Journal article
The feasibility and acceptability of a population-level antenatal risk factor survey: Cross-sectional pilot study
AMH Price, HE Bryson, F Mensah, L Kemp, L Bishop, S Goldfeld
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | WILEY | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.13510
Abstract
Aim: Australian data on the prevalence and distribution of antenatal risk factors are scarce. This study aimed to investigate (i) the feasibility and acceptability of an antenatal risk factor survey collected in public settings and (ii) whether the survey risk factors co-occur with more sensitive risk factors that are privately asked by clinicians. Methods: Design and setting: study-designed survey linked with clinician-collected risk factors. Participants: pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at two Victorian hospitals. Measures: (i) study-designed survey: young pregnancy, no support, poor/fair/good general health, anxious mood, not finishing high school, no income, long-term illness,..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The 'right@home' sustained nurse home visiting trial is a research collaboration between the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY); the Translational Research and Social Innovation (TReSI) Group at Western Sydney University; and the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH), which is a department of The Royal Children's Hospital and a research group of Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. 'right@home' is funded by the Victorian Department of Education and Training, the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services, the Ian Potter Foundation, Sabemo Trust, Sidney Myer Fund, the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation and the National Health and Medical Research Council (#1079418). The MCRI administered the research grant for the study and provided infrastructural support to its staff but played no role in the conduct or analysis of the trial. Research at the MCRI is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. SG is supported by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Career Development Fellowship 1082922 and FM by NHMRC Early Career Fellowship 1037449 and Career Development Fellowship 1111160. The funding bodies had no role in relation to the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.