Webinar June 23 – Working with Pregnant and Parenting Women: Learnings from HerWay Home

Webinar Recording and Slides Here

For the last four years, HerWay Home in Victoria, BC, has been providing outreach, medical and social services to pregnant and parenting women with difficult lives in a one-stop supportive environment. On June 23 from 9:00-10:00 a.m. PST, there will be a free webinar to share the results of a first-phase evaluation of HerWay.

Deborah Rutman and Carol Hubberstey of Nota Bene Consulting, and Nancy Poole of BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health will discuss lessons learned and promising practices, and lead a discussion on working with pregnant and parenting women affected by substance use, violence and mental health issues. With its child-focused, women-centred and family focused approach, HerWay Home encourages positive parenting and healthy outcomes for children and women.

Click here for more information and register by June 20^th at http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/bccewh/herway-home-evaluation-webinar/

To learn more about HerWay home and similar programs, see these previous postings:

• Harm Reduction and Pregnancy: Community-Based Approaches to Prenatal Substance Use In Western Canada, February 26, 2015

• Herway Home Conference and Networking Day – September 29, 2014 – Registration Information, August 18, 2014

• New Maternal and Infant Health Interventions on the Canadian Best Practices Portal, August 1, 2013

• Herway Home Program for Pregnant Women and New Mothers In Victoria, BC, February 12, 2013

• Herway Home ‘One-Stop Access’ Program in Victoria Set to Open, May 20, 2012

• Alberta’s Pcap Women’s Quilt: “Creating A Bond . . . Building A Relationship”, April 22, 2016

• Evaluation of FASD Prevention Programs in Saskatchewan, November 3, 2014

• Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women Who Use Substances: What Communities Are Doing To Help, October 1, 2012

• Women-Centred Approaches to FASD Prevention, October 13, 2010