{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Community Kind - A 100 Women Podcast","title":"Ep.4. Healthcare at the Margins: Pregnant, Homeless, and Finding Hope | with Allison Sawyer","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1872,"description":"Most women who are pregnant and sleeping rough will have their baby removed within days of the birth.\nClose to 10,000 people were experiencing homelessness in Western Australia at the last census, and Homeless Healthcare believes the real number is higher. Around 1,000 are sleeping rough in Perth on any given night, and the number of women is rising, driven by the cost of housing and by rates of family and domestic violence. For a pregnant woman in that situation, the fear of losing her baby is often enough to keep her away from the services that could help her.\nIn this episode, Alicia Curtis sits down with Alison Sayer, CEO of Homeless Healthcare, to talk about the Together Program and what changed when 100 Women funded extra hours for a dedicated street outreach nurse.\nAlison talks through what 155 referrals in under two years actually looks like on the ground, why the first 1,000 days of a child's life shape outcomes that can last generations, and the story of Annie, pregnant with her fifth child after losing custody of her first four.\nThis is what care looks like when it goes to where people are homeless.\n\nIN THIS EPISODE\nWhy Western Australia has the highest rate of rough sleeping in the country, and why the 2021 census figure likely understates the real scale\nThe two forces driving the rise in homelessness among women: the cost of living and housing crisis, and rising family and domestic violence\nWhy pregnant women experiencing homelessness often hide their pregnancy from services, and how that connects to the risk of a baby being removed at birth\nInside the Together Program: the four housing units run with Uniting WA, and the outreach nurse working to re-engage women the health system has lost\nWhat sits behind 155 referrals in under two years, and where they come from\nThe research behind the \"first 1,000 days,\" and why stabilising mum changes outcomes for the baby\nAnnie's story: five pregnancies, four children in state care, and what changed with the fifth...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2_SLQSsp9hNubdD3NaWU_qoHz5vQ2UIsjx3Ebmgz42k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNGFh/YmI1NzZiNDRmOTVi/ODRmZDEyZGE2NWIx/NWI2OS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}