The 'fallacy of normalcy': A content analysis of women's online post-childbirth health-related support.

Background: Online forums have changed traditional sources of seeking help because they provide an anonymous and non-judgemental environment particularly suited for women with post-childbirth problems.

Question: What support is given to mothers who have posted questions about post-childbirth morbidities?

Methods: A total of 333 messages posted on a post-childbirth online forum were loaded into NVIVO 12 Pro and were analysed using content and thematic analysis. Content analysis identified the major health problems, and thematic analysis was used for identifying motivations and the support offered.

Socioeconomic disadvantage as a driver of non-urgent emergency department presentations: A retrospective data analysis.

Background: Globally, emergency departments (EDs) are struggling to meet the service demands of their local communities. Across Australia, EDs routinely collect data for every presentation which is used to determine the ability of EDs to meet key performance indicators. This data can also be used to provide an overall picture of service demand and has been used by healthcare planners to identify local needs and inform service provision, thus, using ED presentations as a microcosm of the communities they serve.

Mothers' views of health problems in the 12 months after childbirth: A concept mapping study.

Aims: To identify the health problems that women feel require help and subsequent help-seeking behaviour during the 12 months period after childbirth.

Background: Many women experience physical and mental health problems after childbirth, but there is a gap in understanding how they perceive their health after childbirth. Studies suggested they are inhibited in expressing their needs and so seek informal rather than professional help for their health problems.

Establishment of radiation therapy services in North West Tasmania: a community need or election strategy?

Background: This case study examines the impetus for policy change that resulted in the establishment of a radiation therapy service in rural North West Tasmania, Australia. Provision of local radiation therapy services improves accessibility for those in rural and regional areas. However, providing these services and maintaining them is not achievable for all areas.

Women's help-seeking behaviours within the first twelve months after childbirth: A systematic qualitative meta-aggregation review✰.

Introduction: Women within the first 12 months after birth often do not seek professional help for post-childbirth morbidities. This systematic review uses the Behavioural Model of Health Services Use (BMSHU) to assess the barriers and facilitators to women's help-seeking from health professionals during the first twelve months after childbirth.

Method: A qualitative meta-aggregation was used for the review.

Investigating the referral of patients with non-urgent conditions to a regional Australian emergency department: a study protocol.

Background: Australia's only island state, Tasmania, experiences one of the nation's highest incidences of non-urgent emergency department (ED) presentations in a healthcare system regularly faced with service demands that exceed resource availability. Service-demand mismatches are acknowledged to contribute to ED crowding which in turn, has been documented to have a correlation with poorer patient outcomes. Crowding within EDs is complex, non-urgent presentations alone are not the primary cause, but have been reported to be a contributing factor.

An investigation of nursing students' knowledge of dementia: A questionnaire study.

Background: Globally, rising rates of dementia indicate the need for more nurses skilled in caring for people with this condition. However nursing students may not acquire the requisite knowledge from existing undergraduate curricula.

Objectives: To investigate the dementia knowledge of second-year nursing students before and after a supported placement in a residential aged care facility.

Learning opportunities in a residential aged care facility: the role of supported placements for first-year nursing students.

The residential aged care sector is reportedly a less attractive career choice for nursing students than other sectors. Research shows that students are often fearful of working with residents with dementia when they are inadequately supported on clinical placements by aged care staff. Thirty first-year nursing students attended a 2-week placement in one of two Tasmanian aged care facilities as part of the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre Teaching Aged Care Facilities Program, which aims to provide students with a quality aged care placement focusing on dementia palliation.