how AMIC workers value their contribution to the Aboriginal Family Birthing Program and what it meant to them to help their community, to foster links and connections between maternity care and community. The second quilt was part of the Complex Midwifery Care Course at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and was completed as part of the ‘Global Women’s Health’ module. This provides an insight into how midwives see their role in displaying cultural understanding in midwifery care. Creating a story quilt crosses the cultural communication barriers because pictures can tell a story that everyone can understand. Both quilts expressed aspects of maternity care that break down cultural boundaries of all women and have the potential to bring about differences in attitudes to maternity care. They also enable midwives, and their partners in maternity care, an opportunity to reflect on their practice in respect to culture and add value to education sessions, providing both immediate and ongoing benefit to the participant, the observer and the educator. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2015.07.116 [C6] ‘Dying for a Cure’ documentary Claire Devonport *, Natalie Short Midwife, Sydney, Australia *Corresponding author.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2015.07.115 [C5] ‘Super’ communication: Every quilt tells a story Lisa Catt 1,2,*, Vanessa Tilbrook 1, Merridee Seiboth 3, Emily Stevens 4 1
Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Murray Bridge Soldiers Memorial Hospital, South Australia, Australia 2 Women’s and Children’s Hospital, South Australia, Australia 3 Loxton Health Service, South Australia, Australia 4 Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia, Australia *Corresponding author. ‘Super’ midwives have ‘super’ powers. Their greatest ‘super’ power is the ability to partner with women of any background and culture to provide care in pregnancy and childbirth. Partnership with women is fostered by understanding and communication. Picture stories transcend language, culture and education and this concept has been used as a foundation for creating ‘story quilts’. Quilting has been used as reflective practice assignments for Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Care (AMIC) workers, and within the post-graduate Complex Midwifery and Family Centred Care (CMFCC) course, particularly the Global Women’s Health component. It is important to allow a reflective assessment to provide equitable participation and expression which takes into account learning styles, literacy, language and culture. These reflective practice assignments are not assessed on artistic ability but used as creative and verbal expression. This quilt display will show two quilts that have been crafted by individual participants who have been tasked with a reflective activity to allow for differing levels of ability and background of participants. The participants could use any medium from a selection of fabric markers, beads, embroidery cotton or anything else they chose, to use on a calico square. The first quilt was created by AMIC workers who had been asked to represent their reflections about their role in the unique position of working in partnership with midwives to link Aboriginal community and maternity care.
‘Dying for a Cure’ is a 9-min documentary illustrating the physical and emotional realities of life for Sub-Saharan Africa women with obstetric fistulas. Approximately 2 million women currently suffer from obstetric fistulas, with between 100,000 and 500,000 new cases annually. The documentary begins with an obstructed labour and is followed by a moving quote from Dr Reg Hamlin about the reality of life after birth for women with an obstetric fistula. With graphics, the causes and pathophysiology of obstetric fistula are then outlined. Using dramatic auditory and visual imagery, audiences are taken on 17-year-old Mele’s journey of the death of her baby and her life with a fistula. The paths to hope for women like Mele are introduced, and then concluded with a moving call to action for all midwives to improve maternal health for the most vulnerable around the world. The days following a birth should be a time of celebration and bonding. However the harsh reality for women whose obstructed labours end in an obstetric fistula, surviving childbirth, does not mean the end of suffering. Many women are seen as cursed and are consequently left to die. While the statistics may seem overwhelming, the aim of this documentary is to highlight how each of us, as one midwife, can make a difference in the fight against obstetric fistula. We know that mothers and babies can be saved. We know that fistulas can be prevent. What we want to know is, what can you do to help? http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2015.07.117 [C7] Just a minute Esther Exton Independent This performance highlights the need for sincere and meaningful care. It draws a woman’s perspective of the impact that midwives have on the pregnant woman, their influence, models of care and potential ‘cross road’ opportunities to make a difference in
ACM2015 Creative Arts / Women and Birth 28S (2015) S35–S38
[C4] The midwife inside Shea Caplice Independent Researcher, Sydney, Australia It is highly relevant that at a national midwifery conference we explore and share our innermost thoughts and ideas about midwifery. This presentation is the beginning of an ongoing documentary film project. Participants will see three short interviews with midwives that will give the viewers a very personal insight into what makes a midwife, what motivates a midwife and what maintains a midwife. The interviews will celebrate midwives, their passion and their commitment to the profession. This work will move and inspire by getting to the heart of what we call midwifery. Film is an excellent medium to communicate what is personal. The aim of the work is to create a connection between the viewer and the midwife, utilising words and pictures to tell the story and enhance the relationship so that we may have a deeper understanding of what lies inside the heads and hearts of midwives. The aim of this presentation is to honour the midwifery profession. It reminds us of the essence of midwifery and what connects all midwives. The personal interviews with three unique midwives gives the viewer a rare insight into what motivates and inspires the midwifery passion.
