Community engagement in the Aboriginal Families Study: Strategies to promote participation

Aboriginal women and families are under-represented in Australian research on pregnancy and childbirth. The Aboriginal Families Study aimed to investigate the views and experiences of a representative sample of women giving birth to an Aboriginal baby in South Australia between July 2011 and June 20...

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Published in:Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives 2019-02, Vol.32 (1), p.72-79
Main Authors: Weetra, Donna, Glover, Karen, Miller, Roxanne, Wilson, Rikki, Leane, Cathy, Stuart-Butler, Deanna, Mitchell, Amanda, Gartland, Deirdre, Brown, Stephanie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aboriginal families
Adolescent
Adult
Australia
Community-Based Participatory Research - statistics & numerical data
Female
Hospitals, Public
Humans
Infant
Leadership
Maternal Age
Mothers
Odds Ratio
Participation rates
Participatory research
Parturition
Population-based
Pregnancy
Research Personnel - organization & administration
South Australia
Young Adult
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Summary:Aboriginal women and families are under-represented in Australian research on pregnancy and childbirth. The Aboriginal Families Study aimed to investigate the views and experiences of a representative sample of women giving birth to an Aboriginal baby in South Australia between July 2011 and June 2013, using methods designed to respect Aboriginal culture and communities. A team of 12 Aboriginal researchers facilitated community engagement and recruitment of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers of Aboriginal infants in urban, regional and remote areas of South Australia over a two-year period. A total of 344 women took part, around a quarter of all Aboriginal women giving birth in South Australia in the study period (39% urban, 35% regional and 25% from remote areas). Participants were representative in relation to maternal age (mean age of 25 years, range=15–43 years). Over half of women (56%) first heard about the study via a member of the fieldwork team making contact with them through community connections. Other major sources of recruitment were: Aboriginal health services/programs (20%) and public maternity hospitals (16%). Almost all of the women (95%) recruited via community networks of the fieldwork team completed the questionnaire. In contrast, 51% of women recruited via public hospitals completed the questionnaire (odds ratio=0.1, 95% confidence interval 0.0–0.1, p
ISSN:1871-5192
1878-1799
1878-1799
DOI:10.1016/j.wombi.2018.04.002