Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's experiences accessing standard hospital care for birth in South Australia - A phenomenological study.

CONCLUSION: Indigenous women in this study expressed and shared some of their cultural needs, identifying culturally unsafe practices. Recommendations to address these include the extension of current care planners to include cultural needs; Aboriginal Maternal Infant Care (AMIC) workers for women from rural and remote areas; AMIC workers on call to assist the women and midwives; increased education, employment and retention of Indigenous midwives; increased review into the women's experiences; removal of signs on the door restricting visitors in the birth suite; flexibility in the application of hospital rules and regulations; and changes to birthing services in rural and remote areas so women may not have to relocate for birth. PMID: 26852080 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Women Birth - Category: Midwifery Authors: Tags: Women Birth Source Type: research