File F10 - Pregnancy and childbirth: pamphlets

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Pregnancy and childbirth: pamphlets

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CA ON0034 10-011-S3-F10

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  • 1983-1989 (Creation)

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0.3 cm of textual records

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(1983-1993)

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"In June 1983, a small group of midwives, consumers, health care providers and other supporters of midwifery met to discuss the status of midwifery in Ontario. Historically, Ontario had a tradition of lay midwives who attended the births of family, friends and neighbours. This tradition of community midwifery began to decline around the turn of the century until, by the 1950s, midwifery had all but disappeared in Ontario. In the 1970s, the practice of midwifery began to re-emerge and was influenced by the natural childbirth movement principles that pregnancy and birth are normal, healthy, family events and that pregnant women themselves should be the primary decision makers about the health care they receive.
Subsequently, the Midwifery Task Force of Ontario (MFT-O), a community-based lobby group, was established to promote legislation and recognition of midwifery. Around the same time, the association of practicing midwives (Ontario Association of Midwives) and nurse-midwives association (Ontario Nurse-Midwives Association) joined together to form the Association of Ontario Midwives (AOM). The MTF-O gained support from women and their families seeking an alternative to the medical model of childbirth and maternity care. Over the next several years, the AOM and the MTF-O worked together to advocate the creation of midwifery as a recognized profession. This culminated in Bill 56, the Midwifery Act which was passed on December 31, 1993 making Ontario the first province in Canada to recognize, regulate and fund midwifery as part of the health care system.
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En juin 1983, un petit groupe de sage-femmes, et de fournisseurs de soins de santé et d'autres partisans de la profession de sage-femme se sont réunis pour discuter du statut de la profession de sage-femme en Ontario. Historiquement, l'Ontario avait une tradition de sage-femmes laïques qui assistaient aux naissances des membres de leur famille, de leurs amis et de leurs voisins. Cette tradition de sage-femme communautaire a commencé à décliner au tournant du siècle jusqu'à ce que, dans les années 1950, la profession de sage-femme ait pratiquement disparu en Ontario. Dans les années 1970, la pratique des sage-femmes a commencé à réapparaître, influencée par les principes du mouvement en faveur de l'accouchement naturel, selon lesquels la grossesse et l'accouchement sont des événements familiaux normaux et sains, et les femmes enceintes elles-mêmes devraient être les premières à décider des soins de santé qu'elles reçoivent.
Par la suite, le Midwifery Task Force of Ontario (MFT-O), un groupe de pression communautaire, a été créé pour promouvoir la législation et la reconnaissance de la profession de sage-femme. À peu près à la même époque, l'association des sage-femmes en exercice (Ontario Association of Midwives) et l'association des infirmières sage-femmes (Ontario Nurse-Midwives Association) se sont regroupées pour former l'Association des sage-femmes de l'Ontario (AOM). L'AOM a reçu le soutien de femmes et de leurs familles qui cherchaient une alternative au modèle médical d'accouchement et de soins de maternité. Au cours des années suivantes, l'AOM et la MTF-O ont travaillé ensemble pour promouvoir la création de la profession de sage-femme en tant que profession reconnue. Ces efforts ont abouti au projet de loi 56, la Loi sur les sages-femmes, qui a été adoptée le 31 décembre 1993, faisant de l'Ontario la première province canadienne à reconnaître, réglementer et financer la profession de sage-femme dans le cadre du système de soins de santé."

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