‘It looks good on paper’: Transitions of care between midwives and child and family health nurses in New South Wales

Homer, Caroline; Henry, Kathryn; Schmied, Virginia; Kemp, Lynn; Leap, Nicky; Briggs, Carolyn

doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2009.01.004

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“…In one discursive paper, studies with and without consideration of the midwives' perspective were included, which led to the exclusion of the article. However, one of the studies included met the inclusion criteria and had been incorporated in the results previously (Homer et al, 2009). Seven studies were found to have irrelevant topics and were, therefore, excluded.…”

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“…Six studies focus on the collaboration between midwives and nurses at the point where care progresses between midwifery services and child or family health care (Barimani & Hylander, 2008;Barimani & Hylander, 2012;Homer et al, 2009;Psaila, Kruske, Fowler, Homer, & Schmied, 2014;Psaila et al, 2015). This shows a particular characteristic of the care systems in Sweden and Australia.…”

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“…This shows a particular characteristic of the care systems in Sweden and Australia. In both countries, mothers and their neonates are looked after by midwives during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period (Barimani & Hylander, 2008;Homer et al, 2009). Apart from this, the health care services of both countries monitor the children from birth on up to toddler age; in Australia, this is carried out by child and family health nurses, in Sweden by child health care nurses (Barimani & Hylander, 2008;Homer et al, 2009).…”

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“…In both countries, mothers and their neonates are looked after by midwives during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period (Barimani & Hylander, 2008;Homer et al, 2009). Apart from this, the health care services of both countries monitor the children from birth on up to toddler age; in Australia, this is carried out by child and family health nurses, in Sweden by child health care nurses (Barimani & Hylander, 2008;Homer et al, 2009). In six other studies, the primary interest lies in interprofessional cooperation between midwives and physicians (Ratti et al, 2014;Schölmerich et al, 2014;Shaw, 2013;Skinner & Foureur, 2010;Smith et al, 2009;Vedam et al, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several studies emphasise the benefits that cooperation brings for those who make use of the care system (Barimani & Hylander, 2008;Barimani & Hylander, 2012;Homer et al, 2009;Nagel-Brotzler et al, 2005;Peterson et al, 2007;. This is shown in the high quality of the care provided (Peterson et al, 2007;Ratti et al, 2014).…”

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Interprofessional cooperation by midwives in the field of out-of-hospital obstetrical care: an integrative review / Interprofessionelle Kooperation von Hebammen im Handlungsfeld der ambulanten geburtshilflichen Versorgung: ein integratives Review

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The central objective of early prevention in Germany is an improved cooperation between professional groups of the health services and child and youth welfare in interprofessional networks. This objective derives from the realisation that proper care for families with infants can only be achieved if the various groups act in close integration. The 'Federal Initiative early prevention' explicitly calls for freelance midwives to be integrated in this context. However, only a few scientific findings on midwives' cooperation in networks of early prevention have been published to date. This integrative review aims to identify the central themes of interprofessional cooperation of midwives in out-of-hospital obstetrical care from national and international research literature. A systematic search of five research databases for publications between 2005 and 2015 was performed, complemented by a manual search. 25 studies were identified describing various contexts where midwives in out-of-hospital obstetrical care cooperate with other professional groups. Four key themes were analysed: contexts of cooperation, benefits of cooperation, facilitating and restrictive factors of cooperation, and competencies of cooperation. The studies show that there is only limited research coverage of the midwives' perspective regarding interprofessional cooperation. The existing studies examine the cooperation of midwives primarily with health care professionals, and secondarily with professionals in the social services. In order to expand knowledge on the cooperation of freelance midwives in the networks of early prevention, future research should focus on the perspective of midwives regarding cooperation with other professional groups, both in the health care sector and in the field of social services.interprofessional cooperation -midwife -out-of-hospital obstetrical care -review -early prevention Interprofessionelle Kooperation -Hebamme -ambulante geburtshilfliche Versorgung -Übersichtsarbeit -"Frühe Hilfen" Keywords Abstract

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Section: Cooperation Contextsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Cooperation Contextsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Benefits For the Addressees Of The Careprovision Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2016

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Continuity of midwifery carer moderates the effects of prenatal maternal stress on postnatal maternal wellbeing: the Queensland flood study

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Simcock

Liu

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Arch Womens Ment Health

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Poor postnatal mental health is a major public health issue, and risk factors include experiencing adverse life events during pregnancy. We assessed whether midwifery group practice, compared to standard hospital care, would protect women from the negative impact of a sudden-onset flood on postnatal depression and anxiety. Women either received midwifery group practice care in pregnancy, in which they were allocated a primary midwife who provided continuity of care, or they received standard hospital care provided by various on-call and rostered medical staff. Women were pregnant when a sudden-onset flood severely affected Queensland, Australia, in January 2011. Women completed questionnaires on their flood-related hardship (objective stress), emotional reactions (subjective stress), and cognitive appraisal of the impact of the flood. Self-report assessments of the women's depression and anxiety were obtained during pregnancy, at 6 weeks and 6 months postnatally. Controlling for all main effects, regression analyses at 6 weeks postpartum showed a significant interaction between maternity care type and objective flood-related hardship and subjective stress, such that depression scores increased with increasing objective and subjective stress with standard care, but not with midwifery group practice (continuity), indicating a buffering effect of continuity of midwifery carer. Similar results were found for anxiety scores at 6 weeks, but only with subjective stress. The benefits of midwifery continuity of carer in pregnancy extend beyond a more positive birth experience and better birthing and infant outcomes, to mitigating the effects of high levels of stress experienced by women in the context of a natural disaster on postnatal mental health.

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Australian foster carers' views of supporting maternal breastfeeding and attachment in out-of-home care

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‘It looks good on paper’: Transitions of care between midwives and child and family health nurses in New South Wales

Abstract: A more coordinated and systematised approach needs to be developed. Collaboration and communication between midwives and child and family health nurses is essential if the needs of families are to be addressed during this transition period.

Cited by 31 publications

References 19 publications

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Interprofessional cooperation by midwives in the field of out-of-hospital obstetrical care: an integrative review / Interprofessionelle Kooperation von Hebammen im Handlungsfeld der ambulanten geburtshilflichen Versorgung: ein integratives Review

Continuity of midwifery carer moderates the effects of prenatal maternal stress on postnatal maternal wellbeing: the Queensland flood study

Australian foster carers' views of supporting maternal breastfeeding and attachment in out-of-home care

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