Academic Essay on Birthing Options
Budget: $70 – $100 AUD
I need a 2000-word academic paper exploring birthing options for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, focusing on medical facilities and healthcare services, specifically birthing centers.
Key areas to cover include:
- Availability and accessibility
- Quality of care
- Integration of cultural practices
Ideal skills and experience:
- Background in Indigenous studies or healthcare
- Strong research and academic writing skills
- Familiarity with birthing practices and healthcare services in Australia
- Ability to analyze and integrate cultural elements into a formal essay
Please provide a well-structured, insightful paper with proper citations.
Rationale
The Midwife standards for practice (2018) state that midwives should:
Standard 1: Promote Health and Well-being through Evidence-Based Midwifery Practice.
Standard 2: Engage in professional relationships and respectful partnerships
Standard 3: Demonstrates the capability and accountability for midwifery practice
Standard 5: Develop a plan for Midwifery Practice
In the past birthing options for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have been limited by care that did not consider cultural safety or individualised woman centredness. This lack of consideration has caused long-lasting and far-reaching impact on maternal health and family health outcomes. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women now have more choices when considering where they birth. It is important that midwives are aware of the birthing options available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and how these can positively impact the engagement with women, therefore, impacting on health outcomes of the women and families.
The following course outcomes will be addressed in this assessment:
Recognise the diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ history, cultures, traditions of birthing, childrearing, families, and community way of knowing, being and doing.
Generate the understanding, knowledge, and skills to positively engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as individuals, families, and communities in maternity and other healthcare settings.
Understand and apply the goals of cultural safety for midwives when working alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, families, and their communities.
Strategies aimed at eliminating racism from health system by making a safer healthcare by acknowledging patient safety, workforce development and closing the gap in health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians by implementation of primary health care initiatives.
Task Description
You are required to write an academic paper of 2000 words (+/- 10%) which explores birthing options (services specifically for First Nations women) available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. You will need to choose one Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific birthing option available in your own state and then select another available in another Australian state. You must ensure you address the following criteria within your academic paper:
Provide an overview of both the birthing options you have chosen.
Demonstrate detailed knowledge in relation to the benefits, including the clinical outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their families who access these models.
Analyse how the Australian Maternity systems may be contributing to birth trauma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and what strategies could be put in place to reduce this. Critically appraise the evidence, research and policy that supports the provision of culturally appropriate birthing options for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
Consider how the role of the midwife can support culturally appropriate woman centred care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in areas where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific models of care are not available
Please write your academic paper in the third person and include a cover/title page, word count and reference list. You are expected to support your paper with evidence-based sources to demonstrate your use of the relevant research, literature, guidelines and policy pertaining to the midwifery care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders women and families. All information used must be current (under 10 years, preferably less than 5 years, unless it is a seminal piece). Please use APA 7th edition referencing (Please refer to the UNDA guidelines on referencing on the library website).
Additional Information
To help you complete this task successfully, the following resources are provided:
Marking Rubric — refer to this to understand how you will be assessed
Cadmus Manual — refer to this for information about academic skills (click the book icon in the bottom right to access the manual)
Checklist: How to write an academic paper
Copy + paste this checklist into the Notes section in Cadmus and tick off items as you complete them.
Step 1: Task Understanding
Read the Instructions and Checklist carefully
Read the Guide: Rubrics (in Cadmus Manual) and then your Marking Rubric
Analyse the question, ie. content, term, and directive terms
Step 2: Topic Research
Read the Library Search Tips guide in Cadmus Manual
Identify a set of potentially useful resources
Survey, skim, and scan to find the relevant articles, and parts of articles
Step 3: Plan
Plan your paper using this structure:
Introduction
Clarify how you intend to interpret or limit the question
Provide an overview of your argument and the supporting points
Clarify how you are defining key terms in the question
Body: Add a paragraph for each argument, including:
Topic sentence stating the main points
Sentences elaborating each point with supporting evidence
Concluding sentence summarising the points, linking to next paragraph/argument
Conclusion: reiterate the claims in the introduction and refer back to the topic
Reference List: include a list of all references that you cited
Step 4: Write the paper
Building on your draft, write your essay. Things to remember:
Clear writing: use short simple sentences and familiar terms
Objective writing: be unbiased and unemotional, presenting facts or evidence for your argument
Accurate writing: present accurate and complete information
Key areas to cover include:
- Availability and accessibility
- Quality of care
- Integration of cultural practices
Ideal skills and experience:
- Background in Indigenous studies or healthcare
- Strong research and academic writing skills
- Familiarity with birthing practices and healthcare services in Australia
- Ability to analyze and integrate cultural elements into a formal essay
Please provide a well-structured, insightful paper with proper citations.
