Acknowledgements
Maternal Health for CALD Women Resource
eCALD Supplementary Resources
This resource is for all health providers who contribute to the care of women during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period including: Lead Maternity Carers (LMC), hospital midwives, general practitioners (GPs), obstetricians, neonatologists, paediatricians, Well Child/Tamariki Ora (WCTO) nurses, public health nurses, practice nurses, allied health professionals, psychiatrists, mental health nurses and other mental health practitioners. The resource addresses working with women, babies and families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
The resource is funded by the Northern Regional Alliance and produced by Waitemata District Health Board eCALD® Services.
The Northern Regional Alliance and Waitemata DHB eCALD® Services acknowledge and greatly appreciate the contributions and editing advice of the following health professionals who contributed their time to review, provide cultural expertise and comment on specific sections or on the full document. Special thanks goes to Maggie O’Brien and Emma Farmer for comprehensively reviewing, editing and ensuring that the terms used in the document are accurate.
| Name | Section(s) reviewed |
| Maggie O’Brien: Clinical Lead Just Culture, I3, WDHB | Full document |
| Emma Farmer: Head of Division Midwifery, WDHB | Full document |
| Dr Aram Kim: Maternal Mental Health Consultant WDHB | Full document |
| Dr Margaret Mitchell-Lowe: Maternal Mental Health Consultant WDHB | Full document |
| Pamela Hewlett: Portfolio Manager – Women’s Health, Planning & Funding, WDHB | Full document |
| Nikki Denholm: FGM Education Programme | Full document |
| Melissa Powell FGM Education Programme | Full document |
| Plunket Clinical Team (Policy and Professional Standard Advisor, Education Manager and a Clinical Educator) | Full document |
| Yvonne Hall: Maternity Consumer Rep WDHB | Full document |
| Kelly Konsten, ADHB | Full document |
| Sadiqa Hajee: Refugee/Migrant Community Health Worker ADHB | Full document |
| Samantha Bennett: Asian, Migrant and Refugee Health Gain Manager, WDHB | Full document |
| Lifeng Zhou: Asian Advisor, Funding & Planning, WDHB | Full document |
| Lisa Martin: CEO Disability Connect | Full document |
| Sanny Chan: Disability Connect | Full document |
| Ivan Yeo: eCALD National Coordination and Projects, WDHB | Full document |
| Dr Vanitha Kalra: Maternal Mental Health Consultant CMDHB | Perinatal Mental Health section |
| Shahin Payam: eCALD Trainer, WDHB | FGM section |
| Kelly Feng: Chinese cultural perspective | Chinese section |
| Hannah Lee: Korean cultural perspective | Korean section |
| Nimisha Waller: Indian cultural perspective | Indian section |
| Marivic Sy: Filipino cultural perspective | Filipino section |
| Shizuki Torii: Japanese cultural perspective | Japanese section |
| Chie Yumoto: Japanese cultural perspective | Japanese section |
| Ngoc Hai: Vietnamese cultural perspective | Vietnamese section |
| Jenny Janif: Muslim cultural perspective | Muslim section |
| Mariska Mannes: eCALD Trainer WDHB - for proof reading | Full document |
| Sharon Puddle: IS Manager, I3, WDHB - for proof reading | Full document |
We also like to acknowledge all the actors who participated in the production of the audio/video scenarios:
Filipino Birth and labour
- Maria Coupe
- Aliza Hora
- Helen Bunster
Indian Postnatal
- Vijaya Joshi
- Stephanie Leece
Somali FGM
- Ayan Said
Melissa Powell
Panel Discussion
- Dr Aram Kim
- Dr Margaret Mitchell-Lowe
- Victoria Camplin-Welch
Korean Postnatal
- Christine Powell
- Jenny Kim
- Arantxa Fernandez
Chinese Pre-natal and Post-Natal
- Beatrice Treadwell
- Nerissa Cui
- Chengbo Sang
- Wenli Hao
Audios
- Helen Bunster (FGM scenario)
- Victoria Camplin-Welch (Chinese Post-natal handover to Plunket)
Disclaimer
Information within this resource may be freely used provided the source is acknowledged. Every effort has been made to ensure the information in this resource is correct. Waitemata District Health Board and the authors will not accept any responsibility for information which is incorrect and where action has been taken as a result of the information in this resource.
This resource is commissioned by the Northern Regional Alliance Limited Agency as part of the Auckland Regional Settlement Strategy Migrant Health programme of work.
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