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.

Family member and service provider experiences and perspectives of a digital surveillance and service navigation approach in multicultural context: a qualitative study in identifying the barriers and enablers to Watch Me Grow-Electronic (WMG-E) program with a culturally diverse community.

Background: Children and families from priority populations experienced significant psychosocial and mental health issues to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet they also faced significant barriers to service access, particularly families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. With most child and family health nurse clinics ceasing in-person consultations due to the pandemic, many children missed out on health and developmental checks.

Immigrant and minority parents' experiences in a neonatal intensive care unit: A meta-ethnography review.

Aims: To examine immigrant and minority parents' experiences of having a newborn infant in the neonatal intensive care unit and explore healthcare professionals' experiences in delivering care to immigrant and minority families.

Design: A meta-ethnographic review informed by eMERGe guidelines.

Methods: We conducted a systematic literature review.

Midwives' experiences with PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic: The Birth in the Time of COVID (BITTOC) study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in rapid changes aimed at reducing disease transmission in maternity services in Australia. An increase in personal protective equipment (PPE) in the clinical and community setting was a key strategy. There was variation in the type of PPE and when it was to be worn in clincial practice.

Indian immigrants' constructions of mental health and mental illness in the perinatal period: A qualitative study.

Aim: The aim of this study is to explore how immigrant women and men from India construct mental health and mental illness in the perinatal period.

Design: Qualitative interpretive design.

Methods: Data were collected by conducting in-depth interviews with 19 participants.