Salutogenesis

So this is a really closely aligned to what we do as midwives.

So for me, I've been really lucky through the work of Sue Down and lots of other people, Mercedes Perez-Batella, Jill Thompson, and lots of amazing researchers that have connected in with Erin Antonovsky's Salutogenesis, The Origin of Health.

How do we centre student midwives' voices and ensure that we ensure wellbeing for student midwives? And these are the things I'd like to unpack briefly with you.

Get us to think about it.

So I think what's the most important thing, first of all, is to check in with your own values and ask yourself your why.

What's your intention? And if you have a, a, a strong intention that you want to make a difference in, in the growth and development and the, the, uh, potential in a child and within a family, uh, and you're very, very clear on that, and you've got a salutogenic focus, meaning...

Salutogenic as in, for people that may not be familiar with it, saluto meanings- means, uh, health, genesis, birth of health.

So the salutogenic focu- focus versus a pathogenic focus, recognizing that we do have the full spectrum in there.

Um, I think that the- having that clarity first because then it allows you to then find where you need to pl- plug the holes, right? And get the training.