by admin | Mar 26, 2014 | Africa, Fathers, Maternity, Men, Mental health, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Writing
First published in Viewpoint, March 2014 Issue of the Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand. Reference as: DeSouza, Ruth. (2014). Enhancing the role of fathers. Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand, 20(2), 26-27 (download 3.2 MB pdf DeSouza Migrant Dads). Mkono mmoja haulei mwana....
by admin | Mar 12, 2014 | Colonialism, Cultural safety, Feminism, Inequalities, language, Maternity, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Professional development, Racism, Research, Women
Cite as: DeSouza, Ruth. (2014). One woman’s empowerment is another’s oppression: Korean migrant mothers on giving birth in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. doi: 10.1177/1043659614523472. Download pdf (262KB) DeSouza J Transcult Nurs-2014....
by admin | Jul 25, 2013 | Australia, Colonialism, Feminism, Inequalities, Maternity, Power relations, Racism, Women, Writing
As a child I was enchanted by the idea of princesses and fairy godmothers and obsessed with the story of Sleeping Beauty. I even directed classmates in a play version of it in the playground of my Nairobi primary school. In case you aren’t familiar with the...
by admin | Mar 11, 2013 | Colonialism, Cultural safety, Feminism, Inequalities, Maternity, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Racism, Women, Writing
I’ve just had the first paper from my PhD published: DeSouza, R. (2013), Regulating migrant maternity: Nursing and midwifery’s emancipatory aims and assimilatory practices. Nursing Inquiry. doi: 10.1111/nin.12020 In contemporary Western societies, birthing is...
by admin | Mar 8, 2013 | Maternity, Mental health, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Women, Writing
I am a member of the Perinatal Mental Health New Zealand Trust (PMHNZ) whose vision is to : “improve outcomes for families and whanau affected by mental illness related to pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood”. They produce a quarterly newsletter...
by admin | Mar 30, 2012 | Maternity, Mental health, Women
Women are more likely to develop emotional problems after childbirth than at any other time in their lives and the life time prevalence of major depression in women is almost twice that of men (Kohen, 2001). According to Lumley et al. (2004), one out of every six...
