Aboriginal women's perinatal needs, experiences and maternity services : a literature review to enable considerations to be made about quality indicators / Heather Hancock
Published
Alice Springs, N.T. : Ngaanyatjarra Health Service (Aboriginal Corporation), 2006
Introduction - Literature review aims and methods - Overview -- Information and evidence around antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care - A history of tradition - Aims of antenatal care - Northern Territory contexts - Western Australian contexts -- Information and evidence relating to antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care as experienced by Aboriginal (and other) women - Acknowledging Aboriginal health and cultural contexts - National strategies for improving Aboriginal health and health care - Research around Aboriginal (and other women's pregnancy/birth experiences - Acknowledging sensitivity - Acknowledging cross cultural communication - Acknowledging shame - Acknowledging Jukurrpa - Acknowledging difference - Health of Aboriginal infants and related factors - National directives - South Australia - Victoria - New South Wales - Queensland - Northern Territory - Western Australia - Remote location issues - Research on relevant non-Aboriginal women's experiences - Considerations for effective care provision -- Information and evidence about evaluation, quality assessment and indicators in terms of antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum - Issues around indicators and evaluation - Existing indicators - Criteria for determining indicators -- Conclusion -- Glossary of terms -- Appendices -- References
