Effect of a Birthing on Country service redesign on maternal and neonatal health outcomes for First Nations Australians: a prospective, non-randomised, interventional trial.

• Main Authors: Kildea, S, Gao, Y, Hickey, S, Nelson, C, Kruske, S, Carson, A, Currie, J, Reynolds, M, Wilson, K, Watego, K, Costello, J, Roe, Y
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: 0605 Microbiology; 1117 Public Health and Health Services; Adult; Australia; Female; Health Services; Indigenous; Humans; Infant; Newborn; Mothers; Oceanic Ancestry Group; Outcome Assessment; Health Care; Pregnancy; Prenatal Care; Prospective Studies; Urban Population; Young Adult; Brisbane; New Zealand; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/150741

Background: There is an urgency to redress unacceptable maternal and infant health outcomes for First Nations families in Australia. A multi-agency partnership between two Aboriginal Community-controlled health services and a tertiary hospital in urban Australia designed, implemented, and evaluated...