Primary health care for Aboriginal women and children in the year after birth: findings from a population-based study in South Australia.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite high prevalence of maternal and infant morbidity, a sizeable minority of women did not access primary care practitioners postpartum.
IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: Stronger efforts are needed to ensure Aboriginal women and families receive appropriate postnatal follow-up.
PMID: 27624177 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Yelland J, Weetra D, Stuart-Butler D, Deverix J, Leane C, Ah Kit J, Glover K, Gartland D, Newbury J, Brown S Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research
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