Events

The team from the Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD, will kindly share a high-level overview of their Queensland Early Termination Virtual Care project, looking at supporting women post-termination via virtual means. This will then be followed with an engaged and meaningful discussion around supporting women experiencing early pregnancy termination and loss, with special consideration of the recent legislative changes around termination.

Cultural safety is increasingly recognised as crucial in Australian maternity care, yet what constitutes culturally safe pregnancy care for women of refugee backgrounds has received very little attention to date. This study sought to extend our understanding by exploring Karen (Kah-REN) women’s perspectives on cultural safety within their experiences of pregnancy care in Victoria, Australia.

This presentation will discuss a co-design project with persons with lived experience to develop a perinatal mental health literacy learning resource to support the mental health and wellbeing of young mothers. The co-design process led to the development of Young Well Beings, an online resource hosted in a secure OpenLearning platform that allows both young mothers and practitioners to access reliable and relatable information in a variety of formats, in an engaging and authentic way.

The availability of genetic screening during the perinatal period has rapidly increased in the last decade. However, people from migrant and refugee backgrounds face inequities regarding screening information, support, and access. Through our research, we aim to understand perinatal genetic screening in Victoria from the perspective of India-born parents and relevant healthcare providers. We are conducting a grounded theory study drawing on community, clinical, and research expertise from within the study team, as well as community and healthcare provider advisors.