Positive impact of a long-running urban Aboriginal medical service midwifery program

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 518-522

  Wong, Raphael ^a   Herceg, Ana ^b   Patterson, Carolyn ^b   Freebairn, Louise ^c   Baker, Ann ^b   Sharp, Peter ^b   Pinnington, Peter ^a   Tongs, Julie ^b  

^a Canberra Hospital   (Australia)

^b Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service   (Australia)

^c CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical audit; Indigenous health services; pregnancy; prenatal care; smoking

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SERVICE; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955232971     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01326.x     Document Type: Article

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