Maternity services are not meeting the needs of immigrant women of non-English speaking background: Results of two consecutive Australian population based studies.BACKGROUND
 data from repeated population-based surveys of recent mothers provides one of the few avenues for gauging whether changes to the organisation of maternity services is making a difference to immigrant women's experiences of care. 
Maternity services
Using data collected in two consecutive population-based surveys conducted in 2000 and 2008, the objective of this paper is to compare the views and experiences of immigrant women of non-English speaking background (NESB) giving birth in Victoria, Australia with those of women who were born in Australia.


 consecutive population-based surveys of women giving birth in Victoria, Australia conducted in 2000 and 2008.  data from repeated population-based surveys of recent mothers provides one of the few avenues for gauging whether changes to the organisation of maternity services is making a difference to immigrant women's experiences of care. 
population-based surveys
Questionnaires were distributed to women giving birth in a two-week period in 2000 and a four-week period in 2008 by hospitals and home birth practitioners. 
questionnaires
Using data collected in two consecutive population-based surveys conducted in 2000 and 2008, the objective of this paper is to compare the views and experiences of immigrant women of non-English speaking background (NESB) giving birth in Victoria, Australia with those of women who were born in Australia.


 consecutive population-based surveys of women giving birth in Victoria, Australia conducted in 2000 and 2008.  Surveys were mailed to women at five to six months post partum.


 completed surveys were received from 67% of eligible women in 2000 (1616/2412), and 51.2% in 2008 (2900/5667).  There was no evidence of improvement between the two surveys.  data from repeated population-based surveys of recent mothers provides one of the few avenues for gauging whether changes to the organisation of maternity services is making a difference to immigrant women's experiences of care. 
surveys