An Aboriginal women‐led approach to design a maternal and child health model when cardiometabolic complications are experienced in pregnancy in South Australia
This project demonstrates the value of Aboriginal women's leadership in shaping health systems. This process highlights the value of culturally grounded, community-led co-design approaches to health service and system reform. For health systems and service providers and managers, this is an opportunity to foster meaningful change by listening to and acting on the voices of Aboriginal women. In doing so, they will meet their responsibility to address inequities. Researchers and health organisations must do more than amplify these voices; rather, they must listen, act and ensure that systems respond to what women say they need. This is a pivotal moment to drive systemic change for equitable and culturally safe maternal and child health care.
Authors
- Eloise Baker
- Karrina DeMasi
- Ruth Nielsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5776-2928)
- Lorraine Garay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1588-2726)
- Kim Morey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4226-3366)
- Katharine McBride (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9401-5136)
- Cathy Leane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0950-8498)
- Karen Glover (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8389-6118)
- Cala Mae Renehan
- Amanda Richards‐Satour
- P. McColl
- Dana Shen
- Kristine Woods‐Hampton
Institutions
- South Australia Pathology (AU)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Women's and Children's Health Network (AU)
- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Medical Journal of Australia
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70033
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17
Funders
- National Heart Foundation of Australia
- MTPConnect
- National Health and Medical Research Council