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Liamputtong, Pranee, and Charin Naksook. "Infant Feeding Practices: The Case of Thai Immigrant Women in Australia." Australian Journal of Primary Health 7, no. 1 (2001): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py01007.
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This paper examines the perceptions and experiences of infant feeding among 30 Thai women in Australia. Ethnographic interviews and participant observation were used to elicit information in the study. Most Thai mothers breastfed their infants, but there were some women who chose bottlefeeding or mixfeeding. Their main reasons were the health and wellbeing of their infants as well as their own needs and illnesses. Nearly all mothers offered water after each feed in order to prevent jaundice and dehydration in their infants. Mothers who breastfed also offered early supplementary foods but continued to breastfeed past one year. The introduction of solid food was in accordance with recommendations of health care providers but some mothers commenced it earlier. The paper argues that infant feeding practices must be considered within the context of Thai culture and women's social situations. This will prevent misunderstanding and only then can health services and care be made more meaningful to the many women who want to implement best feeding practices for their children in their new homeland.
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Liamputtong, Pranee. "Childrearing Practices and Child Health among the Hmong in Australia: Implications for Health Services." International Journal of Health Services 32, no. 4 (October 2002): 817–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/ttlq-yc48-gtvq-3djh.
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This study of cultural beliefs and practices related to childrearing and child health among the Hmong in Melbourne, Australia, used in-depth interviews and participant observation of 27 Hmong mothers and some Hmong traditional healers between 1993 and 1998. Traditional Hmong beliefs and practices include: taking notice of the birth date and time, placing a silver necklace on the newborn, not praising the newborn, not taking the infant out during the first 30 days, breastfeeding, the infant's sharing a bed with the parents, and a soul-calling ceremony on the third day after birth. All Hmong mothers follow cultural beliefs and practices to prevent the ill-health or death of their newborn infants, but some aspects of these practices have had to be modified to suit the new living environment in Australia. Health care professionals need to acknowledge the different ways of caring for a young child among the Hmong so as to avoid misunderstandings and to provide sensitive care. Hmong beliefs and practices also have implications for health promotion campaigns and can be a valuable source of ideas in the efforts to promote infant health and reduce infant deaths in Australia and elsewhere.
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Hegedus, Jessica, and Judy Mullan. "Are we adequately providing support services for optimal infant nutrition in Australia? A study in regional NSW." Australian Journal of Primary Health 21, no. 3 (2015): 293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py14044.
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Evidence from the literature suggests that parents of infants in Australia may not be receiving appropriate professional assistance to support best practice in infant feeding. This study aimed to investigate whether services for infant nutrition (including breastfeeding, infant formula feeding and support for at-risk infants) complied with current recommendations. Relevant services in a regional area of NSW completed a questionnaire to characterise the assistance they provided for parents of infants in the first 6 months of life. Services for breastfeeding, unlike services for use of infant formula, were consistent with recommendations in the literature. Services were significantly more likely to provide education (χ2 (1, n = 44) = 5.939, P < 0.025) and various forms of professional support (χ2 (1, n = 44) = 20.29, P < 0.0001) for breastfeeding compared with infant formula. At-risk infants were mostly identified through growth monitoring, and extra support services were mostly provided on site. Parents of at-risk infants were encouraged to attend services; strategies included involving family in consultations, offering multiple services on site, free services and home visits. Other important measures recommended in the literature, such as providing continuous care from the antenatal period and transport, were provided infrequently.
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Sibbin, Kristina, Tara M. Crawford, Michael Stark, and Malcolm Battin. "Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study." BMJ Paediatrics Open 6, no. 1 (March 2022): e001420. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001420.
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ObjectiveNeonatal encephalopathy remains a major cause of infant mortality and neurodevelopmental impairment. Infection may exacerbate brain injury and mitigate the effect of therapeutic hypothermia (TH). Additionally, infants with sepsis treated with TH may be at increased risk of adverse effects. This study aimed to review the clinical characteristics and outcomes for infants with sepsis treated with TH.Design and settingRetrospective cohort study of infants treated with TH within Australia and New Zealand.Patients1522 infants treated with TH, including 38 with culture-positive sepsis from 2014 to 2018.InterventionAnonymised retrospective review of data from Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network. Infants with culture-positive sepsis within 48 hours were compared with those without sepsis.Main outcome measuresKey outcomes include in-hospital mortality, intensive care support requirements and length of stay.ResultsOverall the rate of mortality was similar between the groups (13% vs 13%). Infants with sepsis received a higher rate of mechanical ventilation (89% vs 70%, p=0.01), high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (32% vs 13%, p=0.003) and inhaled nitric oxide for persistent pulmonary hypertension (38% vs 16%, p<0.001). Additionally, the sepsis group had a longer length of stay (20 vs 11 days, p<0.001).ConclusionInfants with sepsis treated with TH required significantly more respiratory support and had a longer length of stay. Although this may suggest a more severe illness the rate of mortality was similar. Further research is warranted to review the neurodevelopmental outcomes for these infants.
