Methods We searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus and Web of Science using key terms
related to PHC principles, attributes, system functioning and health care delivery modalities …

Background Effective postnatal care is important for optimal care of women and newborns–
to promote health and wellbeing, identify and treat clinical and psychosocial concerns, and …

Abstract Background Rural and remote Australian women are less able to access locally
situated maternity care and birthing facilities, largely due to the gradual closures of rural and …

Smaller hospitals internationally are under threat. The narratives around the closure of
smaller hospitals, regardless of size and location, are all constructed around three common …

Background Maternity care reform plans have been proposed at state and national levels in
Australia, but the extent to which these respond to maternity care consumers' expressed …

Background Evidence suggests the closure of maternity units is associated with an increase
in babies born before arrival (BBA). Aim To explore the association between the number of …

Background Governments and service providers have consistently acknowledged the
importance of support for women and families in the transition to parenthood. Lower levels of …

Australia's national maternity strategy Woman-centred care: strategic directions for
Australian maternity services (the Strategy) was released by the federal government in …

Background Understanding the needs of rural women in maternity care and service models
available to them is significant for the development of effective policies and the sustainability …

Abstract Background Women born outside Australia make up more than a fifth of the
Queensland birthing population and like migrants in other parts of the world face the …