The aim Improving Aboriginal Patient Journeys study was to develop, refine and evaluate a set of Aboriginal patient journey mapping tools for use in quality improvement and education. A collaborative approach to knowledge exchange was used, with the research team working with staff and managers from a range of health settings in South Australia and the Northern Territory. 

Five maternity case studies are presented in this report: Debriefing by the Aboriginal Maternal Infant Care Team; Improving Cultural Communication in the Nursery; Long-distance Baby; Developing Midwifery Education Sessions; Using the Tools as a Methodology for Honours Study. All five describe the ways in which midwives in Adelaide and rural areas adapted and used the MTWT patient journey mapping tools in South Australia.

This report on Maternity Case Studies is complemented by reports on four others: Renal, Cardiac, City Sites, and Rural and Remote Sites. It is published as part of the Improving Aboriginal Patient Journeys study, Stage 3 of the Managing Two Worlds Together project (see related information below).