Safe Together – course overview
Successive annual MBRACCE reports have identified disproportionate morbidity and mortality rates amongst Black, Asian and ethnically diverse women in the UK. In response to these ongoing maternal health inequalities,
All4Maternity has commissioned a committee of women representative of this beneficiary group to develop a Safer Together course including two e-Learning modules, which promote understanding of how to improve maternity and perinatal care for women, people, newborns and families from marginalised ethnic communities.
Module One
This module is solution-focused and designed to support learners to explore strategies they can use to improve the pregnancy outcomes of Black, Asian and ethnically diverse women and families.
Learning aims and objectives
This module will enable you to:
- Recognise where systemic racism may be present within society
- Reflect upon your own biases
- Acknowledge that addressing bias is a proactive, ongoing process
- Become aware of how systemic racism contributes to racial inequalities and poor pregnancy outcomes
Module weblink via All4Birth.com –
https://www.all4birth.com/courses/an-introduction-to-culture-race-and-bias-in-midwifery-care-module-1/
Module Two
This module introduces key anti-racism concepts and invites learners to begin thinking about how they can respond to systemic racism within maternity services.
Learning aims and objectives
This module will enable you to:
- Become aware of key terms related to systemic racism and anti-racism
- Develop an understanding of cultural safety and how it can be applied to healthcare settings
- Become aware of advocacy and allyship and how to work towards these principles
- Develop an understanding of the experiences of marginalised communities when accessing care
- Learn about strategies to challenge discriminatory practice and decolonise clinical policies and guidelines