Re: [ozmidwifery] politics and research
Dear Kirsten, Or on the other side of the coin is when you do quote good US research (or any other non Australian research) and the answer is 'oh, but its not Australian research'! especially when they do not wantsome bestpracticeintroduced or anything changed for that matter. Regards,Anne Clarke
Re: [ozmidwifery] politics and research
Since when has evidenced based research had ANY impact on policies other than the ones that the policy makers want to use? I have just done some feed back for the SA state perinatal 'guidelines' and I am telling you now that vbac will be almost nonexistant or at the very best non-satisfying for the woman. It actually states to discourage midwifery led care models that do not impose continuous monitoring...! Based on research that did not take into consideration the very same model of care they are denying women - no consideration of the outcomes of this model...just based it on the outcomes of the medical model which included things like induction and augmentation etc. It is like Flinder's medical center trying to tell me the reason vbac in the bc is denied now is that a rupture occurred onlabour ward!!! grunt groan sigh exasperation grumble mumble grrr - Original Message - From: Anne Clarke To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] politics and research Dear Kirsten, Or on the other side of the coin is when you do quote good US research (or any other non Australian research) and the answer is 'oh, but its not Australian research'! especially when they do not wantsome bestpracticeintroduced or anything changed for that matter. Regards,Anne Clarke
[ozmidwifery] politics and research
Marilyn wrote:"It is sad but true across many academic disciplines in Australia that American research is ignored rather than even be considered. There is always a supposed political reason for it. I just think it is unwarranted amongst other things. I realise that big business has funded research to such an extent in the US that it is often considered sus, many many americans realise that too, neverthless some really good stuff does come out. I just think we should keep our minds open" Interesting Marilyn, that when I was in the USA the reverse was also true - research that came out of anywhere BUT the USA was looked down on as inferior. Kirsten Blacker
Re: [ozmidwifery] politics and research
Oh I totally agree, Kirsten!! And...it really made me angry when I was there...I was always finding Aus and Uk and NZ articles to show people and trumpeting midwifery here!! It has shocked me to find out we are equally one-eyed. We all agree about the Netherlands the USA acknowleges the big changes that have happened in Canada since 1988 but only acknowledge NZ if reminded, here it is the reverse for Canada. There are definetly some separate birthing traditions in both birthing cultures across the pacific but the vast body of research could be shared and the obstetric traditions exposed for what they are, but in agreement marilyn - Original Message - From: Kirsten Blacker To: ozmid Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 12:54 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] politics and research Marilyn wrote:"It is sad but true across many academic disciplines in Australia that American research is ignored rather than even be considered. There is always a supposed political reason for it. I just think it is unwarranted amongst other things. I realise that big business has funded research to such an extent in the US that it is often considered sus, many many americans realise that too, neverthless some really good stuff does come out. I just think we should keep our minds open" Interesting Marilyn, that when I was in the USA the reverse was also true - research that came out of anywhere BUT the USA was looked down on as inferior. Kirsten Blacker
[ozmidwifery] politics.
Hi all i've been following the budget and would like to make comment. If you really want to support Families then do it when they are being created or enlarged. At the pivotal points of family life. The family needs support from the time of the first pregnancy, with individual midwifery care and domestic support services. Services that guide and support families into birth and parenthood. Midwife care to educate support and guide during pregnancy birth and early parenting and domestic support to encourage people to minimise hospital stays and facilitate a healthy and comfortable adjustment to parenthood. Families need specifically targeted pregnancy .birth ,and postnatal services to ensure the best start as parents and as a growing family. My body our baby our vote. Bronwyn Key Childbirth activist could you please forward to whoever you feel is relevant _ SEEK: Now with over 50,000 dream jobs! Click here: http://ninemsn.seek.com.au?hotmail Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/JxSolB/TM -~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MatCoWA/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
