Topics: Women's health

Surgical management of gastroschisis in North Queensland from 1988 to 2007

28 January, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Pregnancy  Queensland  

Kandasamy Y, Whitehall J, Gill A, Stalewski H (2009)
Surgical management of gastroschisis in North Queensland from 1988 to 2007.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;(Early View):1-5

Tobacco use and measuring nicotine dependence among urban Indigenous pregnant women

11 January, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Tobacco use  Urban  Pregnancy  

Panaretto KS, Mitchell MR, Anderson L, Gilligan C, Buettner P, et al. (2009)
Tobacco use and measuring nicotine dependence among urban Indigenous pregnant women.
Medical Journal of Australia;191(10):554-557

Could the Baby Bonus be a bonus for babies

3 December, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Births  Women's health  Pregnancy  

de Costa CM, Wenitong M (2009)
Could the Baby Bonus be a bonus for babies?
Medical Journal of Australia;190(5):242-243

Smoking prevalence trends in Indigenous Australians, 1994-2004: a typical rather than an exceptional epidemic

3 December, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Tobacco use  Men's health  Women's health  

Thomas DP (2009)
Smoking prevalence trends in Indigenous Australians, 1994-2004: a typical rather than an exceptional epidemic.
International Journal for Equity in Health;8(37):1-21

Maternal and neonatal outcomes following diabetes in pregnancy in Far North Queensland, Australia

29 October, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Diabetes  Pregnancy  Queensland  

Davis B, Bond D, Howat P, Sinha AK, Falhammar H (2009)
Maternal and neonatal outcomes following diabetes in pregnancy in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology;49(4):393 - 399

‘You can drop dead’: midwives bullying women

29 October, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Births  Remote  Rural  Women's health  Services  

Dietsch E, Shackleton P, Davies C, McLeod M, Alston M (2009)
‘You can drop dead’: midwives bullying women.
Women and Birth; Article in Press:1-7

Participative research in a remote Australian Aboriginal setting

22 October, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Cultural ways  Remote  Pregnancy  Research  Health workers  

Kildea S, Barclay L, Wardaguga M, Dawumal M (2009)
Participative research in a remote Australian Aboriginal setting.
Action Research;7(2):143-163

Birthing on country: an elusive ideal?

1 October, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Births  Cultural ways  Remote  Women's health  

Felton-Busch C (2009)
Birthing on country: an elusive ideal?
Contemporary Nurse;33(2)

Pregnancy and neonatal characteristics of opioid-dependent Indigenous Australians: a rural and metropolitan comparison

13 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Illicit drug use  Rural  Urban  Pregnancy  

Tetstall E, Liu AJ, An EI, Canalese J, Nanan R (2009)
Pregnancy and neonatal characteristics of opioid-dependent Indigenous Australians: a rural and metropolitan comparison.
Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology;49(3):279-84

How do pregnancy outcomes differ in teenage mothers? A Western Australian study

24 July, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Births  Rural  Pregnancy  Social determinants  Western Australia  

Lewis LN, Hickey M, Doherty DA, Skinner SR (2009)
How do pregnancy outcomes differ in teenage mothers? A Western Australian study.
Medical Journal of Australia;190(10):537-541