Publicly funded homebirth in Australia: a review of maternal and neonatal outcomes over 6 years

Catling, Christine; Coddington, Rebecca; Foureur, Maralyn; Homer, Caroline

doi:10.5694/mja13.11003

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“…These programs are relatively new in Australia, the first being established in Perth, Western Australia in 1996, but most since 2005 (Catling-Paull, Coddington, Foureur, & Homer, 2013). These programs are becoming increasingly popular, with 12 hospitals nation-wide offering publicly funded programs (Catling-Paull et al, 2013). While the efficacy of such programs is beyond the scope of this article, the research on these programs offers compelling evidence of their success (Catling et al, 2014;Catling-Paull et al, 2012;McMurtrie et al, 2009).…”

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“…These programs are government funded, and have strict eligibility guidelines (see Catling-Paull, Foureur, & Homer, 2012), which the pregnant/birthing woman must comply with or her participation in the program will be cancelled. These programs are relatively new in Australia, the first being established in Perth, Western Australia in 1996, but most since 2005 (Catling-Paull, Coddington, Foureur, & Homer, 2013). These programs are becoming increasingly popular, with 12 hospitals nation-wide offering publicly funded programs (Catling-Paull et al, 2013).…”

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More Than Four Walls: The Meaning of Home in Home Birth Experiences

Burns

2015

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The "home versus hospital" as places of birth debate has had a long and at times vicious history. From academic literature to media coverage, the two have often been pitted against each other not only as opposing physical spaces, but also as opposing ideologies of birth. The hospital has been heavily critiqued as a site of childbirth since the 1960s, with particular focus on childbirth and medicalisation. The focus of much of the hospital and home birthing research exists on a continuum of medicalisation, safety, risk, agency, and maternal and neonatal health and wellbeing. While the hospital birthing space has been interrogated, a critique of home birthing space has remained largely absent from the social sciences. The research presented in this article unpacks the complex relationship between home birthing women and the spaces in which they birth. Using qualitative data collected with 59 home birthing women in Australia in 2010, between childbearing and the home should not be considered as merely an alternative to hospital births, but rather as an experience that completely renegotiates the home space. Home, for the participants in this study, is a dynamic, changing, and even spiritual element in the childbirth experience, and not simply the building in which it occurs.

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More Than Four Walls: The Meaning of Home in Home Birth Experiences

Burns

2015

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“…T o the Editor: The analysis of publicly funded home births in Australia by Catling‐Paull and colleagues 1 contains some significant gaps that require clarification. Without accurate information, women may not be fully informed about their childbirth choices.…”

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