Five culturally specific hubs are created throughout Logan in response to women's experiences of traumatic and inconsistent care during pregnancy and birth.
Shontanel Ngataua recalls hospital visits during her first two pregnancies as "mentally and emotionally draining".Many women from various cultural and linguistic backgrouds were experiencing trauma and negative pregnancy outcomes
Ms Ngataua is a Māori woman living in Logan and her frustration with inconsistent care throughout the health system was not unique. "It's about building a wrap-around service for the families so it doesn't end here at the Pasifika Maternity Hub, it's just the beginning of a family's journey." "Because of that there were more pre-term births, more women with babies admitted to special care [and] low birth-weight babies."
The aim was to reach vulnerable women in the Logan community and reduce barriers to accessing maternity care such as transport, trauma and cultural and social issues.
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