The guidelines for Shared Maternity Care Affiliates provide shared maternity care affiliates with concise, up-to-date guidelines on the provision of shared maternity care at the Royal Women's Hospital, Mercy Hospital for Women and Sunshine Hospital.
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The Guidelines for Shared Maternity Care Affiliates (November 2002) (pdf 1.3mb) were developed as part of a collaborative project on shared maternity care between these three hospitals in association with the Melbourne, North East Valley, Northern, North West Melbourne and Western Melbourne Divisions of General Practice.
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At these hospitals, shared maternity care is a model of care in which a woman is cared for by both hospital staff and a community-based affiliate. The woman attends the hospital for the birth and immediate postnatal care.
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Shared maternity care aims to provide a community-based, holistic, safe and culturally appropriate model of care for women.
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Antenatal care guidelines
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The 3 Centres Guidelines were developed to provide the Royal Women's Hospital, Mercy Hospital for Women and Southern Health with consensus statements on aspects of antenatal care for low risk women, based on the best available evidence.
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The consensus statements were developed by a steering group from he Royal Women's Hospital, Mercy Hospital for Women and Monash Medical Centre (Southern Health). For more information please visit the 3 Centres Consensus Guidelines website.
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Breastfeeding best practice guidelines
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Developed by a multidisciplinary team of health professionals, the following guidelines present a framework to assist all providers to facilitate the successful initiation of breastfeeding within the early postnatal setting.
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