Born in another country: women's experience of labour and birth in Queensland, Australia.

Journal article

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 challenges of cultural dislocation and possible language barriers. Recognising that labour and birth are major life events the aim was to investigate the experiences of these women in comparison to native-born English speaking women. METHODS: Secondary analysis of data from a population based survey of women who had recently birthed in...

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Authors: Hennegan, J; Redshaw, M; Miller, Y

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 91-97
• Publication date: 2014-06-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2014.02.002
• EISSN: 1878-1799
• ISSN: 1871-5192
• Language: English
• Keywords: Socioeconomic Factors; Health Care Surveys; Mothers; Female; Maternal Health Services; Emigrants and Immigrants; Prenatal Care; Patient Satisfaction; Pregnancy; Perinatal Care; Culture; Emigration and Immigration; Humans; Labor, Obstetric; Parturition; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Australia