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Kostenzer, Johanna, Charlotte von Rosenstiel-Pulver, Julia Hoffmann, Aisling Walsh, Silke Mader, and Luc J. I. Zimmermann. "Parents’ experiences regarding neonatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic: country-specific findings of a multinational survey." BMJ Open 12, no. 4 (April 2022): e056856. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056856.
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ObjectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare systems, challenging neonatal care provision globally. Curtailed visitation policies are known to negatively affect the medical and emotional care of sick, preterm and low birth weight infants, compromising the achievement of the 2030 Development Agenda. Focusing on infant and family-centred developmental care (IFCDC), we explored parents’ experiences of the disruptions affecting newborns in need of special or intensive care during the first year of the pandemic.DesignCross-sectional study using an electronic, web-based questionnaire.SettingMulticountry online-survey.MethodsData were collected between August and November 2020 using a pretested online, multilingual questionnaire. The target group consisted of parents of preterm, sick or low birth weight infants born during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and who received special/intensive care. The analysis followed a descriptive quantitative approach.ResultsIn total, 1148 participants from 12 countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine) were eligible for analysis. We identified significant country-specific differences, showing that the application of IFCDC is less prone to disruptions in some countries than in others. For example, parental presence was affected: 27% of the total respondents indicated that no one was allowed to be present with the infant receiving special/intensive care. In Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand and Sweden, both the mother and the father (in more than 90% of cases) were allowed access to the newborn, whereas participants indicated that no one was allowed to be present in China (52%), Poland (39%), Turkey (49%) and Ukraine (32%).ConclusionsThe application of IFCDC during the COVID-19 pandemic differs between countries. There is an urgent need to reconsider separation policies and to strengthen the IFCDC approach worldwide to ensure that the 2030 Development Agenda is achieved.
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Shannon, Jaylene, Kath Peters, and Stacy Blythe. "The Challenges to Promoting Attachment for Hospitalised Infants with NAS." Children 8, no. 2 (February 22, 2021): 167. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8020167.
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The postnatal period is crucial for infants in establishing a connection with and security in primary caregivers and can have enduring effects on attachment patterns. However, due to the need for symptom management, many infants diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) may be separated from primary caregivers and cared for in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or special care nursery (SCN) soon after birth. Research has shown that substance-exposed infants are more likely to experience insecure attachment patterns with their primary caregivers and that mothers with a history of substance abuse are less sensitive to their infants’ cues. Therefore, the aim of this research was to explore nurses’ and midwives’ experiences in promoting the attachment relationship for infants admitted to an NICU/SCN with NAS. A qualitative research design was used to gather data on the experiences of nine nurses/midwives from various NICU and SCN settings in Australia. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted, and transcribed interviews were coded using thematic analysis. While nurses/midwives valued the attachment relationship for infants with NAS, facilitation of the attachment relationship was mainly promoted when the mother was present. However, parents were often reported to be absent from the nursery. Difficulties in promoting an attachment relationship were also identified when an infant had child protection involvement. This research identifies areas in need of innovative change regarding the approach taken to promote the attachment relationship for infants with NAS when they are admitted to an NICU/SCN.
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Taylor, Lee, Delyse Hutchinson, Ron Rapee, Lucy Burns, Christine Stephens, and Paul S. Haber. "Clinical Features and Correlates of Outcomes for High-Risk, Marginalized Mothers and Newborn Infants Engaged with a Specialist Perinatal and Family Drug Health Service." Obstetrics and Gynecology International 2012 (2012): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/867265.
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Background. There is a paucity of research in Australia on the characteristics of women in treatment for illicit substance use in pregnancy and the health outcomes of their neonates.Aims. To determine the clinical features and outcomes of high-risk, marginalized women seeking treatment for illicit substance use in pregnancy and their neonates.Methods. 139 women with a history of substance abuse/dependence engaged with a perinatal drug health service in Sydney, Australia. Maternal (demographic, drug use, psychological, physical, obstetric, and antenatal care) and neonatal characteristics (delivery, early health outcomes) were examined.Results. Compared to national figures, pregnant women attending a specialist perinatal and family drug health service were more likely to report being Australian born, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, younger, unemployed, and multiparous. Opiates were the primary drug of concern (81.3%). Pregnancy complications were common (61.9%). Neonates were more likely to be preterm, have low birth weight, and be admitted to special care nursery. NAS was the most prevalent birth complication (69.8%) and almost half required pharmacotherapy.Conclusion. Mother-infant dyads affected by substance use in pregnancy are at significant risk. There is a need to review clinical models of care and examine the longer-term impacts on infant development.
