Movie Screening - The Edge Of Joy

Title: Movie Screening - The Edge Of Joy

Disciplines: Advanced Practice (AP), Childbearing (CB), Newborn Care (N), Professional Issues (PI), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  1. Describe the cultural, social and religious nomrs that affect maternal mortality rates in Nigeria, both the Islamic northern regions and the Christian southern regions
  2. Idnetify strategies that are aimed at both the prevention and treatment of obstetric hemorrhage
  3. Discuss the use of non-pneumatice anti-shock garments in the treatment of obstetric hemorrage
Submission Description:
The Edge of Joy is a documentary film that follows an ensemble cast of Nigerian doctors, midwives and families to the frontlines of maternal care. Inside a maternity ward, the film chronicles distressed labors, deaths, and miraculous survival. Outside, lack of blood supply transportation and family planning are examined as causes of the cycle that kills more than 36,000 Nigerian women each year. The central characters in The Edge of Joy are the people deep within the Nigerian culture who know its misconceptions, its limitations, but also its capabilities. Narrated by award winning journalist, Eliza Griswold, and featuring animation by Yoni Goodman, this portrait of pregnancy and childbirth shows the consequences of poor maternal health as it explores the nuances and complexities of bringing emerging health technologies to the developing world.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013: 4:30 PM-5:45 PM
Ryman Hall C2 (Gaylord Opryland)
Moderator:
Catherine Ruhl, CNM, MS
Presenting Author:
Elizabeth Butrick, *
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