Online Cultural Competency and Respectful Maternity Care

MEAC Continue Educating Units

This course, Cultural Competency and Respect in the Provision of Maternity Care, shares important insights for all health care providers, including doulas and childbirth educators. It meets the requirement of NARM for all CPMs and CPM applicants to take a course on Cultural Competency and may meet other licensing requirements as well. This training in cultural sensitivity, cultural respect, and cultural humility is useful in any practice setting, anywhere in the world.

This course will focus on reducing child mortality and reducing maternal mortality through the culturally sensitive and respectful care of women during pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and the entire childbearing season. Anyone providing health care to women anywhere in the world will benefit from this course

This course is good for CPM’s, CNM's and LM's and other health care workers who serve women of different ethnic or sub-culture groups in America OR who may volunteer in developing countries where maternal mortality is high and respect for women is low. The needs of women in the area of culturally sensitive and respectful care is actually a life and death matter; women of color die in childbirth and lose their babies at birth at rates much higher than white women, everywhere in the world

Once you complete the course, you will immediately receive a certificate for your CEUs

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PRICE

Online Cultural Competency: $119

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

CEU: 4 hours

Accredited by MEAC

DATE

Purchase anytime you are ready. You have access to the full course for 30 days after you purchase

COURSE TAUGHT BY

Vicki Penwell, CPM, LM, MSM, MA
Rose Penwell, CPM, LM, BSM, BS
Ian Penwell, CPM, LM, BSM, BS

COURSE OUTLINE

I. Values and Belief Systems of Culturally Diverse Groups 

a. Self evaluation assessment

  1. Life cycle events

  2. Cross cultural communication

  3. Provision of care

II. Health disparities and overcoming barriers to good maternity outcomes

a. Income barriers

b. Race/Ethnicity barriers

c. Language barriers

d. Cultural barriers

e. Understanding culturally diverse groups in practice

  1. Health

  2. Diet

  3. Traditional remedies

  4. Physical activity or exercise

  5. Religion

  6. Family dynamics

  7. Cultural milestones or rituals

f. Cultural Issues for health professionals

  1. Quality care

  2. Access to care

  3. Cross cultural communications

  4. Language

  5. Non-verbal cues

  6. Written health education materials in local language

  7. Health education for the illiterate

III. Addressing negative factors related to culture 

a. Categories of disrespect in maternity care and corresponding human rights

  1. Physical abuse

  2. Non-consented care

  3. Non-confidential care

  4. Non-dignified care (including verbal abuse)

  5. Discrimination or non-culturally competent care

  6. Abandonment or denial of care

  7. Detention in facilities against will

b. Maternal/Newborn disparities among women of color in the United States

  1. How racism impacts pregnancy outcomes

  2. Characteristics of and path to become an anti-racist direct-entry midwife

IV. High Impact Culturally-influenced Solutions   

a. International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative

b. Midwifery Model of Care

c. Respectful and Culturally Competent Care

d. Open access / easy access maternity care

e. Grand Challenge Scholarship Solutions