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Hartley, Stefanie, Georgina Sutherland, Stephanie Brown, and Jane Yelland. "‘You’re more likely to tell the GP if you’re asked’: women’s views of care from general practitioners in the first postpartum year." Australian Journal of Primary Health 18, no. 4 (2012): 308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py11111.
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New mothers and their infants are high frequency users of primary health care services in Australia providing opportunities for GPs to engage with women about common postnatal morbidities. This study aimed to explore women’s views of GP care in the first year following birth. We used semistructured interviews with a subsample of women who had participated in a population-based survey of women who gave birth in two Australian states (Victoria and South Australia) in 2007. Twenty-nine women were interviewed. Prominent themes that emerged were around issues of disclosure, including women’s views on ways practitioner interactions and systems of care facilitate or hinder disclosure and subsequent discussion of health problems. Women reflected on the role GPs played in their health and wellbeing after childbirth, the importance of enquiry, communication style and the way access to, and time in, consultations impact on disclosure, perceived support and discussions. To improve care for women after childbirth we need to know the contexts that facilitate disclosure. Findings from this qualitative study deliver an important message to clinicians: women value primary care, identify issues that facilitate and hinder disclosure and describe ‘good’ encounters as ones where they feel understood, supported and reassured.
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Gc, Vijay S., Donna Franklin, Jennifer A. Whitty, Stuart R. Dalziel, Franz E. Babl, Luregn J. Schlapbach, John F. Fraser, et al. "First-line oxygen therapy with high-flow in bronchiolitis is not cost saving for the health service." Archives of Disease in Childhood 105, no. 10 (April 10, 2020): 975–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-318427.
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BackgroundBronchiolitis is the most common reason for hospital admission in infants. High-flow oxygen therapy has emerged as a new treatment; however, the cost-effectiveness of using it as first-line therapy is unknown.ObjectiveTo compare the cost of providing high-flow therapy as a first-line therapy compared with rescue therapy after failure of standard oxygen in the management of bronchiolitis.MethodsA within-trial economic evaluation from the health service perspective using data from a multicentre randomised controlled trial for hypoxic infants (≤12 months) admitted to hospital with bronchiolitis in Australia and New Zealand. Intervention costs, length of hospital and intensive care stay and associated costs were compared for infants who received first-line treatment with high-flow therapy (early high-flow, n=739) or for infants who received standard oxygen and optional rescue high-flow (rescue high-flow, n=733). Costs were applied using Australian costing sources and are reported in 2016–2017 AU$.ResultsThe incremental cost to avoid one treatment failure was AU$1778 (95% credible interval (CrI) 207 to 7096). Mean cost of bronchiolitis treatment including intervention costs and costs associated with length of stay was AU$420 (95% CrI −176 to 1002) higher per infant in the early high-flow group compared with the rescue high-flow group. There was an 8% (95% CrI 7.5 to 8.6) likelihood of the early high-flow oxygen therapy being cost saving.ConclusionsThe use of high-flow oxygen as initial therapy for respiratory failure in infants with bronchiolitis is unlikely to be cost saving to the health system, compared with standard oxygen therapy with rescue high-flow.
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Corr, L., H. Rowe, and J. Fisher. "Mothers’ perceptions of primary health-care providers: thematic analysis of responses to open-ended survey questions." Australian Journal of Primary Health 21, no. 1 (2015): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py12134.
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General practitioners and maternal, child and family health nurses have a central role in postpartum primary health care for women and their infants. Positive client-provider relationships are particularly important for women experiencing mental health problems or unsettled infant behaviour. However, little is known about their experiences of postnatal primary health care. The study aimed to describe views of postnatal primary health care among women completing a residential early parenting programme and to identify potential strategies to enhance provider-patient interactions. Participants (n = 138) were women admitted with their infants to a private or a public early parenting service in Melbourne, Australia. Women completed a detailed self-report survey, including open-ended questions about experiences of primary health-care services, and a structured psychiatric interview to diagnose anxiety and depression. Survey responses were analysed thematically. Womens’ experiences of primary health care were influenced by their perceptions of provider competence and the quality of interactions. While similar positive characteristics of doctor and nurse care were valued, medical and nursing practices were judged in different ways. Women described GPs who listened, understood and were thorough as providing good care, and maternal, child and family health nurses were valued for providing support, advice and encouragement. Threats to therapeutic relationships with doctors included feeling rushed during consultations, believing that GPs were not mental health-care providers and the clinician not being ‘good’ with the infant; with nurses, problems included feeling judged or given advice that was inconsistent or lacked an evidence-base. Postpartum primary health care will be improved by unhurried consultations, empathic recognition, encouragement, evidence-informed guidance and absence of criticism.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Infants Care Australia"
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Wilson-Ali, Nadia. "An unfamiliar face, an unfamiliar environment: Investigating educators’ understanding of their attachment relationships with infants and toddlers in Early Childhood Education and Care settings." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2018. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2135.
