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Accessing maternal and child health services in Melbourne, Australia: Reflections from refugee families and service providers

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Health Services Research, May 2012
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Title
Accessing maternal and child health services in Melbourne, Australia: Reflections from refugee families and service providers
Published in
BMC Health Services Research, May 2012
DOI 10.1186/1472-6963-12-117
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Authors

Elisha Riggs, Elise Davis, Lisa Gibbs, Karen Block, Jo Szwarc, Sue Casey, Philippa Duell-Piening, Elizabeth Waters

Abstract

Often new arrivals from refugee backgrounds have experienced poor health and limited access to healthcare services. The maternal and child health (MCH) service in Victoria, Australia, is a joint local and state government operated, cost-free service available to all mothers of children aged 0-6 years. Although well-child healthcare visits are useful in identifying health issues early, there has been limited investigation in the use of these services for families from refugee backgrounds. This study aims to explore experiences of using MCH services, from the perspective of families from refugee backgrounds and service providers.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Australia 3 1%
Colombia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
New Zealand 1 <1%
Unknown 273 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 56 20%
Student > Bachelor 39 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 32 11%
Researcher 30 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 20 7%
Other 49 17%
Unknown 55 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 72 26%
Nursing and Health Professions 45 16%
Social Sciences 35 12%
Psychology 28 10%
Computer Science 5 2%
Other 31 11%
Unknown 65 23%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 August 2012.
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#15,019,716
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#5,328
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#47
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