A mixed methods study of the postnatal care journey from birth to discharge in a maternity service in New South Wales, Australia.

Background: Service gaps continue in hospital and community-based postnatal care despite a high prevalence of physical and mental health concerns reported by women following birth. The aim of this study was to describe the postnatal journey and the care provided to women and their babies who were at low risk for health complications from birth to discharge from the maternity service.

Methods: A mixed methods design was used to map the postnatal journey, for the woman and baby, from birth to discharge from the maternity service.

Refugee women's experiences negotiating motherhood and maternity care in a new country: A meta-ethnographic review.

Objectives: The aim of this meta-ethnographic review was to examine refugee women's experiences negotiating motherhood and maternity services in a new country with a view to identifying the specific needs of refugee women accessing maternity care in high income countries.

Design: A meta-ethnographic synthesis of qualitative research.

Data Sources: Five databases were searched for papers published in English between January 2000 and January 2017.