PRISM study-Pre-natal iron deficiency screening and management within an Australian regional centre.

Introduction: Current Australian guidelines differ in their recommendations on optimal iron deficiency anaemia screening and management during pregnancy. A more active approach to screening and treatment of iron deficiency in pregnancy has been beneficial within a tertiary population. However, this approach has not been evaluated within a regional healthcare setting.

The effect of intraperitoneal ropivacaine on post-operative pain and recovery after diagnostic laparoscopy and hysteroscopy: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial.

Background: Intraperitoneal local anaesthetic has shown benefit in operative laparoscopy; however, no randomised controlled trial has been reported with patients having diagnostic laparoscopy.

Aims: To determine the effect of intraperitoneal ropivacaine on post-operative analgesic requirements, pain, nausea scores and recovery following gynaecological diagnostic laparoscopy and hysteroscopy.

Materials And Methods: Randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial.

Accessing and engaging with antenatal care: an interview study of teenage women.

Background: Pregnant teenagers in rural and regional areas experience distinct disadvantages, that are not simply a function of their age, and these have a substantial impact on their health and that of their baby. Studies demonstrate that antenatal care improves pregnancy outcomes amongst pregnant women, especially adolescents. Understanding teenager's views and experiences of pregnancy and motherhood is important to ensure antenatal care meets young women's needs.

Women's experiences of preeclampsia: a prospective survey of preeclamptic women at a single tertiary centre.

Preeclampsia (PE) can suddenly disrupt a normal pregnancy experience. This project aimed to see how PE was experienced close to the time of birth, in a group of hospital patients. Women with PE who gave birth at The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, from October 2010 to May 2012 were asked to complete a survey designed with consumer input.

Implementing an intervention to promote normal labour and birth: A study of clinicians' perceptions.

Objective: Prior to implementation of a Normal Labour and Birth Bundle (NLBB) at a regional maternity service in Victoria, Australia, this study aimed to understand clinician factors that may influence the uptake, acceptance and use of the NLBB.

Design: This was a mixed methods study in which The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) provided the framework for the conduct and analysis of the staff survey and focus groups. Descriptive and multiple regression were used to analyse the survey data and thematic analysis was used for the focus group data.