Smoothing out the transition of care between maternity and child and family health services: perspectives of child and family health nurses and midwives’

Table 2 Type of maternity home visiting services and frequency of contacts

Type of home visiting	Australia
	N	%
Hospital-based midwife visits as part of postnatal service	350	81.4
Caseload or group practice provides midwifery home visits	242	56.3
Community midwife visits at home	183	42.6
Other	47	10.9
N of respondents*	430
Type of contact	Australia
Type of contact	N	%
Face to face contact
3+ visits in first 7 days	176	47.4
6+ visits in first 7 days	26	7
Mean visits in first 7 days
Mean visits in first 7 days	2.9
Standard deviation	1.63
Phone contact
3+ calls in first 7 days	107	28.8
6+ calls in first 7 days	30	8
Mean calls in first 7 days	2.3
Standard deviation	1.76
N of respondents*	371

By maternity services providing home visiting in Australia.
* Total respondents are those who indicated that their maternity service provided a home visiting service by midwives. Respondents could give more than one response.

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