AMAZE Sexual Health Platform
AMAZE is a free, online sexual‑health education platform that provides age-appropriate, medically accurate, and inclusive information for young adolescents. Through short, animated videos, it covers topics like puberty, menstruation, reproduction, consent, healthy relationships, and personal safety. AMAZE also offers resources for parents, caregivers, and educators to support open and honest conversations about growing up, ensuring that young people have access to reliable information no matter where they live or go to school.
Working With Nurses
This document is written for nurses to help them understand the role of a professional doula in a hospital setting.
Vaccines and Pregnancy
This document addresses Vaccines in Pregnancy, explaining why expectant parents should get vaccinated and what they need to know. It details how pregnancy affects the immune system, making one more susceptible to severe infection. The resource specifically lists recommended vaccines to get before pregnancy (Varicella, MMR) and those recommended during pregnancy to protect both parent and baby from diseases like Pertussis (whooping cough) and Influenza (flu).
Pregnancy and Substance Use
This document is a Harm Reduction Toolkit for Pregnancy and Substance Use. It provides detailed, evidence-based harm reduction information for various substances, including alcohol, benzodiazepines, cannabis, opioids, stimulants, and tobacco/nicotine. The resource also guides individuals on navigating prenatal care, labor, childbirth, and the postpartum period while emphasizing the right to quality perinatal care.
Birth Preferences Sheet
This document is a customizable Birth Preference Sheet (often called a birth plan). It is structured as a checklist and write-in form to help parents communicate their wishes regarding induction methods, pain relief options (both pharmacological and non-pharmacological), birthing positions, delivery of the baby and placenta, and immediate newborn care. The sheet emphasizes the right to informed choice during the medical process.
B.R.A.I.N.S. Resource
This document introduces the B.R.A.I.N.S. acronym tool to guide parents and support persons in medical decision-making during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. The acronym stands for Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Instincts/Intuition, Nothing/Not Now, and Space. The resource also includes a reflection guide for partners and support persons to prepare for labour together.