Publications: specific topics

This section contains publications relating specifically to maternal health and nutrition. Included are journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature. For general publications, view the 'general' page, or alternatively search our bibliography.

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Maternal health and pregnancy


2006

Bower C (2006)
Primary prevention of neural tube defects with folate in Western Australia: the value of the Western Australian Birth Defects Registry.
Congenital Anomalies;46:118-121
View abstract: Congenital Anomalies
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)

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2005

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005)
Mothers and children. Health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2005.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics:73-90
View report (PDF - 493KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Bookallil M, Chalmers E, Andrew B (2005)
Challenges in preventing pyelonephritis in pregnant women in Indigenous communities.
Rural and Remote Health;5(3):Article 395.
Retrieved 9 August 2005 from http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_395.pdf
View article: Rural and Remote Health (HTML)
View article: Rural and Remote Health (PDF - 282KB)
View website: Rural and Remote Health

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2004

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2004)
Australia's babies: their health and wellbeing.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing
View report (HTML)
View report (PDF - 952KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Bower C, Eades D, Payne J, D'Antoine H, Stanley F (2004)
Trends in neural tube defects in Western Australian in Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations.
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology;18:277-280
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Society for Pediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology (SPER)

Department of Human Services V (2004)
Aboriginal Best Start: status report.
Melbourne: Department of Human Services, Victoria
View report (PDF - 388KB)
View website: Department of Human Services, Victoria

Gee V, Green TJ (2004)
Perinatal statistics in Western Australia, 2002: twentieth annual report of the Western Australian Midwives' notification system. (Statistical series no. 69)
Perth: Department of Health
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View report (PDF - 1.1MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Health, WA

Laws PJ, Sullivan EA (2004)
Australia's mothers and babies 2002. (AIHW catalogue no. PER 28)
Canberra: National Perinatal Statistics Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (HTML)
View report (PDF - 440KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Laws PJ, Sullivan EA (2004)
Australia's mothers and babies 2001. (AIHW catalogue no. PER 25)
Canberra: National Perinatal Statistics Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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View report (PDF - 460KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Perinatal Statistics Unit

Sayers SM, Mackerras D, Singh G, Reid A (2004)
In an Aboriginal birth cohort, only child size and not birth size, predicts insulin and glucose concentrations in childhood.
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice;65(2):151-157
View abstract: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
View website: International Diabetes Federation Western Pacific Region Congress

Sayers S, Mackerras D, Singh G (2004)
Update on the Aboriginal birth cohort study.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;28(2):6-8
View website: Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal

Vreeburg SA, Jacobs DJ, Dekker GA, Heard AR, Priest KR, et al. (2004)
Hypertension during pregnancy in South Australia, part 2: risk factors for adverse maternal and/or perinatal outcome: results of multivariable analysis.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology;44(5):410-418
View abstract: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)

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2003

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2003)
Australia's mothers and babies 2000. (Perinatal statistics series no. 12)
Sydney: AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit
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View report (PDF - 470KB)
View website: AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit

Budzyn A (2003)
The essentialness of a homelands birthing programme for the community of Palm Island.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal;27(6):29-32
View website: Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal

Vreeburg SA, Jacobs DJ, Dekker GA, Heard AR, Priest KR, et al. (2004)
Hypertension during pregnancy in South Australia, part 2: risk factors for adverse maternal and/or perinatal outcome: results of multivariable analysis.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology;44(5):410-418
View abstract: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)

Mohsin M, Wong F, Bauman A, Bai J (2003)
Maternal and neonatal factors influencing premature birth and low birth weight in Australia.
Journal of Biosocial Science;35(2):161-174
View article: Journal of Biosocial Science (PDF - 160KB)
View website: Cambridge Journals

Queensland Health (2003)
Growing strong: feeding you and your baby.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
View report (PDF - 506KB)
View website: Queensland Government

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2002

Colditz PB, Shannon C (2002)
Indigenous neonatal outcomes: what do we expect? [editorial].
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;38(1):4-5
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View article: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)

Gee V, O'Neill MT (2002)
Perinatal, infant and maternal mortality in Western Australia: a triennial cohort of 1996-1998 births.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
View report (PDF - 380KB)
View website: Department of Health, Western Australia

Kukuruzovic R, Brewster D (2002)
Milk formulas in acute gastroenteritis and malnutrition: a randomised trial.
Journal of Paediatric Child Health;38(6):571-577
View abstract: Journal of Paediatric Child Health
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)

Panaretto KS, Muller R, Patole S, Watson D, Whitehall JS (2002)
Is being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander a risk factor for poor neonatal outcome in a tertiary referral unit in north Queensland?
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;38(1):16-22
View abstract: Journal of Paediactircs and Child Health
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)

Rousham EK, Gracey M (2002)
Factors affecting birthweight of rural Australian Aborigines.
Annals of Human Biology;29(4):363-372
View abstract: Annals of Human Biology
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information

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