Elisha Riggs|Sumaiya Muyeen|Stephanie Brown|Wendy Dawson|Pauline Petschel|Waan Tardiff|Fiona Norman|Dannielle Vanpraag|Jo Szwarc|Jane Yelland
Cultural safety and belonging for refugee background women attending group pregnancy care: An Australian qualitative study
Murdoch Children's Research Institute|University of Melbourne|Murdoch Children's Research Institute|Murdoch Children's Research Institute|University of Melbourne|Murdoch Children's Research Institute|Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia|Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia|Government of Victoria|Department of Education and Training|Murdoch Children's Research Institute|Myer Foundation|Murdoch Children's Research Institute|University of Melbourne
abstract background refugee women experience higher incidence childbirth complications poor pregnancy outcomes resettled refugee women often face multiple barriers accessing pregnancy care navigating health systems high income countries methods communitybased model group pregnancy care karen women burma codesigned health services consultation karen families melbourne australia focus groups conducted women participated explore experiences using program whether helped feel prepared childbirth going home new baby results nineteen women average time australia 43 years participated two focus groups women reported feeling empowered confident learning pregnancy childbirth group setting collective sharing stories facilitated environment allowed women feel prepared confident reassured greatest benefits coming storytelling peers developing trusting relationships team professionals women able communicate language women also discussed pivotal role bicultural worker multidisciplinary care team challenges hospital labor birth reported included lack professional interpreters lack privacy conclusion group pregnancy care potential increase refugee background womens access pregnancy care information sense belonging cultural safety using services preparation labor birth care newborn