Safer Beginnings - Podcasts
Safer Beginnings is a joint programme of work by Best Beginnings and the White Ribbon Alliance UK, supported by 18 delivery partners. We have co-created new resources for parents and healthcare professionals, to increase their knowledge and access to support to help reduce incidents of violence and harm during maternity care. There is a great need for maternity care to be trauma-informed – assessing every person as potentially carrying trauma and ensuring that their needs are understood. Trauma-informed care can help ensure people’s physical and emotional safety during pregnancy and birth. The Safer Beginnings programme aims to enable healthcare workers to deliver trauma-informed care and to educate and support pregnant people to have self-agency in their maternity journeys.
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Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Dr. Shaima Hassan, a research associate at NIHR ARC Northwest Coast, University of Liverpool, specializes in patient, public, community involvement, and engagement research. Jaskiran Gill, Policy and Impact Lead at Best Beginnings, joins her in discussing how cultural, social, and systemic factors influence decision-making in pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. They explore the unique challenges ethnic minority women encounter accessing and navigating healthcare systems and services.
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Dr. Claire Feeley is a lecturer on midwifery at the King’s College London with an emphasis on research within her role. Arya Pimprikar is the Engagement Officer at Best Beginnings. Their conversation aims to understand the reasons and motivations behind choosing alternative birth options and birth practices. It also goes over the challenges faced by individuals seeking out-of-guidelines births and their interactions with healthcare providers.
Safer Beginnings Podcast Series 2023
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Safer Beginnings Podcast Series 2023
Amanda Smith, CEO of Maternity Engagement Action, dedicated to supporting perinatal Mental Health & Wellbeing of Black women and families, speaks with Yasmin Morgan, Head of Engagement at Best Beginnings. They highlight some of the challenges, discrimination, and biases faced by Black women. Their discussion navigates cultural nuances and identities shaping pregnancy and birth experiences, and highlights the complexity of these issues.
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