Other Resources
Birthplace
www.havingababy.org.au/birthplace
Queensland Centre for Mothers and Babies on-line tool that helps consumer representatives see how women are experiencing care provided at their local hospital.
Decision aids
www.havingababy.org.au/decisionaids
Decision aids are tools produced by Queensland Centre for Mothers and Babies that give women information and support women to make decisions. There are decision aids on:
- Pregnancy
- Labour
- Birth
Queensland Health Guide to Informed Decision Making in Healthcare
www.health.qld.gov.au/consent/documents/ic-guide.pdf
A guide to support practitioners in understanding the complex ethical and legal requirements surrounding and has relevant information on informed decision-making in maternity care.
Multicultural clinical support resource
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/multicultural/support_tools/mcsr.asp
Produced by Queensland Health to help care providers understand the issues that affect how to provide care to people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. There is a specific section on maternity care.
Closing the Gap: Prime Minister’s Report 2011
http://apo.org.au/research/closing-gap-prime-ministers-report-2011
Some information in this annual report produced by the Australian Government are relevant to improving maternity care for Indigenous women and their families. One of the targets is halve the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children under five by 2018. There are sections relevant to maternity care for Indigenous women and their families.
Australia’s Mothers and Babies
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737420870
An annual report published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Reports are published 2 years after data is gathered (so in 2011, the 2009 report was published). Previous years reports are also available online.
Australian National Infant Feeding Survey
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737420927
Published by Australian Institute for Health and Welfare, this is the first specialized national survey of infant feeding practices in Australia. The survey also collected information on attitudes towards, and enablers for and barriers against, breastfeeding. This report provides baseline data on key infant feeding indicators.
Queensland Maternal and Perinatal Quality Council, Review of Pregnancies, Births and Newborns in Queensland
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/maternity/qmpqc/qmpqc_home.asp
The annual report of the Queensland Maternal and Perinatal Quality Council . Details clinical information regarding maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity in Queensland to identify statewide and facility specific trends.
Queensland Health’s Annual Report
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/about_qhealth/annual-report/annual-report-10-11.asp
Published annually, this provides an overview of the department’s performance. In the appendices, there is a table that compares selected outcomes between hospitals. The outcomes relevant to maternity services are: primip induction of labour; primip caesarean section (public); primip third and fourth degree perineal tears; primip episiotomy (public); primip instrumental delivery (public).
(A primip is a woman giving birth for the first time.)
Various publications by the Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System, AMOSS
Various publications produced by AMOSS. It is a national surveillance mechanism designed to study a variety of rare or serious conditions in pregnancy, childbirth and the post natal phase. Through translating the findings from these studies into reliable evidence-based practice, the aim of AMOSS is to improve the safety and quality of maternity care in Australia and New Zealand.
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