Wednesday 9 June 2021 | 11:00-11:45

Format: Lecture

Stream: Person and Family-Centred Care

Additional filters: Co-presented with patient, service user or carer

We propose that a “growing up” and “professionalising” approach to consumer activism is key to developing respectable and effective ongoing partnerships with maternity care stakeholders. Through a social equity lens, and co-presented through the eyes of two cultures, we will demonstrate that by educating the maternity health care sector through consumer-led initiatives, a paradigm shift towards woman-centred, culturally appropriate, evidence-based care can be achieved.

Leslie Arnott, The BEAR Program, Lamaze; Australia

Mary Waria, The BEAR Program, Lamaze; Australia