Northern Clinical School: Recent submissions
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Testing a health research instrument to develop a statewide survey on maternity care
Published 2016-01-01Partnerships between researchers and end users are an important strategy for research uptake in policy and practice. This paper describes how collaboration between an academic research organisation (the Kolling Institute) ...Open AccessArticle -
Maternity Care in NSW - Having Your Say 2013-14. A survey about women’s views of their maternity care
Published 2016-06-01This report details the findings of a survey with women about their expectations and experiences of maternity care in public hospitals in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The report provides background information about ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Variation in hospital rates of induction of labour: a population-based record linkage study
Published 2015-01-01BACKGROUND: Understanding the extent of hospital heterogeneity in induction of labour (IOL) practices to identify areas of practice improvement may result in improved maternity outcomes. We examined inter-hospital variation ...Open AccessArticle -
Change in smoking status during two consecutive pregnancies: A population-based cohort study
Published 2014-01-01Objective: To investigate changes in tobacco smoking in two consecutive pregnancies and factors associated with the change. Design: Population-based cohort study. Setting: New South Wales, Australia, 2000-2010 Population: ...Open AccessArticle -
The impact of cosmetic breast implants on breastfeeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2014-01-01Background: Cosmetic breast augmentation (breast implants) is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures worldwide and uptake in high income countries has increased in the last two decades. Women need information ...Open AccessArticle