Maternal deaths high for Indigenous women

Women and Birth

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 175-176

  Kildea, Sue ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LETTER; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 55749099325     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2008.06.002     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Macklin N, Roxan N. Media release: maternal deaths high for indigenous women. Canberra: Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs [Jenny Macklin and Minister for Health and Ageing: Nicola Roxon]; May 2, 2008.
2. In: Sullivan E.A., Hall B., and King J. (Eds). Maternal deaths in Australia 2003-2005 (2008), AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit, Sydney
3. Kildea S., Humphrey M., Sherwood J., Paterson B., Finn M., Black D., et al. Maternal mortality in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. In: King J., and Sullivan E. (Eds). Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-2002 (2006), AIHW, Canberra 75-81
4. Sullivan E., Kildea S., and Black D. Epidemiology of maternal deaths. In: King J., and Sullivan E. (Eds). Maternal deaths in Australia 2000-2002 (2006), AIHW, Canberra 8-31
5. Lewis, G. editor. The confidential enquiry into maternal and child health (CEMACH). Saving mothers' lives: reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer-2003-2005. The seventh report on confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in the United Kingdom. London: CEMACH.