Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 18, 2016 17:26:24 GMT 12
DISCOURAGING CO-SLEEPING CRITICISED AS EUROCENTRIC
The Ministry of Health is ignoring cultural needs by not funding sleeping pods, or woven baskets, for the babies of at-risk families, says the Māori Women's Welfare League.
About 50 babies, more than half Māori, die in their sleep each year.
Most are accidentally suffocated by their parents while sleeping in the same bed.
They also recognised the importance to Māori of having babies sleep in the same bed as their whānau.
Ms Kapua said the ministry showed they had a Eurocentric view by promoting the idea of babies sleeping in a separate bed.
"It takes no account of any different cultural practice," she said....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/308841/discouraging-co-sleeping-criticised-as-eurocentric
The Ministry of Health is ignoring cultural needs by not funding sleeping pods, or woven baskets, for the babies of at-risk families, says the Māori Women's Welfare League.
About 50 babies, more than half Māori, die in their sleep each year.
Most are accidentally suffocated by their parents while sleeping in the same bed.
They also recognised the importance to Māori of having babies sleep in the same bed as their whānau.
Ms Kapua said the ministry showed they had a Eurocentric view by promoting the idea of babies sleeping in a separate bed.
"It takes no account of any different cultural practice," she said....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/308841/discouraging-co-sleeping-criticised-as-eurocentric