Midwifery
Resources on innovations in midwifery, maternity, obstetrics and ante natal services.
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The Royal Hospital for Women (12-Nov-2008)
This new and innovative community based service offers a primary health care model of midwifery to families in the Malabar community. The program promotes a holistic approach by providing safe collaborative, accessible and culturally appropriate care.
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Greater Western Area Health Service (24-Oct-2008)
Introducing the Core of Life program in high schools in Parkes to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancies and provide adolescents with better knowledge
Pregnancy, birthing and parenting, life style choices and support services that are available.
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The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (17-Oct-2008)
The Shaken Baby Prevention Project (SBPP) aims to develop a targeted education strategy to disseminate information to parents, carers, perinatal health educators and other stakeholders, about the impact of infant shaking and positive and safe strategies to respond to a crying baby.
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Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service (18-Sep-2008)
Project to use a partnership model within a capacity building framework to develop and deliver a program of culture and language specific antenatal breastfeeding classes, largely within existing resources, to Chinese women.
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Ashley-Coe, Christine (29-Aug-2007)
A a national framework for decision-making for nurses and midwives.
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Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service (29-Aug-2007)
The project addressed; education in pre-operative skin care; appropriate use of prophylactic antibiotics in operating theatre; appropriate and timely hair removal; and compliance with a locally developed surgical wound care protocol.
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South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service (28-Aug-2007)
Integrated care for chronically addicted pregnant women with mental health issues and their babies.
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Greater Southern Area Health Service (27-Aug-2007)
Leeton District Hospital developed a Midwifery training program in partnership with Charles Sturt University Wagga and Griffith/Wagga Base Hospitals to address a critical shortage of midwives in the town.
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Berryman, Jane. (23-Jun-2005)
A culturally diverse Community based pregnancy program is a successful example of a team approach that relies heavily on the expertise of 2 bilingual Community Development Workers and workers from the Female and Reproductive Rights Education Program.
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Greater Southern Area Health Service (20-Oct-2006)
The aim was - Shared care between the GP/Obstetricians and Midwives' clinic facilitating continuity of care; Encourage booking-in at 20 weeks gestation; Primipras and partner participation in ante-natal classes.
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Greater Southern Area Health Service. (20-Oct-2006)
The aim was to increase the involvement of the clinical midwifery workforce of this hospital in clinical practice improvement activities by 50%.
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Greater West Area Health Service. (20-Oct-2006)
Aim was to standardise the training of midwives and physiotherapists facilitating childbirth and parenting education at in a format that is recognised, accessible, affordable and required minimal supervision.
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Greater Southern Area Health Service. (20-Oct-2006)
Aim was to increase knowledge, awareness and skills in generic interviewing and increase understanding of the impact of domestic violence on women and children for staff working in Antenatal, Midwifery and Child and Family services.
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NSW Department of Health (20-Oct-2006)
Aim was to improve the long-term health of NSW Aboriginal families by decreasing Aboriginal perinatal mortality with: strong cohesive Aboriginal communities; empowered Aboriginal women; and accessible, appropriate maternal health services.
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South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service. (20-Oct-2006)
The Mumsense group builds on the work of parent educators, perinatal mental health workers and midwives. It offers new mothers a means of continued support in the early months of parenting, in an environment that is both familiar and supportive.
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Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service. (20-Oct-2006)
The aim was to provide appropriate, safe and cost effective care to healthy women and their families in the Ryde area.
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Sydney South West Area Health Service. (07-Sep-2006)
Maximising recruitment, and minimising attrition though a range of strategies is vital to providing the stable workforce able to meet the needs of Aboriginal families and improve perinatal outcomes.
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Greater Western Area Health Service. (20-Oct-2006)
Aim is to improve clinical skills levels in twelve nurses working in remote areas of NSW through structured learning and self-development programs within twelve months with view to spreading the project statewide.
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Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service. (20-Oct-2006)
The ObstetriX system provides point-of-care maternity data collection across the continuum of care.
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North Sydney/Central Coast Area Health Service; Maternity Unit Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital. (21-Oct-2005)
This project aimed to gather information about the clinical impact of acupuncture treatments offered by a midwife/acupuncturist. In addition the project sought to identify if treatments could result in a statistically significant improvement in patient well-being.
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North Sydney/Central Coast Area Health Service; Hornsby Hospital Maternity Unit. (21-Oct-2005)
This project seeks to address the “wide variation in the interpretation”4 of CTGs, to standardize the training, and to credential staff in order to improve outcomes in obstetric and midwifery care at Hornsby.
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Sydney South West Area Health Service; Drug Health Services. (21-Oct-2005)
A coordinated team approach based on a case management model was developed in 2003 to enhance client engagement with services to care and improve communication processes for each client.
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Greater Western Area Health Service; Bathurst Health Service. (21-Oct-2005)
By 30 June 2004, reduce the rate of emergency caesarean sections at BHS to the mean of our selected peer public hospital group in NSW. Based on 2003 data the goal was 11.58% of total births (NSW Health 2004).
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Sydney West Area Health Service; Nepean Hospital Children's Ward (21-Oct-2005)
This project was to reduce the number of reported incidents of infants/children falling out of bed as a result of the cot sides/bedrails being left down.
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Hunter/New England Area Health Service. (21-Oct-2005)
Gamillaroi Community Midwifery Service, Moree, together with an Arts-Intervention organisation, has successfully targeted and engaged young Aboriginal women - encouraging participation in group activities, enhancing trust in their health providers and working to improve self-confidence and inspire creativity.
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South Eastern Sydney/Illawarra Area Health Service; Shellharbour Hospital. (21-Oct-2005)
The Professional Development Record (PDR) is a tool used to clarify, assess & record education & professional development of midwives in the Northern Illawarra Maternity Service.
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Greater Southern Area Health Service (21-Oct-2005)
Narrandera District Hospital's ante-natal clinic has evolved from a multidisciplinary collaboration of ideas between many staff, to a viable, well used service, which enhances obstetric care in our area.
