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The Bush Babies 2025 Campaign - A look into the reduction of rural maternity services Australia wide.

1.Have you entered this survey freely?
2.Please identify what state you live in?
3.How would you define where you live?
4.Please provide your postcode?
5.How old are you?
6.Do you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent
7.What is your current employment status?
8.How many children do you have?
9.Have you given birth in the last 5 years
10.What is the postcode of the hospital you delivered/delivering at. Provide multiple postcodes if different for each children.
11.What was/is your model of maternity care
12.How did you access antenatal care? This is the care during your pregnancy. (select all that apply).
13.Did you have access to the same provider throughout your pregnancy
14.How many weeks were you when you had your first appointment? Please provide the weeks gestation & who you saw.
15.How far is the hospital that you birthed/birthing at from your home location? Please provide both time in hours and minutes, as well as Kms.
16.If the distance was more than 50kms, please tell us why?
17.How often did/do you have to travel out of your local area to receive maternity services?
18.Where you able to access all services in a timely fashion?
19.Do you believe that as a client, your hospital midwives and drs provided you with accurate and timely information in regards to changes of service. E.g Bypass, downgrades, scans, stepdowns?
20.What were the key challenges in accessing maternity care
21.After your birth/s (and return to home) did you have any visits at your home from a known midwife or dr? If so how many times? If none please write 0 visits.
22.Are you aware of the reduction of maternity services in regional, rural and remote settings?
23.In your opinion, how has reduced maternity services affected your family and pregnancy?
24.Where did you first become aware of the reduction of maternity services?
25.Do you know what Midwifery Group Practice is (MGP)?
26.Does your local hospital provide Midwifery Group Practice (MGP)?
27.If your local hospital provided MGP would you use it?
28.If travel is involved to access a hospital to give birth, what is the main reason?
29.As a pregnant birthing parent, did you feel like you didn't have access to some of the services, that other women did, in other locations? If so, please state.
30.What challenges did you experience when accessing maternity care?
31.Have you notice any changes in the availability of maternity based services (fertility, pregnancy, birth and postpartum) in your area?
32.How satisfied were you with the quality of maternity care you received during your pregnancy and birthing experience?
33.Did you feel safe and confident with the level of care provided to you throughout your pregnancy
34.Were you satisfied with the amount of time your healthcare provider spent with you?
35.Do you feel that your individual needs and preferences were consider during your care?
36.Do you feel that your geographical location impacted your pregnancy and birth experience?
37.Have you ever experienced an unplanned roadside birth due to lack of access to maternity health care?
38.What types of maternity health care services do you believe are most needed in your rural area? (Select all that apply)
39.How do you typically receive information about maternity services?
40.What perinatal support services were available to you during your pregnancy (counselling, parenting classes, birthing options)?
41.In your local area, were you able to access the following (tick all that apply
42.Did you feel you had adequate emotional support?
43.Please share any positive experience?
44.Please share any negative experiences?
45.Did you experience anxiety, depression, or distress during or after your pregnancy?
46.Where there mental health services accessible in your area?
47.What changes would you like to see in Regional, Rural, and Remote maternity care services?
48.Would an interactive map showing available maternity services (with travel times, service types, and contact details) be helpful to you?
49.What features would you like to see in such a map?
50.Would you be interested in online antenatal education if local services were unavailable?
51.Did you attend any antenatal classes?
52.Were these accessible locally or online?
53.What topics would you find most valuable in antenatal education? (Select all that apply)
54.Thank you so much for participating in the survey, your answers will be put together along with other regional, rural and remote women to help support rural maternity services. If you wish to be entered into the raffle for completing this survey please enter your email below. All emails will be added to our mailing list to provide updates as to the survey.
Thank you.