Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 128-133 , December 2009

Women's views of postnatal care in the context of the increasing pressure on postnatal beds in Australia

  • Helen L. McLachlan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, Victoria, Australia
    • Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Division of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, Victoria, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9479 5955; fax: +61 3 9479 5988.
    • ,
  • Lisa Gold

      Affiliations

    • Deakin Health Economics Unit, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia
    • ,
  • Della A. Forster

      Affiliations

    • Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Jane Yelland

      Affiliations

    • Healthy Mothers, Healthy Families, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Joanne Rayner

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, Victoria, Australia
    • Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Sharon Rayner

      Affiliations

    • Victorian Public Health Training Scheme, Department of Human Services, Melbourne 3000, Australia

Received 4 November 2008 ,Revised 19 March 2009 ,Accepted 27 April 2009.

References 

  1. Australia's mothers and babies 2006. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; 2008;
  2. Davey M, Taylor O, Oats J, Riley M. Births in Victoria 2005 and 2006. Melbourne: Victorian Perinatal Data Collection Unit, Statewide Quality Branch, Department of Human Services; 2008;
  3. Brown S, Small R, Faber B, Krastev A, Davis P. Early postnatal discharge from hospital for healthy mothers and term infants (Cochrane Review). The Cochrane Library, Issue 1. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; 2004;
  4. Brown SJ, Davey MA, Bruinsma FJ. Women's views and experiences of postnatal hospital care in the Victorian Survey of Recent Mothers 2000. Midwifery. 2005;21:109–126
  5. Department of Health and Community Services Victoria . Health circular: domiciliary postnatal services, health and community services. Melbourne: Acute Health Services Division; 1994;
  6. Continuity of Care. Victorian Department of Human Services; 2004;[http://www.education.vic.gov.au/ocecd/maternal-child-health/care.html]
  7. Forster D, McLachlan H, Yelland J, Rayner J, Lumley J, Pin C. A review of in-hospital postnatal care in Victoria. Final report. Melbourne: La Trobe University; 2005;
  8. Forster D, McLachlan H, Rayner J, Yelland J, Gold L, Rayner S. The early postnatal period: exploring women's views, expectations and experiences of care using focus groups in Victoria, Australia. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2008;8:27
  9. Stewart D, Shandasani P. Focus groups: theory and practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 1990;
  10. Attride-Stirling J. Thematic networks: an analytic tool for qualitative research. Qualitative Research. 2001;1(3):385–405
  11. Postnatal care: second consultation—full guideline. United Kingdom: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; 2006;http://www.nice.org.uk/download.aspx?o=291311
  12. Porter M, Macintyre S. What is, must be best: a research note on conservative or deferential responses to antenatal care provision. Social Science and Medicine. 1984;19:1197–1200
  13. van Teijlingen E, Hundley V, Rennie A, Graham W, Fitzmaurice A. Maternity satisfaction studies and their limitations: what is, must still be best. Birth. 2003;30:75–82
  14. Improving maternity services in Australia: a discussion paper from the Australian Government. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing; 2008;http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/maternityservicesreview-discussionpaper
  15. Future directions for Victoria's maternity services. Department of Human Services; 2004;[cited 26th April 2005; Available from: http://www.health.vic.gov.au/maternitycare/serv_statement2004.pdf]
  16. Ministry of Health . Maternity services consumer satisfaction survey 2007. Auckland: Government of New Zealand; 2008;
  17. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing . Improving maternity services in Australia: the report of the maternity services review. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia; 2009;
  18. Redshaw M, Rowe R, Hockley C, Brocklehurst P. Recorded delivery: a national survey of women's experience of maternity care. Oxford: National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit; 2006;
  19. Sjetne I, Veenstra M, Stavem K. The effect of hospital size and teaching status on patient experiences with hospital care: a multilevel analysis. Medical Care. 2007;45(3):252–258
  20. Nash K, Zachariah B, Nitschmann J, Psencik B. Evaluation of the fast track unit of a university emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2007;33(1):14–20

PII: S1871-5192(09)00045-6

doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2009.04.003

Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 128-133 , December 2009

Article Tools