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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Delivery of maternal health care in Indigenous primary care services: baseline data for an ongoing quality improvement initiative |
Author: | Rumbold, A. Bailie, R. Si, D. Dowden, M. Kennedy, C. Cox, R. O'Donoghue, L. Liddle, H. Kwedza, R. Thompson, S. Burke, H. Brown, A. Weeramanthri, T. Connors, C. |
Citation: | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2011; 11(16):1-10 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 1471-2393 1471-2393 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Alice R. Rumbold, Ross S. Bailie, Damin Si, Michelle C. Dowden, Catherine M. Kennedy, Rhonda J. Cox, Lynette O’Donoghue, Helen E. Liddle, Ru K. Kwedza, Sandra C. Thompson, Hugh P. Burke, Alex D. H. Brown, Tarun Weeramanthri and Christine M. Connors |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) populations have disproportionately high rates of adverse perinatal outcomes relative to other Australians. Poorer access to good quality maternal health care is a key driver of this disparity. The aim of this study was to describe patterns of delivery of maternity care and service gaps in primary care services in Australian Indigenous communities. METHODS: We undertook a cross-sectional baseline audit for a quality improvement intervention. Medical records of 535 women from 34 Indigenous community health centres in five regions (Top End of Northern Territory 13, Central Australia 2, Far West New South Wales 6, Western Australia 9, and North Queensland 4) were audited. The main outcome measures included: adherence to recommended protocols and procedures in the antenatal and postnatal periods including: clinical, laboratory and ultrasound investigations; screening for gestational diabetes and Group B Streptococcus; brief intervention/advice on health-related behaviours and risks; and follow up of identified health problems. RESULTS: The proportion of women presenting for their first antenatal visit in the first trimester ranged from 34% to 49% between regions; consequently, documentation of care early in pregnancy was poor. Overall, documentation of routine antenatal investigations and brief interventions/advice regarding health behaviours varied, and generally indicated that these services were underutilised. For example, 46% of known smokers received smoking cessation advice/counselling; 52% of all women received antenatal education and 51% had investigation for gestational diabetes. Overall, there was relatively good documentation of follow up of identified problems related to hypertension or diabetes, with over 70% of identified women being referred to a GP/Obstetrician. CONCLUSION: Participating services had both strengths and weaknesses in the delivery of maternal health care. Increasing access to evidence-based screening and health information (most notably around smoking cessation) were consistently identified as opportunities for improvement across services. |
Keywords: | Humans Postnatal Care Prenatal Care Cross-Sectional Studies Tobacco Use Cessation Pregnancy Documentation Adolescent Adult Middle Aged Maternal Health Services Primary Health Care Delivery of Health Care Guideline Adherence Medical Audit Quality Indicators, Health Care Australia Female Young Adult Quality Improvement Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
Description: | Extent: 10p. |
Rights: | © 2011 Rumbold et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2393-11-16 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/283303 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/236235 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-11-16 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Obstetrics and Gynaecology publications |
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