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Attachment theory has influenced research, policy and practice over the last six decades, offering a framework for understanding risk and protective factors in early childhood. However, this work has primarily been influenced from a medical health or psychological perspective. Despite the literature highlighting the importance of attachment relationships, there is limited research relating to educators’ knowledge and understanding of attachment theory. The first years of life are considered a sensitive period for attachment development, and with families increasingly utilising formal care for their infants and toddlers, educators are in a prime position to use attachment theory to inform their practices within education and care (ECEC) settings. The aims of this study were to investigate educators’ knowledge and understanding of attachment theory and the practices they use to support the development of secure infant/toddler–caregiver relationships.
Drawing upon an interpretive theoretical framework, this study focused on understanding attachment theory and practice from multiple perspectives through the voices of early childhood educators. Using multiple methodologies such as a mixed method design enhances an interpretive framework. Data was collected via an online survey through a closed Facebook page as well as personal contacts of the researcher, email and snowballing. From this survey, 488 Australian educators responded demonstrating a wide interest in the topic of attachment. One early childhood service was selected to participate in semi-structured interviews. Observations of their attachment practices were documented using the Reflect, Respect, Relate tool. Quantitative data was analysed using Qualtrics software with Nvivo used for qualitative data to code key concepts and emerging themes. A national survey provided a general picture of educator perceptions and practices whilst the observations and interviews supported a deeper exploration into themes emerging from the survey.
Findings highlighted educators’ desire to access further support to understand how to interpret the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and associated documents in relation to attachment theory. The EYLF proposes that children feel “safe, secure and supported” when they develop attachment relationships with educators (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [DEEWR], 2009, p. 21). However, little guidance is provided within the framework or accompanying resources about how educators should approach this relationship development. Educators who participated in the study drew upon multiple approaches to support the development of attachment relationships. Their approach varied according to knowledge, understanding and personal experiences of participating in attachment relationships. Additionally, findings indicated that educators require support and access to sufficient knowledge and ongoing professional development relating to attachment theory that is specifically targeted toward ECEC settings. This study is unique in that it investigated the challenges of attachment theory from an educator’s perspective rather than a psychological lens. This research hopes to build upon the existing knowledge of educators and highlight the importance of attachment theory to inform strategic direction and policy development.
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Whiteford, Chrystal Michelle. "Early child care in Australia : quality of care, experiences of care and developmental outcomes for Australian children." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/81298/1/Chrystal_Whiteford_Thesis.pdf.
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In early childhood research, one of the most debated topics is that of early child care. This thesis draws upon data from Growing Up In Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children to explore the role of early child care in Australia. It examines the quality of early child care accessed by infants, the patterns of child care use across the early years and the impact of early child care experiences on academic, social-emotional and health outcomes at 6 to 7 years of age. Results indicate child care experiences vary considerably and suggest early child care experiences may have both positive and negative impacts upon later developmental outcomes.
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Knox, Catherine University of Ballarat. "Navigating their way : how do women with hospitalised premature infants perceive their roles in regional special care nurseries?" University of Ballarat, 2006. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/12790.
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"Improved survival rates for premature infants have resulted in extended hospital stays in neonatal nurseries with consequent challenges for mothers assuming a parental role. Additionally, maternal medical complications associated with surgical birth, and a need to locate themselves in unfamiliar clinical environments, exacerbate women's experiences and transition to a maternal role competes with other roles at this time. For women living in rural and regional areas, who experience premature birth, there is additional hardship due to isolation, distance and limited support services. There has been little research on women's experiences with infants in special care nurseries in regional Australia."--(leaf ii).Master of Nursing
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Knox, Catherine. "Navigating their way : how do women with hospitalised premature infants perceive their roles in regional special care nurseries?" University of Ballarat, 2006. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/14625.
