Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Antenatal psychosocial risk assessment project
Other Titles:	Australian College of Midwives Incorporated journal
Authors:	Schubert, Robyn Willinck, Lizette
Keywords:	Screening;Child protection;Health;Risk assessment;Pregnancy
Year:	2000
Publisher:	Australian College of Midwives
Citation:	September 2000
Notes:	Describes a project in which an antenatal assessment is used to identify psychosocially-at-risk expectant women. The programme was conducted at Wodonga Regional Health Services, Victoria, during a six-month period. A self-administered questionnaire, followed by an interview of the pregnant women by a midwife, was used to detect antenatal and possible postnatal depression, domestic violence, and risk of abusing or neglecting their children. A positive risk assessment tool was derived, and showed general acceptance by both the expectant women themselves and the midwives involved in the procedure, though some felt it was a little too invasive and time consuming, and that it could initiate difficulties of which they had little training.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13429
ISSN:	1031-170X
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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