Aboriginal maternal and infant care workers: partners in caring for Aboriginal mothers and babies.

Introduction: Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Care (AMIC) workers and midwives work in intellectual and inter-cultural partnerships in a new perinatal care model the Anangu Bibi Family Birthing Program that aims to provide culturally focussed perinatal care for Aboriginal mothers and families at two sites in regional South Australia. This study investigated the views of the AMIC workers and midwives about their roles, their partnership and the program, following the first 45 births.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews with all five AMIC workers and four of the five midwives working in the program were conducted.