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"Improved survival rates for premature infants have resulted in extended hospital stays in neonatal nurseries with consequent challenges for mothers assuming a parental role. Additionally, maternal medical complications associated with surgical birth, and a need to locate themselves in unfamiliar clinical environments, exacerbate women's experiences and transition to a maternal role competes with other roles at this time. For women living in rural and regional areas, who experience premature birth, there is additional hardship due to isolation, distance and limited support services. There has been little research on women's experiences with infants in special care nurseries in regional Australia."--(leaf ii).Master of Nursing
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Mcguire, Julianne. "Exploring barriers and enablers in early childhood education and care services to meet Australian infant feeding guidelines." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/201105/1/Julianne_McGuire_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis studies infant and young child feeding in Early Childhood Education and Care services in Australia, an environment of increasing importance to the child population. It examines policies and practices highlighting the need for visibility, support and collaboration in infant feeding in the first 1000 days to support ongoing health and development. It uniquely gives voice to experience of assessors as well as educators and families in eliciting strategies for increasing awareness and support for optimal infant and young child feeding practices in Early Childhood Education and Care.
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McAullay, Daniel. "Primary health care and maternal, infant and child health of Western Australia." Phd thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150648.
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There is strong evidence that supports the importance of focusing health care in the early years to ensure that health throughout the lifecourse is the best it can be. There is also evidence to support the important role primary health care has in contributing to care during this time. Within Western Australia, there are no specific examples of work that have examined the contribution of primary health care services to maternal, infant and child health. The aim of this descriptive epidemiological study was to investigate what contribution primary health care has made to the maternal, infant and child health of selected communities in Western Australia. Using a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods, selected maternal, infant and child health outcomes were mapped to 155 SLA defined geographically sites across Western Australia. These sites were then ranked from top to bottom according to the outcomes mapped. Of these sites, nine were chosen as case study sites. Key informants within these case study sites representing General Practice care, Government health care and the Aboriginal primary health care settings were interviewed. Information collected from these interviews described how and in which context services were delivered in the areas of maternal, infant and child health. The results of the study indicated that across Western Australia there is a striking lack of consistency in maternal, infant and child primary health care. The primary health care contribution to maternal, infant and child health is ad hoc and lacking of consistent policy, planning and programming. However, there are examples where the contribution of primary health care exhibits appropriate policy, planning and program linkage. Aboriginal primary health care for example, in particular the Healthy for Life program shows how policy and planning associated with a funded program has resulted in care in the area of maternal health across several study sites. The study also indicated the important influencing factor that social determinants of health may play in contributing to maternal, infant and child health across Western Australia. The study findings highlight that there is a need to ensure that when planning for policy and program implementation of maternal, infant and child primary health care, existing models such as the Healthy for Life program should be examined. The study also indicated the importance of incorporating factors outside of health into policy and program planning.
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Britton, Lucia Anna. "Addressing the treatment gap for children in statutory care : Evaluating the effectiveness of the psychological services business plan 2016/2017 using ACI framework." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/21911.
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ABSTRACT: This report is written in two parts. The first part of the report outlines the initial project proposal to conduct an internal formative and process evaluation to test the effectiveness of Psychological Services Business Plan and identify any changes or modifications that may be needed to enhance the probability or the service achieving their goals by end of 2017. Using the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) Framework and program logic, outcomes and outputs are identified and tested through impact measures. The second part of the report outlines the finding of the evaluation on the identified impact measures. Overall, the results indicate good progress towards the program outcomes and strategic goal, indicating utility of some of the changes made. A process review was also undertaken to evaluate how well the Business Plan was implemented and communicated to key stakeholders. The results are discussed in term of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for achieving the desired change.RESUMO: Este relatório foi escrito em duas partes. Na primeira parte descreve-se a proposta inicial do projeto, mais concretamente a realização de uma avaliação interna formativa e de processo, com o objectivo de avaliar a efectividade de um programa de prestação de cuidados implementado em diversos serviços de saúde mental australianos. Esta proposta incluiu também a identificação de alterações potencialmente necessárias para aumentar a probabilidade de os serviços alcançarem os seus objetivos até ao final de 2017. A identificação da lógica processual, assim como a avaliação dos resultados e dos ‘outputs’ dos serviços, foi efectuada através de metodologia desenvolvida pela NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation (Australia). Na segunda parte do relatório, descrevem-se os resultados desta avaliação a nível dos principais indicadores de impacto. Globalmente, os resultados indicaram uma boa efectividade no atingimento dos objectivos estratégicos do programa, sugerindo a utilidade de algumas das mudanças efectuadas. Descreve-se igualmente a análise de processo sobre a efectividade da implementação e da comunicação aos principais intervenientes directos. Os resultados são discutidos em função dos seus pontos fortes, fracos, oportunidades e ameaças para alcançar a mudança desejada.