The images they created demonstrated how AMIC workers value their contribution to the Aboriginal Family Birthing Program and what it meant to them to help their community, to foster links and connections between maternity care and community. The second quilt was part of the Complex Midwifery Care Course at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and was completed as part of the ‘Global Women’s Health’ module. This provides an insight into how midwives see their role in displaying cultural understanding in midwifery care. Creating a story quilt crosses the cultural communication barriers because pictures can tell a story that everyone can understand. Both quilts expressed aspects of maternity care that break down cultural boundaries of all women and have the potential to bring about differences in attitudes to maternity care. They also enable midwives, and their partners in maternity care, an opportunity to reflect on their practice in respect to culture and add value to education sessions, providing both immediate and ongoing benefit to the participant, the observer and the educator. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2015.07.116 [C6] ‘Dying for a Cure’ documentary Claire Devonport *, Natalie Short Midwife, Sydney, Australia *Corresponding author.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2015.07.115 [C5] ‘Super’ communication: Every quilt tells a story Lisa Catt 1,2,*, Vanessa Tilbrook 1, Merridee Seiboth 3, Emily Stevens 4 1
Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Murray Bridge Soldiers Memorial Hospital, South Australia, Australia 2 Women’s and Children’s Hospital, South Australia, Australia 3 Loxton Health Service, South Australia, Australia 4 Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia, Australia *Corresponding author. ‘Super’ midwives have ‘super’ powers. Their greatest ‘super’ power is the ability to partner with women of any background and culture to provide care in pregnancy and childbirth. Partnership with women is fostered by understanding and communication. Picture stories transcend language, culture and education and this concept has been used as a foundation for creating ‘story quilts’. Quilting has been used as reflective practice assignments for Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Care (AMIC) workers, and within the post-graduate Complex Midwifery and Family Centred Care (CMFCC) course, particularly the Global Women’s Health component. It is important to allow a reflective assessment to provide equitable participation and expression which takes into account learning styles, literacy, language and culture. These reflective practice assignments are not assessed on artistic ability but used as creative and verbal expression. This quilt display will show two quilts that have been crafted by individual participants who have been tasked with a reflective activity to allow for differing levels of ability and background of participants. The participants could use any medium from a selection of fabric markers, beads, embroidery cotton or anything else they chose, to use on a calico square. The first quilt was created by AMIC workers who had been asked to represent their reflections about their role in the unique position of working in partnership with midwives to link Aboriginal community and maternity care.
‘Dying for a Cure’ is a 9-min documentary illustrating the physical and emotional realities of life for Sub-Saharan Africa women with obstetric fistulas. Approximately 2 million women currently suffer from obstetric fistulas, with between 100,000 and 500,000 new cases annually. The documentary begins with an obstructed labour and is followed by a moving quote from Dr Reg Hamlin about the reality of life after birth for women with an obstetric fistula. With graphics, the causes and pathophysiology of obstetric fistula are then outlined. Using dramatic auditory and visual imagery, audiences are taken on 17-year-old Mele’s journey of the death of her baby and her life with a fistula. The paths to hope for women like Mele are introduced, and then concluded with a moving call to action for all midwives to improve maternal health for the most vulnerable around the world. The days following a birth should be a time of celebration and bonding. However the harsh reality for women whose obstructed labours end in an obstetric fistula, surviving childbirth, does not mean the end of suffering. Many women are seen as cursed and are consequently left to die. While the statistics may seem overwhelming, the aim of this documentary is to highlight how each of us, as one midwife, can make a difference in the fight against obstetric fistula. We know that mothers and babies can be saved. We know that fistulas can be prevent. What we want to know is, what can you do to help? http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2015.07.117 [C7] Just a minute Esther Exton Independent This performance highlights the need for sincere and meaningful care. It draws a woman’s perspective of the impact that midwives have on the pregnant woman, their influence, models of care and potential ‘cross road’ opportunities to make a difference in