Factors that Promote a Positive Childbearing Experience: A Qualitative Study.

Introduction: Experiences of pregnancy and birth are important and have long-term impacts on the well-being of women and their families. Perinatal services should aim for care that promotes a positive childbearing experience, as well as optimizing health outcomes for the woman and newborn. This study aimed to understand the health system factors that promote a positive childbearing experience.

Where do low risk women live relative to maternity services across Victoria? Expanding access to public homebirth models across Victoria.

Problem: Currently <1% of Australian women give birth at home.

Background: In Australia there are very few options for women to access public funded homebirth.

Aim: We aimed to use geo-mapping to identify the number of women eligible for homebirth in Victoria, based on the criteria of uncomplicated pregnancies and residing within 15-25kms of suitable maternity services, to plan future maternity care options.

The Expanding Role of the Canadian Nurse Practitioner in Medical Aesthetics.

Advanced practice in nursing is well established and has been active since the 1800s. In most cases, the role was developed because of a specific need or gap in patient care. Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have been experts in medical aesthetic injections for more than 30 years.

Women's experiences of birth trauma: A scoping review.

Background: A high number of Australian women report experiencing traumatic birth events. Despite high incidence and potential wide spread and long-lasting effects, birth trauma is poorly recognised and insufficiently treated. Birth trauma can trigger ongoing psychosocial symptoms for women, including anxiety, tokophobia, bonding difficulties, relationship issues and PTSD.

A pathway to establish a publicly funded home birth program in Australia.

Background: Home births provide women a birth choice where they may feel more comfortable and confident in their ability to give birth.

Problem: Most women in Victoria do not have publicly funded access to appropriately trained health professionals if they choose to give birth at home.

Methods: This paper describes the process of setting up a publicly funded home birth service and provide details of description of the set up and governance.

Simulation based training in a publicly funded home birth programme in Australia: A qualitative study.

Background: Birth at home is a safe and appropriate choice for healthy women with a low risk pregnancy. However there is a small risk of emergencies requiring immediate, skilled management to optimise maternal and neonatal outcomes. We developed and implemented a simulation workshop designed to run in a home based setting to assist with emergency training for midwives and paramedical staff.

Herpes simplex virus type 1 portal protein UL6 interacts with the putative terminase subunits UL15 and UL28.

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) UL6, UL15, and UL28 proteins are essential for cleavage of replicated concatemeric viral DNA into unit length genomes and their packaging into a preformed icosahedral capsid known as the procapsid. The capsid-associated UL6 DNA-packaging protein is located at a single vertex and is thought to form the portal through which the genome enters the procapsid. The UL15 protein interacts with the UL28 protein, and both are strong candidates for subunits of the viral terminase, a key component of the molecular motor that drives the DNA into the capsid.