Promoting women's health in remote Aboriginal settings: Midwifery students' insights for practice

Thackrah, Rosalie; Thompson, S.; Durey, A.

doi:10.1111/ajr.12247

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Thackrah, Rosalie

Thompson, S.

Durey, A.

Date

2015

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Journal Article

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Thackrah, R. and Thompson, S. and Durey, A. 2015. Promoting women's health in remote Aboriginal settings: Midwifery students' insights for practice. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 23 (6): pp. 327-331.

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Australian Journal of Rural Health

DOI

10.1111/ajr.12247

ISSN

1038-5282

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School of Nursing and Midwifery

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29135

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Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Objective: To describe midwifery students' insights on promoting health to Aboriginal women in remote Australia following a supervised clinical placement. Design: Semistructured, in-depth interviews were conducted with all midwifery students who undertook the placement between 2010 and 2013. Setting: Aboriginal communities on the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, Western Australia. Participants: Undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery students from a Western Australian university. Interventions: Remote cultural immersion clinical placement. Main outcome measures: Student learning related to culturally respectful health care delivery and promotion of health.