This is the Hypnobirthing Australia™ Positive Birth Program. 🙌
It’s pretty cool to read that we are providing childbirth education for the largest health service geographically in the world!
The outcomes from this research show all the advantages.
✅ Childbirth and Parenting Education (CPE) via telehealth is a critical mechanism for ensuring equity of access for rural and remote families
✅ 40% would have no access to education if telehealth was not available
✅ Virtual attendance saved participants time and money
✅ Multiparas as well as first-time parents accessed the education
✅ Telehealth was supportive for inclusion of fathers who worked away from home which was important to connect families
✅ Most clinicians (73%) reported when parents attended online classes workload management was supported
✅ Service providers and policymakers can have confidence in the supportive nature of CPE via telehealth for key stakeholders
CONCLUSION: The findings have added to the emerging global evidence regarding the use of telehealth to deliver Childbirth and Parenting Education (CPE). The preference for face-to-face class attendance was reported in the study, as was the necessity of telehealth modality to ensure access for some individuals. The unique offerings of the research provide insights from key stakeholders of one of the world’s largest area health services. Understanding the perspectives of those who live in rural and very remote areas is important to convey the distinctive needs and preferences of these women and their families, especially for those with limited or nil access to CPE due to geography. Findings contribute to further consideration around how to strengthen the impact of health education via telehealth. A focus of international telehealth is how to ensure inclusion of those with limited access, which is supported in these study findings. Support of the program, from a range of key stakeholders provides early evidence of the importance of continued investment in telehealth to ensure development and expansion of contemporary digital enhanced health education.
Thank you to Tarryn Sharp, Kylie Ekin, Richard Norman, Katy Reynolds, Kasey Gibbs Biggar and Stuart Watson – a collaboration between our colleagues at WA Country Health Service and Curtin University 🙌
If you are birthing at a WA Country Health Service facility, you can
CLICK HERE to learn more about their Parent Education and Telehealth Course Options.