Books on the topic "Infants Care Australia"
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Donoghue, Deborah. Australian & New Zealand Neonatal Network, 1996-1997. Sydney: AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit, 1999.
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Donoghue, Deborah. Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network, 1998. Sydney: AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit, 2000.
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Baby and child care handbook: A complete guide for Australian parents. Ringwood, Vic: Viking O'Neil, 1987.
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101 things to do with a baby. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1986.
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Ormerod, Jan. 101 things to do with a baby. New York: Mulberry Books, 1993.
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Murder, medicine and motherhood. Oxford: Hart Pub., 2011.
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Speedie, Lisa, and Andrea Middleton. Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children Australia and New Zealand Edition: For Professionals. Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, 2021.
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Speedie, Lisa, and Andrea Middleton. Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children Australia and New Zealand Edition for Students - Pack: Includes Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children, ANZ. Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, 2021.
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Bhatia, Neera. Critically Impaired Infants and End of Life Decision Making: Resource Allocation and Difficult Decisions. Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
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Bhatia, Neera. Critically Impaired Infants and End of Life Decision Making: Resource Allocation and Difficult Decisions. Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
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Ebbeck, Marjory, and Hoi Yin Bonnie Yim. "Fostering Relationships Between Infants, Toddlers and Their Primary Caregivers in Child Care Centres in Australia." In Enduring Bonds, 159–77. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74525-1_10.
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Newman, Louise. "Trauma-informed care in infancy." In Humanising Mental Health Care in Australia, 101–11. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429021923-7.
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Rowe, Michelle, and Alfred Ogle. "Collaborative Commerce and the Hotel Industry." In Information Communication Technologies, 988–1001. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-949-6.ch066.
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This chapter proposes a framework to consider the application of collaborative commerce (c-commerce) in the hotel industry. C-commerce and some general characteristics of the hotel industry are examined, followed by a discussion on the likelihood of c-commerce adoption by hotels. A case study of two five-star hotels located in Perth, Western Australia is considered in light of the framework. Corporate structure, information technology (IT) and its importance to organisation strategy, the role and attitudes of the general manager of each hotel to IT as well as the social identity of the hotel to c-commerce emerge as issues critical to c-commerce. This area of study is in its infancy and further research is required to more fully consider the issues.
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Stephenson, Christine, and Wasana Bandara. "A Process Architecture Approach to Manage Health Process Reforms." In Handbook of Research on Advances in Health Informatics and Electronic Healthcare Applications, 289–318. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-030-1.ch018.
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Business Process Management (BPM) is often perceived as a top priority concern in organisations; both in public and private sectors. This has been clearly noticed in the Australian health care sector, evidenced by the Australian Government’s commitment to pursuing a reform agenda that reflects a new approach to improving health and aged care services. The adoption of a business process management approach can be a key tool to facilitate health reform in the public and private sectors. This approach provides a structured and hence rigorous approach to ensure that health processes are reviewed, improved and implemented consistently throughout the organisation, especially where public health services are provided from multiple service points. Process modeling is an embedded component of most BPM initiatives, yet a resource intensive task. How process models can be derived efficiently (i.e. with less resources and time) and effectively (at a high quality to meet the specific needs) is an integral element of interest to most organisations, however, this area of research is still in its infancy. This paper aims to address this gap by proposing a ‘process-pattern’ based approach to process modeling where models are created and managed within a ‘process architecture’. The process pattern approach is explained with evidence from a large state based health organisation using an integrated risk management process for health care service management as an example. The study employed an action research approach and the chapter unfolds its findings around the main phases of the research method. The contributions from this work are twofold. From the perspective of practice, it offers a validated high level example of a process pattern for an Integrated Risk Management Program for health. From an academic perspective: it presents a validated Risk Management process pattern for delivering health services which can be used as or a benchmark in further research.
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Mollica, Richard F., Melissa A. Culhane, and Daniel H. Hovelson. "The special psychiatric problems of refugees." In New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, 1493–500. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0190.
