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Tina, your wealth of
information never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for sharing this info
and reference which will be useful to me for a paper I'm preparing. Hope
you are enjoying you B.Mid studies. Kind regards,
Lois
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Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 6:27
PM
Subject: Re: reference needed for an
essay
In a message dated 18/06/02 1:39:30 PM AUS Eastern Standard
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writes:
Does anyone know what the % i s of woman that meet the
midwife that
will care for them during labour (preferably in
Victoria but in
Australia will do)
I need it for an
essay.
Hi Andrea.....
a good reference that
may assist you in this essay would be the Victorian Survey of Recent Mothers
2000, (SRM2000) particularly the second report..."Continuity of Care: Does it
make a difference to Women's views and experiences of maternity care?" Darcy
M. Brown S. Bruinsma F. (2001) Centre for the Study of Mother's and Children's
Health, La Trobe University.
This study has many of the figures your
after...and is the most up to date and comprehensive research into continuity
of care and more importantly, what women think and feel about it and their
experiences of it!! Specifically with regards to your question on the % of
women who knew their midwife prior to labour, the SRM2000 found that of the
women in the study only....
"9% of women reported that they knew at
least one of the midwives caring for them in labour 'very well' before labour
commenced, 19% said they knew the midwife/s but 'not very well' and 72% had
not met any of the midwives present prior to meeting them during labour'
(SRM2000 no.2 p32).
Hope this helps...
Yours in
birth,
Tina Pettigrew
Birthworks
Bachelor of Midwifery Student
and Independent CBE
Convenor, Aust B. Mid Student
Collective.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BMidStudentCollective
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"
As we trust the flowers to open to new
life
- So we can trust birth"
Harriette Hartigan.
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