Rationale
The Midwife standards for practice (2018) state that midwives should:
Standard 1: Promote Health and Well-being through Evidence-Based Midwifery Practice.
Standard 2: Engage in professional relationships and respectful partnerships
Standard 3: Demonstrates the capability and accountability for midwifery practice
Standard 5: Develop a plan for Midwifery Practice
In the past birthing options for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have been limited by care that did not consider cultural safety or individualised woman centredness. This lack of consideration has caused long-lasting and far-reaching impact on maternal health and family health outcomes. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women now have more choices when considering where they birth. It is important that midwives are aware of the birthing options available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and how these can positively impact the engagement with women, therefore, impacting on health outcomes of the women and families.
The following course outcomes will be addressed in this assessment:
Recognise the diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ history, cultures, traditions of birthing, childrearing, families, and community way of knowing, being and doing.
Generate the understanding, knowledge, and skills to positively engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as individuals, families, and communities in maternity and other healthcare settings.
Understand and apply the goals of cultural safety for midwives when working alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, families, and their communities.
Strategies aimed at eliminating racism from health system by making a safer healthcare by acknowledging patient safety, workforce development and closing the gap in health outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians by implementation of primary health care initiatives.
Task Description
You are required to write an academic paper of 2000 words (+/- 10%) which explores birthing options (services specifically for First Nations women) available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. You will need to choose one Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific birthing option available in your own state and then select another available in another Australian state. You must ensure you address the following criteria within your academic paper:
Provide an overview of both the birthing options you have chosen.
Demonstrate detailed knowledge in relation to the benefits, including the clinical outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their families who access these models.
Analyse how the Australian Maternity systems may be contributing to birth trauma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and what strategies could be put in place to reduce this. Critically appraise the evidence, research and policy that supports the provision of culturally appropriate birthing options for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
Consider how the role of the midwife can support culturally appropriate woman centred care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in areas where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific models of care are not available
Please write your academic paper in the third person and include a cover/title page, word count and reference list. You are expected to support your paper with evidence-based sources to demonstrate your use of the relevant research, literature, guidelines and policy pertaining to the midwifery care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders women and families. All information used must be current (under 10 years, preferably less than 5 years, unless it is a seminal piece). Please use APA 7th edition referencing (Please refer to the UNDA guidelines on referencing on the library website).
Additional Information
To help you complete this task successfully, the following resources are provided:
Marking Rubric — refer to this to understand how you will be assessed
Cadmus Manual — refer to this for information about academic skills (click the book icon in the bottom right to access the manual)
Checklist: How to write an academic paper
Copy + paste this checklist into the Notes section in Cadmus and tick off items as you complete them.
Step 1: Task Understanding
Read the Instructions and Checklist carefully
Read the Guide: Rubrics (in Cadmus Manual) and then your Marking Rubric
Analyse the question, ie. content, term, and directive terms
Step 2: Topic Research
Read the Library Search Tips guide in Cadmus Manual
Identify a set of potentially useful resources
Survey, skim, and scan to find the relevant articles, and parts of articles
Step 3: Plan
Plan your paper using this structure:
Introduction
Clarify how you intend to interpret or limit the question
Provide an overview of your argument and the supporting points
Clarify how you are defining key terms in the question
Body: Add a paragraph for each argument, including:
Topic sentence stating the main points
Sentences elaborating each point with supporting evidence
Concluding sentence summarising the points, linking to next paragraph/argument
Conclusion: reiterate the claims in the introduction and refer back to the topic
Reference List: include a list of all references that you cited
Step 4: Write the paper
Building on your draft, write your essay. Things to remember:
Clear writing: use short simple sentences and familiar terms
Objective writing: be unbiased and unemotional, presenting facts or evidence for your argument
Accurate writing: present accurate and complete information