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Antenatal emotional wellbeing screening in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services in Australia.
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Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession . Dec2013, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p73-82. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the extent to which antenatal emotional wellbeing (EW) assessments are undertaken in primary health care (PHC) centres and factors associated with completion of EW screening. Methods: Medical records of 797 pregnant women from 36 PHC centres in five states (NSW, QLD, SA, WA and NT) were audited. Results: Overall, 85% of the women were Aboriginal. The proportion of women with documented screening for EW varied from 5 to 38% between states (mean 17%). Aboriginal women were four times more likely (adjusted Odds Ratio (OR = 4.13, 95% CI = 2.46-6.92) to not be screened for antenatal EW than non-Aboriginal women. Aboriginality, <4 antenatal visits, absence of an antenatal and birth care plan, and lack of counselling on financial support were independently linked with no screening of EW. Conclusion: Provision of training for health service providers and further research on appropriate screening tools for Aboriginal women are needed to help redress this gap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PATHOLOGICAL psychology
*CHI-squared test
*CHILDBIRTH education
*COMMUNITY health services
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*EPIDEMIOLOGY
*ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY
*HEALTH promotion
*MEDICAL care
*MEDICAL care use
*PREGNANCY & psychology
*PRENATAL care
*PRIMARY health care
*PROBABILITY theory
*QUALITY assurance
*RESEARCH funding
*STATISTICAL sampling
*MEDICAL care of indigenous peoples
*HEALTH of indigenous peoples
*DATA analysis
*MULTIPLE regression analysis
*SOCIAL support
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*WELL-being
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*PREGNANCY
*PREVENTION
PREVENTION of pregnancy complications
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10376178
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 104045495
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5172/conu.2013.46.1.73