- Title
- An exploration of the Maternal and Child Health changes in Australia
- Creator
- Breach, Rayleen; Jones, Linda
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/159633
- Identifier
- vital:12011
- Identifier
- http://www.ijbhtnet.com/journals/Vol_4_No_3_May_2014/13.pdf
- Identifier
- ISSN:2162-1357
- Abstract
- Background: The Victorian Maternal and Child Health (MCH) profession is in the process of undergoing a number of changes as a result of initiatives at national level. Aim: The aim of the research was to explore and describe the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of Victorian Key stakeholders (KSH) and MCH nurse’s regarding these changes. Method: A qualitative, semi structured interview method was employed for this study with 48 participants. Results: The results indicated that participants strongly believed that change was imposed on them without a great deal of communication and consultation with them. Discussion: Kotter’s framework was used to highlight what process was lacking and what could have been undertaken to assist achieving this change. A change of such a magnitude as the national registration and development of a national framework had never been undertaken previously. This framework explained why participants in the study were feeling so disenfranchised with these changes.
- Publisher
- Center for Promoting Ideas, USA
- Relation
- International Journal of Business, Humanities and Technology Vol. 4, no. 3 (2014), p. 95-105
- Rights
- Copyright © The Author(s)
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Maternal child health; Organizational change; National registration; Consultation
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