What do women in Australia want from their maternity care: A scoping review.

Faktor, L; Small, K; Bradfield, Z; Baird, K; Fenwick, J; Gray, JE; Robinson, M; Warton, C; Cusack, S; Homer, CS

What do women in Australia want from their maternity care: A scoping review.

Faktor, L Small, K Bradfield, Z Baird, K

Fenwick, J Gray, JE Robinson, M Warton, C Cusack, S Homer, CS

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Publisher:: Elsevier
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Women Birth, 2023, pp. S1871-5192(23)00314-1
Issue Date:: 2023-12-22

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dc.contributor.author	Faktor, L
dc.contributor.author	Small, K
dc.contributor.author	Bradfield, Z
dc.contributor.author	Baird, K https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0142-6962
dc.contributor.author	Fenwick, J
dc.contributor.author	Gray, JE
dc.contributor.author	Robinson, M
dc.contributor.author	Warton, C
dc.contributor.author	Cusack, S
dc.contributor.author	Homer, CS
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-09T23:56:38Z
dc.date.available	2023-12-17
dc.date.available	2024-01-09T23:56:38Z
dc.date.issued	2023-12-22
dc.identifier.citation	Women Birth, 2023, pp. S1871-5192(23)00314-1
dc.identifier.issn	1871-5192
dc.identifier.issn	1878-1799
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/174172
dc.description.abstract	BACKGROUND: Just over 300,000 women give birth in Australia each year. It is important for health care providers, managers, and policy makers know what women want from their care so services can be provided appropriately. This review is a part of the Midwifery Futures Project, which aims to prepare the midwifery workforce to best address the needs of women. The aim of this review was to describe and analyse current literature on the maternity care needs of women in Australia. METHODS: A scoping review methodology was used, guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute framework. A systematic search of the literature identified 9023 studies, and 59 met inclusion criteria: being peer-reviewed research focusing on maternity care needs, conducted in Australian populations, from 2012 to 2023. The studies were analysed using inductive content analysis. RESULTS: Four themes were developed: Continuity of care, being seen and heard, being safe, and being enabled. Continuity of care, especially a desire for midwifery continuity of care, was the central theme, as it was a tool supporting women to be seen and heard, safe, and enabled. CONCLUSION: This review highlights that women in Australia consistently want access to midwifery continuity of care as an enabler for addressing their maternity care needs. Transforming Australian maternity care policy and service provision towards continuity would better meet women's needs.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof	Women Birth
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.wombi.2023.12.003
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	11 Medical and Health Sciences
dc.subject.classification	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
dc.subject.classification	3215 Reproductive medicine
dc.subject.classification	4204 Midwifery
dc.title	What do women in Australia want from their maternity care: A scoping review.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.location.activity	Netherlands
utslib.for	11 Medical and Health Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2024-01-09T23:56:37Z
pubs.publication-status	Published online

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Just over 300,000 women give birth in Australia each year. It is important for health care providers, managers, and policy makers know what women want from their care so services can be provided appropriately. This review is a part of the Midwifery Futures Project, which aims to prepare the midwifery workforce to best address the needs of women. The aim of this review was to describe and analyse current literature on the maternity care needs of women in Australia. METHODS: A scoping review methodology was used, guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute framework. A systematic search of the literature identified 9023 studies, and 59 met inclusion criteria: being peer-reviewed research focusing on maternity care needs, conducted in Australian populations, from 2012 to 2023. The studies were analysed using inductive content analysis. RESULTS: Four themes were developed: Continuity of care, being seen and heard, being safe, and being enabled. Continuity of care, especially a desire for midwifery continuity of care, was the central theme, as it was a tool supporting women to be seen and heard, safe, and enabled. CONCLUSION: This review highlights that women in Australia consistently want access to midwifery continuity of care as an enabler for addressing their maternity care needs. Transforming Australian maternity care policy and service provision towards continuity would better meet women's needs.

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