Time to listen: Strategies to improve hospital-based postnatal care

Parental experiences of early postnatal discharge: A meta-synthesis

“…Early discharge had a negative influence when the parents did not have access to individual support when needed and thereby did not have the opportunity to be reassured that they were doing well. Other studies have stressed the importance of individual support (Yelland et al, 2007;Schmied et al, 2008) and Persson and Dykes describes how 'the midwives' empowering behaviour' contributed to the parents' sense of security (Persson and Dykes, 2002). Mercer points out that a central aspect of the support when mothers are striving to gain maternal identity is an interactive dialogue between the health professional and the mother.…”

Perceived Safety, Quality and Cultural Competency of Maternity Care for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Women in Queensland

“…Elements of the organisational environment of maternity care settings may also require review. Nurses and midwives have reported that large amounts of compulsory administrative tasks were the main barrier in their provision of practical and emotional support to women and restricted their ability to deliver quality maternity care [53]. The extent to which a health organisation empowers and encourages autonomy of its workers has also been associated with perceptions of staff competence and interpersonal sensitivity and should be assessed in future studies on quality of care for CALD women [22,54].…”

An evaluation of strategies to improve the quality and content of hospital‐based postnatal care in a metropolitan Australian hospital

“…It was hoped that the parenting room would provide peer support around parenting through the discussion of challenges common to many new mothers. The strategies are described in more detail in another paper (Schmied et al. 2008).…”