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While the forced displacement of people from their homes has been described since ancient times, the past half-century has witnessed an expansion in the size of refugee populations of extraordinary numbers. In 1970, for example, there were only 2.5 million refugees receiving international protection, primarily through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). By 2006, UNHCR was legally responsible for 8.4 million refugees. In addition, it is conservatively estimated that an additional 23.7 million people are displaced within the borders of their own countries. Although similar in characteristics to refugees who have crossed international borders, internally displaced persons do not receive the same protection of international law. Adding all refugee-type persons together, the world is forced to acknowledge the reality that over the past decade more than 10 000 people per day became refugees or internally displaced persons. The sheer magnitude of the global refugee crisis, the resettlement of large numbers of refugees in modern industrial nations such as Canada, the United States, Europe, and Australia, and the increased media attention to civil and ethnic conflict throughout the world has contributed to the medical and mental health issues of refugees becoming an issue of global concern. This chapter will focus on a comprehensive overview of the psychiatric evaluation and treatment of refugees and refugee communities. Although this mental health specialty is in its infancy, many scientific advances have been made that can facilitate the successful psychiatric care of refugee patients.
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Rohling, Eelco J. "Mother Nature To The Rescue?" In The Climate Question. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190910877.003.0009.
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Now we come to the key issue. Many discussions about climate change turn to the well- known fact that (very) large CO2 fluctuations have happened in the geological past. This is then taken to imply that “we shouldn’t worry: nature has seen this all before, and will somehow clean up our external carbon emissions.” The veracity of this sentiment can be tested by considering the main mechanisms available in nature for extracting carbon from the atmosphere-ocean system. These are weathering, reforestation, and carbon burial in soils and sediments. In the next section, we look at the potential of these processes. Thereafter, we consider the case for human intervention, and potential ways forward. A first mechanism by which nature has dealt with past high- CO2 episodes is chemical weathering of rocks. In warmer and more humid climates, chemical weathering rates are increased, and this extracts CO2 from the atmosphere. However, CO2 removal through weathering at natural rates is an extremely slow process, which operates over hundreds of thousands to millions of years. Given time, there is no doubt that natural weathering will be capable of eventually removing the excess CO2, but this process is so slow that it offers no solace for the future, unless we are prepared to wait many hundreds of thousands of years. There may be some future in artificially increasing the weathering processes to remove anthropogenic carbon, but this is in its infancy—we will revisit this in sections 6.2 and 6.3. A second mechanism for carbon extraction from the atmosphere-ocean system concerns expansion of the biosphere, most notably through reforestation. We have discussed this before in terms of expansion and contraction of the biosphere during ice- age cycles. In today’s case, carbon extraction through biosphere expansion requires first that the industrial age’s trend of net deforestation is reversed. Interestingly, this actually may have happened at around 2003. Between 2003 and 2014, net global vegeta¬tion increased by about 4 GtC (i.e., at an average rate of about 0.4 GtC per year), due to a lucky combination of increased rainfall on the savannahs of Australia, Africa, and South America, regrowth of forests on abandoned farmland in Russia and former Soviet republics, and massive tree- planting projects in China.
Reports on the topic "Infants Care Australia"
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Hajarizadeh, Behzad, Jennifer MacLachlan, Benjamin Cowie, and Gregory J. Dore. Population-level interventions to improve the health outcomes of people living with hepatitis B: an Evidence Check brokered by the Sax Institute for the NSW Ministry of Health, 2022. The Sax Institute, August 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.57022/pxwj3682.
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Background An estimated 292 million people are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection globally, including 223,000 people in Australia. HBV diagnosis and linkage of people living with HBV to clinical care is suboptimal in Australia, with 27% of people living with HBV undiagnosed and 77% not receiving regular HBV clinical care. This systematic review aimed to characterize population-level interventions implemented to enhance all components of HBV care cascade and analyse the effectiveness of interventions. Review questions Question 1: What population-level interventions, programs or policy approaches have been shown to be effective in reducing the incidence of hepatitis B; and that may not yet be fully rolled out or evaluated in Australia demonstrate early effectiveness, or promise, in reducing the incidence of hepatitis B? Question 2: What population-level interventions and/or programs are effective at reducing disease burden for people in the community with hepatitis B? Methods Four bibliographic databases and 21 grey literature sources were searched. Studies were eligible for inclusion if the study population included people with or at risk of chronic HBV, and the study conducted a population-level interventions to decrease HBV incidence or disease burden or to enhance any components of HBV care cascade (i.e., diagnosis, linkage to care, treatment initiation, adherence to clinical care), or HBV vaccination coverage. Studies published in the past 10 years (since January 2012), with or without comparison groups were eligible for inclusion. Studies conducting an HBV screening intervention were eligible if they reported