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The views of rural women and health professionals on continuity of maternity care in Tasmania, Australia
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Hoang, Ha and Le, Q, The views of rural women and health professionals on continuity of maternity care in Tasmania, Australia, Abstract Book, 25-29 June 2013, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 249. ISBN 978-80-86998-66-4 (2013) [Conference Extract]
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Abstract
This study investigates Tasmanian rural women’s and health care professionals’
experiences and views of continuity care.
A mixed-method approach using a survey questionnaire and semi-structured
interviews was adopted. Women who have had rural childbirth experiences from
six Tasmanian rural communities and health professionals who are maternity care
providers and are currently employed by the health system in Australia were invited
to participate in the study to explore women’s experiences and views on continuity of
care.
The survey found that rural women who gave birth more recently are less likely to
experience continuity of carers. Therefore, it aff ects their views on continuity of care
and their satisfaction with antenatal care. The interviews confi rm the survey results.
Three main themes emerged from the interview data, namely continuity of care; public
health care system and continuity of care; and quality of care.
Both health professionals and rural women believed in the benefi ts of continuity of
carers as it helps women build up trust and relationship with the caregiver. Having
various health professionals has been linked with inconsistency of care, impersonal
care and mismanagement of information. However, the majority of health professionals
and rural women believed that it was almost impossible to have continuity of a main
carer in the public hospital system. Women paid more attention on the quality and
consistency of care rather than carer. Health care system should take into account these
Item Details
| Item Type: | Conference Extract |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | rural women, health professionals, continuity of maternity care, rural areas |
| Research Division: | Medical and Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Public Health and Health Services |
| Research Field: | Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) |
| Objective Field: | Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified |
| Author: | Hoang, Ha (Dr Ha Hoang) |
| Author: | Le, Q (Dr Quynh Le) |
| ID Code: | 86237 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Deposited By: | Centre for Rural Health |
| Deposited On: | 2013-08-30 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-03-20 |
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