Postnatal care in the community: Report of an evaluation of birthing women's assessments of a postnatal home-care programme

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-44

  Zadoroznyj, Maria ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early postnatal discharge; Maternal support; Postnatal home care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 33845807426     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00664.x     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (2001) Census Basic Community Profiles. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra.
2. Boulvain M., Perneger T., Othenin-Girard V., Petrou S., Berner M. & Irion O. (2004) Home-based versus hospital-based postnatal care: a randomised trial. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 111, 807-813.
3. Brown S., Small R., Faber B., Drastev A. & Davis P. (2002) Early postnatal discharge from hospital for healthy mothers and term infants (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD002958. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002958.
4. Brown S., Bruinsma F., Darcy M., Small R. & Lumley J. (2004) Early discharge: no evidence of adverse outcomes in three consecutive population-based Australian surveys of recent mothers, conducted in 1989, 1994 and 2000. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 18, 202-213.
5. Callen J. & Pinelli J. (2004) Incidence and duration of breastfeeding for term infants in Canada, United States, Europe and Australia: a literature review. Birth 31 (4), 285-292.
6. D'Amour D., Goulet L., Labadie J., Bernier L. & Pineault R. (2003) Accessibility, continuity and appropriateness: key elements in assessing integration of perinatal services. Health and Social Care in the Community 11 (5), 397-404.
7. Dana S. & Wambach K. (2003) Patient satisfaction with an early discharge home visit programme. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing 32, 190-198.
8. Dato V.M., Saraiya M. & Ziskin L. (2000) Use of a comprehensive state birth data system to assess mother's satisfaction with length of stay. Maternal and Child Health Journal 4 (4), 223-231.
9. Dowswell T., Piercy J., Hirst J., Hewison J. & Lilford R. (1997) Short postnatal hospital stays: implications for women and service providers. Journal of Public Health Medicine 19 (2), 132-136.
10. Emmanuel E., Creedy D. & Fraser J. (2001) What mothers want: a postnatal survey. Australian Journal of Midwifery 14 (4), 16-20.
11. Francomb H. (1997) Do we need support workers in the maternity services? British Journal of Midwifery 5 (11), 672-676.
12. Gagnon A., Edgar L., Kramer M., Papageorgiou A., Waghorn K. & Klein M.C. (1997) A randomised trial of a program of early postpartum discharge with nurse visitation. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 171 (2), 205-211.
13. Gazmararian J. & Solomon F. (1997) Receipt of home health care after early discharge: results from a national managed care organization. Maternal and Child Health Journal 1 (3), 151-156.
14. Glover J. & Tennant S. (1999) A Social Health Atlas of Australia, Vol. 5: South Australia, 2nd edn. Public Health Information Development Unit, Openbook Publishers, Adelaide.
15. Heck K., Schoendorf K., Chavez G. & Braverman P. (2004) Letter: Reply. Birth 31 (1), 77.
16. Hingstman L. (1994) Primary care obstetrics and perinatal health in the Netherlands. Journal of Nurse Midwifery 39 (6), 379-386.
17. Kerssens J.J. (1994) Patient satisfaction with home-birth care in the Netherlands. Journal of Advanced Nursing 20, 344-350.
18. Lichtenstein B., Brumfield C., Cliver S., Chapman V., Lenze D. & Davis V. (2004) Giving birth, going home: influences on when low-income women leave hospital. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal 8 (1), 81-100.
19. Morrell C.J., Spiby H., Stewart P., Walters S. & Morgan A. (2000) Cost and effectiveness of community postnatal support workers: randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal 321 (7261), 593-598.
20. Postpartum Household Assistants (2002) Postpartum House-hold Assistants' Interim Report. Lyell McEwin Health Service, Elizabeth Vale.
21. Senate Community Affairs References Committee (1999) Rocking the Cradle: Report into Childbirth Procedures. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
22. Shorten A. (1995) Obstetric early discharge versus traditional hospital stay. Australian Health Review 18 (2), 19-39.
23. Spilby H. & Crowther S. (1999) Dutch maternity aides: a transferable model? RCM Midwives Journal 2 (1), 20-21.
24. Twaddle S., Liao X. & Fyvie H. (1993) An evaluation of postnatal care individualised to the needs of the woman. Midwifery 9, 154-160.
25. Van Teijlingen E.R. (1990) The profession of maternity home care assistant and its significance for the Dutch midwifery profession. International Journal of Nursing Studies 27 (4), 355-366.
26. Van Teijlingen E.R., Hundley V., Rennie A., Graham W. & Fitzmaurice A. (2003) Maternity satisfaction studies and their limitations: 'What is, must still be best.' Birth 30 (2), 75-82.
27. Waldenstrom U., Sundelin C. & Lindmark G. (1987) Early and late discharge after hospital birth. Health of mother and infant in the postpartum period. Uppsala Journal of Medical Sciences 92, 301-314.
28. Winterburn S. & Fraser R. (2000) Does the duration of postnatal stay influence breast-feeding rates at one month in women giving birth for the first time? A randomized control trial. Journal of Advanced Nursing 32 (5), 1152-1157.