Hooker Leesa, Taft Angela, Small Rhonda
Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne, Vic. 3000, Australia.
Aust J Prim Health. 2016;22(2):77-80. doi: 10.1071/PY15096.
Women suffer significant morbidity following childbirth and there is a lack of focussed, primary maternal health care to support them. Victorian Maternal and Child Health (MCH) nurses are ideally suited to provide additional care for women when caring for the family with a new baby. With additional training and support, MCH nurses could better fill this health demand and practice gap. This discussion paper reviews what we know about maternal morbidity, current postnatal services for women and the maternal healthcare gap, and makes recommendations for enhancing MCH nursing practice to address this deficit.
分娩后女性会遭受严重的发病情况，并且缺乏针对性的初级孕产妇保健来支持她们。维多利亚州母婴健康（MCH）护士在照顾有新生儿的家庭时，非常适合为女性提供额外护理。通过额外的培训和支持，MCH护士可以更好地满足这一健康需求并填补实践差距。本讨论文件回顾了我们对孕产妇发病情况、当前为女性提供的产后服务以及孕产妇保健差距的了解，并就加强MCH护理实践以解决这一不足提出建议。