proportion of people participating in screening, proportion of newly diagnosed HBV (participant was unaware of their HBV status), proportion of people received HBV vaccination following screening, or proportion of participants diagnosed with chronic HBV infection who were linked to HBV clinical care. Studies were excluded if study population was less than 20 participants, intervention included a pharmaceutical intervention or a hospital-based intervention, or study was implemented in limited clinical services. The records were initially screened by title and abstract. The full texts of potentially eligible records were reviewed, and eligible studies were selected for inclusion. For each study included in analysis, the study outcome and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs) were calculated. For studies including a comparison group, odds ratio (OR) and corresponding 95%CIs were calculated. Random effect meta-analysis models were used to calculate the pooled study outcome estimates. Stratified analyses were conducted by study setting, study population, and intervention-specific characteristics. Key findings A total of 61 studies were included in the analysis. A large majority of studies (study n=48, 79%) included single-arm studies with no concurrent control, with seven (12%) randomised controlled trials, and six (10%) non-randomised controlled studies. A total of 109 interventions were evaluated in 61 included studies. On-site or outreach HBV screening and linkage to HBV clinical care coordination were the most frequent interventions, conducted in 27 and 26 studies, respectively. Question 1 We found no studies reporting HBV incidence as the study outcome. One study conducted in remote area demonstrated that an intervention including education of pregnant women and training village health volunteers enhanced coverage of HBV birth dose vaccination (93% post-intervention, vs. 81% pre-intervention), but no data of HBV incidence among infants were reported. Question 2 Study outcomes most relevant to the HBV burden for people in the community with HBV included, HBV diagnosis, linkage to HBV care, and HBV vaccination coverage. Among randomised controlled trials aimed at enhancing HBV screening, a meta-analysis was conducted including three studies which implemented an intervention including community face-to-face education focused on HBV and/or liver cancer among migrants from high HBV prevalence areas. This analysis demonstrated a significantly higher HBV testing uptake in intervention groups with the likelihood of HBV testing 3.6 times higher among those participating in education programs compared to the control groups (OR: 3.62, 95% CI 2.72, 4.88). In another analysis, including 25 studies evaluating an intervention to enhance HBV screening, a pooled estimate of 66% of participants received HBV testing following the study intervention (95%CI: 58-75%), with high heterogeneity across studies (range: 17-98%; I-square: 99.9%). A stratified analysis by HBV screening strategy demonstrated that in the studies providing participants with on-site HBV testing, the proportion receiving HBV testing (80%, 95%CI: 72-87%) was significantly higher compared to the studies referring participants to an external site for HBV testing (54%, 95%CI: 37-71%). In the studies implementing an intervention to enhance linkage of people diagnosed with HBV infection to clinical care, the interventions included different components and varied across studies. The most common component was post-test counselling followed by assistance with scheduling clinical appointments, conducted in 52% and 38% of the studies, respectively. In meta-analysis, a pooled estimate of 73% of people with HBV infection were linked to HBV clinical care (95%CI: 64-81%), with high heterogeneity across studies (range: 28-100%; I-square: 99.2%). A stratified analysis by study population demonstrated that in the studies among general population in high prevalence countries, 94% of people (95%CI: 88-100%) who received the study intervention were linked to care, significantly higher than 72% (95%CI: 61-83%) in studies among migrants from high prevalence area living in a country with low prevalence. In 19 studies, HBV vaccination uptake was assessed after an intervention, among which one study assessed birth dose vaccination among infants, one study assessed vaccination in elementary school children and 17 studies assessed vaccination in adults. Among studies assessing adult vaccination, a pooled estimate of 38% (95%CI: 21-56%) of people initiated vaccination, with high heterogeneity across studies (range: 0.5-93%; I square: 99.9%). A stratified analysis by HBV vaccination strategy demonstrated that in the studies providing on-site vaccination, the uptake was 78% (95%CI: 62-94%), significantly higher compared to 27% (95%CI: 13-42%) in studies referring participants to an external site for vaccination. Conclusion This systematic review identified a wide variety of interventions, mostly multi-component interventions, to enhance HBV screening, linkage to HBV clinical care, and HBV vaccination coverage. High heterogeneity was observed in effectiveness of interventions in all three domains of screening, linkage to care, and vaccination. Strategies identified to boost the effectiveness of interventions included providing on-site HBV testing and vaccination (versus referral for testing and vaccination) and including community education focussed on HBV or liver cancer in an HBV screening program. Further studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of more novel interventions (e.g., point of care testing) and interventions specifically including Indigenous populations, people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men, and people incarcerated.
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Sleep problems from infancy are linked with impaired well-being in middle childhood. ACAMH, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.13056/acamh.14200.
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Researchers in the USA and Australia have found that sleep disturbances from early childhood are associated with reductions in well-being at age 10-11 years old. Ariel Williamson and colleagues came to this conclusion after analysing data from >5,000 children enrolled in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children – Birth Cohort.