Clark, Geoffrey, Rouen, Christopher, Yates, Karen, and West, Caryn (2019) Accessibility - a pivotal factor in maternal and neonatal outcomes. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 26 (7). p. 34.

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Abstract

Australia is one of the safest countries in the world in which to give birth or to be born. Despite this, women in rural areas continue to experience higher rates of maternal mortality(Kildea et al. 2008) and fetal and neonatal deaths (AIHW 2005).

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are three times as likely to die as non-Indigenous women, with a maternal mortality ratio of 16.4 deaths per 100,000 Indigenous women giving birth (AIHW 2014). Women also express dissatisfaction with the absence of choice in both rural and metropolitan areas (Department of Health 2009).

Item ID:	58781
Item Type:	Article (Commentary)
ISSN:	2202-7114
Keywords:	accessibilty; maternal, neonatal, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons
Copyright Information:	Copyright Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Jul-Sep 2019
Date Deposited:	09 Jul 2019 02:07
FoR Codes:	11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1110 Nursing > 111006 Midwifery @ 100%
SEO Codes:	92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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