Midwifery care for Australian Aboriginal women.
Australian Aboriginal women have twice the number of still born babies as Australian non Aboriginal women and have babies who are five times more likely to die within the neonatal period. The perinatal mortality rate is three times higher and the infant mortality is more than five times the overall rate for babies of Australian Aboriginal women compared to Australian non Aboriginal women. These are the stark statistics compiled by the Midwives' Notification System in Western Australia (1998).
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East Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, Kununurra, Western Australia.
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000208:ethnology*; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008880:Midwifery / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014904:Western Australia