Ensuring Racial Equity in Midwifery Education Programs: Beginning Steps for Midwifery Education

Warming the whare for trans people and whānau in perinatal care

“…Organisational development strategies proposed by Effland et al (2020) and Lichtman et al (2020) suggest that the provision of trans-inclusive healthcare -a part of Rainbow-inclusive healthcare more generally --should be integrated into wider efforts to ensure other forms of justice, such as racial equity. This would involve developing antidiscrimination policies and processes, the inclusion of Rainbow people in the planning and evaluation of health services, inclusive data systems and consensus statements by health professional bodies that affirm commitment to Rainbow-inclusive care.…”