Evaluation of the Southern Aboriginal Maternity Care Project: Final Report

Southern Adelaide Health Service, in conjunction with the SA Department of Health, established The Southern Aboriginal Maternity Care Project which commenced in February 2006 as a pilot project to develop a service model that established linkages and partnerships, and to provide a framework for an integrated maternity care service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their babies that is accessible and provides culturally responsive and timely maternity care.

The evaluation team was engaged shortly after the commencement of the Project, and this group has worked collaboratively to establish an evaluation framework, to support and advise the project through the contribution of professional expertise and to provide on-going information from the evaluation process to inform the development of the emerging model.