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0000-0003-0092-437X
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University of Tasmania
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University of Tasmania Faculty of Health
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Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 27-09-2022
DOI: 10.3390/HEALTHCARE10101883
Abstract: The objective of this study is to explore and understand the experiences of women who receive antenatal, birthing, and postnatal care from an integrated maternity services model in a regional area in Tasmania, Australia. This descriptive qualitative study included semi-structured, one-on-one interviews with 14 mothers aged years, who were living in a regional area of Tasmania and had accessed maternity health services. Thematic analysis revealed three key themes: (i) talking about me, (ii) is this normal? and (iii) care practices. Overall, women cited mostly negative experiences from a poorly implemented fragmented service. These experiences included feelings of isolation, frustration over receiving conflicting advice, feeling ignored, and minimal to no continuity of care. In contrast, women also experienced the euphoric feelings of birth, immense support, guidance, and encouragement. Regional women’s experiences of maternity care may be improved if health services work towards place-based continuity of care models. These models should be informed by the local women’s experiences and needs in order to achieve better communication, reduce feelings of isolation, and promote positive breastfeeding experiences.
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6618-3.CH008
Abstract: This chapter provides a brief history of health records development through the ages, from ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets through to today's electronic health record. An understanding of where we have come from informs future direction and enhances knowledge. While the content and method has evolved, the need to document health information has been consistent for over 4000 years. The central premise has always been to support quality health care through quality information. This chapter will explore the link between health records and patient safety.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 20-05-2016
Abstract: The eastern Indonesian province of Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) has an infant mortality rate of 45 per 1000, higher than the national average (28/1000). Exclusive breastfeeding, important for improving newborn and infant survival, is encouraged among hospitalized infants in Kupang, the provincial capital of NTT. However, barriers to hospitalized infants receiving breast milk may exist. This study explored the barriers and enablers to exclusive breastfeeding among sick and low birth weight hospitalized infants in Kupang, NTT. The attitudes and cultural beliefs of health workers and mothers regarding the use of donor breast milk (DBM) were also explored. A mixed-methods study using a convergent parallel design was conducted. A convenience s le of 74 mothers of hospitalized infants and 8 hospital staff participated in semi-structured interviews. Facility observational data were also collected. Analysis was conducted using Davis’s barrier analysis method. Of the 73 questionnaires analyzed, we found that 39.7% of mothers retrospectively reported exclusively breastfeeding and 37% of mothers expressed breast milk. Expressing was associated with maternal reported exclusive breastfeeding χ 2 (1, N = 73) = 6.82, P = .009. Staff supported breastfeeding for sick infants, yet mothers could only access infants during set nursery visiting hours. No mothers used DBM, and most mothers and staff found the concept distasteful. Increasing mothers’ opportunities for contact with infants is the first step to increasing exclusive breastfeeding rates among hospitalized infants in Kupang. This will facilitate mothers to express their breast milk, improve the acceptability of DBM, and enhance the feasibility of establishing a DBM bank.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-06-2018
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 05-2019
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2018-026234
Abstract: To investigate mothers’ infant feeding experiences (breastfeeding/formula milk feeding) with the aim of understanding how women experience cessation of exclusive breastfeeding. Multimethod, qualitative study questionnaire, focus groups and interviews. Northern and Southern Tasmania, Australia. 127 mothers of childbearing age from a broad sociodemographic context completed a questionnaire and participated in 22 focus groups or 19 interviews across Tasmania, 2011–2013. Mothers view breastfeeding as ‘natural’ and ‘best’ and formula milk as ‘wrong’ and ‘unnatural’. In an effort to avoid formula and prolong exclusive breastfeeding, mothers will endure multiple issues (eg, pain, low milk supply, mastitis, public shaming) and make use of various forms of social and physical capital resources such as father artner support, expressing breast milk, bottles and dummies. The cessation of exclusive breastfeeding was frequently experienced as unexpected and ‘devastating’, leaving mothers with ‘breastfeeding grief’ (a prolonged sense of loss and failure). For many mothers, the cessation of exclusive breastfeeding results in lingering feelings of grief and failure making it harmful to women’s emotional well-being. Reframing breastfeeding as a family practice where fathers artners are incorporated as breastfeeding partners has the potential to help women negotiate and prolong breastfeeding. Proactive counselling and debriefing are needed to assist women who are managing feelings of ‘breastfeeding grief’.
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Start Date: 2011
End Date: 2011
Funder: Tasmanian Early Years Foundation
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2018
End Date: 2018
Funder: James Cook University
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2018
End Date: 2018
Funder: University of Tasmania
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2017
End Date: 2017
Funder: Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania
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