• Aust Fam Physician · Apr 2015

    Retrospective audit of postnatal attendance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women attending a community-controlled health service in north Queensland.

    • Lisa Oliver, Michael Wood, Ciaran Frawley, Jacqueline Almond, and Sarah Larkins.
    • MBBS, FRACGP, General Practitioner, Primary Health Services, Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service, Townsville, QLD.
    • Aust Fam Physician. 2015 Apr 1; 44 (4): 243247243-7.

    BackgroundLow uptake of postnatal care among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is a concern. The aim of this study was to ex-amine any associations with postnatal attendance by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.MethodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted of 198 women who attended Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service (TAIHS) for antenatal care between 1 January 2009 and 1 January 2011. Postnatal attendance and its relationship to demographic, behavioural, antenatal and intrapartum factors was assessed.ResultsOf the women included in the study, 48.0% (95/198) returned to TAIHS for postnatal care. A statistically significant positive association between antenatal and postnatal attendance was found using multivariate analysis (P DISCUSSION: Strategies are needed to improve postnatal attendance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, and strengthening attendance during the antenatal period may be an indirect way of facilitating this. Better postnatal follow-up will enhance the capacity for health services to deliver preventive care to this population.

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