This paper provides an overview of the birthweight of babies born to Indigenous mothers, including recent trends and information on factors associated with birthweight variation. Summary Almost 4% of all babies born in 2011 were to Indigenous mothers In 2011, a total of 11,729 Indigenous mothers gave birth to 11,895 babies according to data from...

Findings from a project aimed at building a more comprehensive and consistent national data collection for maternal and perinatal health are presented in this report. Summary Investment in more comprehensive and consistent national data collection for maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality was recommended by the Report of the maternity services review-a review conducted in...

This report presents data for 19 ‘process of care’ and ‘health outcomes’ indicators which focus on the prevention and management of chronic disease, and maternal and child health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Summary This is the first national report on the Indigenous primary health-care national Key Performance Indicators (nKPIs) data collection. It covers...

Crime statistician Dr Don Weatherburn speaks with Fran Kelly about his new book Arresting Incarceration, which examines the growing trend in Aboriginal incarceration rates. Between 1992 and 2012, the rate of Indigenous imprisonment per head of population soared by more than 50 per cent.

The aim of this thesis was to examine the way in which migrant Samoan women did birth in Wellington in the mid 1980's. The thesis draws on interviews conducted with fifty Samoan women and interweaves the findings of these interviews with analyses of material drawn from the hospital records of a larger cohort of two...