Managing two worlds together : stage 3: improving Aboriginal patient journeys. Maternity case studies / Janet Kelly, Paula Medway, Debra Miller, Lisa Catt, Monica Lawrence
Published
Bedford Park, SA : Department of Health Care Management, Flinders University ; Carlton, SA : The Lowitja Institute, 2015
"The Improving Aboriginal Patient Journeys (IAPJ) study is the third stage of the Managing Two Worlds Together (MTWT) project. The MTWT project investigated what works well and what needs improvement in the health system for Aboriginal people who travel for hospital and specialist care from rural and remote areas of South Australia and the Northern Territory to city hospitals. ... Stage 3 (2013-15) involved an expanded research team and staff participants working together in a range of health care and education settings in South Australia and the Northern Territory. The aim was to modify, adapt and test the Aboriginal PJM tools developed in Stages 1 and 2."--Page v
"This report on Maternity case studies is complemented by reports on four others - ... - published as part of the Improving Aboriginal patient journeys study, stage 3 of the Managing two worlds together project. Five maternity case studies are presented in this report ... . All five describe the ways in which midwives in Adelaide and rural areas adapted and used the MTWT patient journey mapping tools in South Australia ."--Page 1
