Maurina Barron
Maurina Barron is an experienced midwifery academic with a track record in both midwifery practice and education. Formerly a Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, she now operates as an Independent Midwifery Consultant. She initially trained as a General Nurse at Chase Farm, Enfield, and subsequently undertook her midwifery training at Upney Hospital Barking.
Her professional interests are numerous, with a particular focus on pregnancy and early fetal loss, domestic violence, socio-cultural issues associated with childbearing in the African-Caribbean population, mentoring, coaching, and healthcare management.
Her extensive Voluntary Sector work experience includes contributions to Fernandez Hospital in Hyderabad, India, and initiatives to raise awareness of the Management of Obstetric Emergencies, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, and health promotion in Ghana. She is also a Co-Founder and Vice-President of the Caribbean Nurses & Midwives Association (UK).
MBA; PGdip (Education); BSc(Hons) Psychology; RM, Vice – President CNMA(UK), Former Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at Middlesex University, Independent Midwifery Consultant.
Further Reading
Bivins, Roberta. “Picturing Race in the British National Health Service, 1948-1988.” Twentieth Century British History, Vol 28, 1, (March 2017): 83-109. open access: https://academic.oup.com/tcbh/article/28/1/83/2671026?keytype=ref&ijkey=YWk53hbH907zqXn
Bivins, Roberta. Contagious Communities: Medicine, Migration and the NHS in Post War Britain (Oxford, 2015).
Goring, Namitasha, Beverley Beckford, and Simone Bowman. "The Windrush Scandal: A Review of Citizenship, Belonging and Justice in the United Kingdom." Eur. JL Reform 22 (2020): 266-302. (DOI 10.5553/EJLR/138723702020022000004).
Wardle, Huon, and Laura Obermuller. "“Windrush generation” and “hostile environment”: symbols and lived experiences in Caribbean migration to the UK." Migration and Society 2, no. 1 (2019): 81-89.
Links, Caribbean Nurses and Midwives Association (UK):
Website Cnmassociation.co.uk
Twitter @CNMAUK
Instagram @cnmassociation