South-Asian women ’s experiences of earlier additional, fetal monitoring to reduce stillbirth: An exploratory qualitative study

In an attempt to reduce the rates of stillbirth at term among South-Asian born women, Victoria ’s largest maternity service, Monash Health, implemented a new clinical guideline in 2017 that recommended additional earlier, twice weekly monitoring to assess fetal wellbeing from 39 weeks for South-Asian women. In acknowledging the importance of woman centred, culturally responsive care, this s tudy aimed to understand South-Asian women’s, experiences, of the additional earlier fetal monitoring.

Source: Women and Birth - July 25, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Erin Tully, Mandy Truong, Ensieh Fooladi, Mary-Ann Davey, Ryan Hodges, Miranda L Davies-Tuck Source Type: research