Bridging the Gap: Addressing Refugee Inequalities Through Primary Health Care Service Reform

Grant number: 1056799 | Funding period: 2013 - 2017

Completed

Abstract

This proposal will develop and test interventions to reform maternity and maternal & child health systems to tackle known inequalities in health and health care for vulnerable families, particularly clients of refugee backgrounds. Innovation in system redesign and service delivery will result in sustainable improvements in access to and quality of care and measurable improvements in maternal, newborn and child health.

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‘It requires something drastic’: Interviews with health care leaders about organisational responses to social disadvantage

J Yelland, E Riggs, W Dawson, D Vanpraag, J Szwarc, S Brown

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Problem: Persisting disparities in maternal and child health outcomes in high income countries require new insights for health ser..

Evaluation of systems reform in public hospitals, Victoria, Australia, to improve access to antenatal care for women of refugee background: An interrupted time series design

J Yelland, F Mensah, E Riggs, E McDonald, J Szwarc, W Dawson, D Vanpraag, S Casey, C East, MA Biro, G Teale, S Willey, SJ Brown

2020-07-01

Introduction Inequalities in maternal and newborn health persist in many high-income countries, including for women of refugee bac..

Enhancing general practice referrals for women of refugee background to maternity care

D Vanpraag, W Dawson, B Bell, E Riggs, J Szwarc, S Brown, J Furler, S Casey, G Teale, J Yelland

2018-01-01

This paper presents the findings from a quality improvement project implemented by a maternity hospital located in a region of hig..

Cultural safety and belonging for refugee background women attending group pregnancy care: An Australian qualitative study

E Riggs, S Muyeen, S Brown, W Dawson, P Petschel, W Tardiff, F Norman, D Vanpraag, J Szwarc, J Yelland

2017-06-01

Background: Refugee women experience higher incidence of childbirth complications and poor pregnancy outcomes. Resettled refugee w..

Bridging the language gap: A co-designed quality improvement project to engage professional interpreters for women duing labour

J Yelland, MA Biro, W Dawson, E Riggs, D Vanpraag, K Wigg, J Antonopoulos, J Morgans, J Szwarc, C East, S Brown

2017-01-01

Objective The aim of the study was to improve the engagement of professional interpreters for women during labour. Methods The qua..

Improving the ascertainment of refugee-background people in health datasets and health services

J Yelland, E Riggs, J Szwarc, D Vanpraag, W Dawson, S Brown

2017-01-01

Ascertainment of vulnerable populations in health datasets is critical to monitoring disparities in health outcomes, enables servi..

Bridging the Gap: Using an interrupted time series design to evaluate systems reform addressing refugee maternal and child health inequalities

J Yelland, E Riggs, J Szwarc, S Casey, W Dawson, D Vanpraag, C East, E Wallace, G Teale, B Harrison, P Petschel, J Furler, S Goldfeld, F Mensah, MA Biro, S Willey, IH Cheng, R Small, S Brown

2015-04-30

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