Community engagement in the Aboriginal Families Study: Strategies to promote participation.
Adolescent
Adult
Australia
Community-Based Participatory Research
/ statistics & numerical data
Female
Hospitals, Public
Humans
Infant
Leadership
Maternal Age
Mothers
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
/ statistics & numerical data
Odds Ratio
Parturition
Pregnancy
Research Personnel
/ organization & administration
South Australia
Young Adult
Aboriginal families
Participation rates
Participatory research
Population-based
Pregnancy
Journal
Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
ISSN: 1878-1799
Titre abrégé: Women Birth
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101266131
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2019
Feb 2019
Historique:
received:
31
07
2017
revised:
27
03
2018
accepted:
02
04
2018
pubmed:
28
4
2018
medline:
21
3
2019
entrez:
28
4
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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<0.001). Aboriginal researchers' community knowledge and leadership is critical to the conduct of successful Aboriginal health research. High levels of participation in research by 'harder to reach' populations are achievable when researchers take time to build relationships and work in partnership with communities.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
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.
METHODS
METHODS
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.
RESULTS
RESULTS
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<0.001).
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Aboriginal researchers' community knowledge and leadership is critical to the conduct of successful Aboriginal health research. High levels of participation in research by 'harder to reach' populations are achievable when researchers take time to build relationships and work in partnership with communities.
Identifiants
pubmed: 29699794
pii: S1871-5192(17)30763-1
doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.04.002
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
72-79Informations de copyright
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