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Table 6 Recording of brief interventions after birth

From: Delivery of maternal health care in Indigenous primary care services: baseline data for an ongoing quality improvement initiative

 

NT Top End

NT Central Australia

Far West NSW

WA

North QLD

Total

No. of health centres | client records

13 | 136

2 | 45

6 | 103

9 | 193

4 | 58

34 | 535

Recorded postnatal visit

55%

87%

65%

41%

36%

53%*

Brief interventions/counselling

      

   Smoking

12%

27%

25%

17%

24%

19%

   Nutrition

13%

42%

26%

15%

34%

21%*

   Breast feeding

37%

82%

65%

42%

31%

47%*

   Infection prevention/hygiene

7%

7%

3%

5%

5%

5%

   Injury prevention

1%

0%

9%

4%

2%

4%

   SIDS prevention

1%

2%

17%

4%

0%

5%*

   Alcohol and other substance abuse

5%

9%

21%

15%

16%

13%*

   Physical activity

5%

20%

21%

9%

19%

12%*

   Mood (depression)

13%

33%

31%

19%

7%

20%*

   Contraception

41%

82%

56%

34%

24%

43%*

   Domestic/social environment

8%

22%

7%

11%

10%

10%*

   Social/family support

12%

44%

20%

19%

9%

19%*

   Financial situation

3%

7%

3%

9%

2%

5%

   Housing condition

1%

20%

1%

15%

3%

8%*

   Food security

1%

16%

0%

6%

2%

4%*

  1. SIDS = sudden infant death syndrome.
  2. * P < 0.05 for comparisons between regions.