Cultural security and Aboriginal birthing women

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Investigate the best modern, culturally secure, maternity care for Aboriginal women birthing in an urban maternity setting; evaluate principles for culturally secure maternity services and cultural competence development; advise policy change to promote cultural security; inform national accreditation policies to ensure a culturally competent midwifery workforce; inform literature on cultural competence and cultural security; and translate outcomes to state and national policy/practice.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Partnerships

Funding Amount: $1,028,678.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Midwifery

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Aboriginal child | Aboriginal health | access to health care | antenatal care | birth | culturally appropriate methodology | neonatal | perinatal | postnatal | unmet needs