PERINATAL MORTALITY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

ABSTRACT In a study of 173 pregnancies in 130 diabetic mothers of White's groups B, C and D who had received long-term treatment during pregnancy, the authors found cases of diabetes – in addition to the mother – in the maternal family, in the father and his family, or in the maternal as well as paternal family in a total of 100 pregnancies (57 %). The perinatal mortality was only slightly – and not significantly – higher among infants whose families included other diabetics than the mother. This higher mortality was found only among male infants of whom there was a preponderance in pregnancies with familial diabetes, but this was also not statistically significant. Thus, the result indirectly indicates that the primary cause of the high mortality among the infants of diabetic women must be the fact that the foetus develops in a diabetic environment.

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Newborn Care Training of Midwives and Neonatal and Perinatal Mortality Rates in a Developing Country

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.2009-3464d ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 127 (2) ◽

pp. peds.2009-3464d-peds.2009-3464d ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Developing Country ◽

Perinatal Mortality ◽

Newborn Care ◽

Mortality Rates ◽

Care Training

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Mission Tracks in the Bush

Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology ◽

10.1558/isit.35575 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1-2) ◽

pp. 103-124

Author(s):

Gemma Tulud Cruz

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Western Australia ◽

South Australia ◽

Nation Building ◽

Cultural Encounters ◽

History Of

Christian missionaries played an important role in the Australian nation building that started in the nineteenth century. This essay explores the multifaceted and complex cultural encounters in the context of two aboriginal missions in Australia in the nineteenth century. More specifically, the essay explores the New Norcia mission in Western Australia in 1846-1900 and the Lutheran mission in South Australia in 1838-1853. The essay begins with an overview of the history of the two missions followed by a discussion of the key faces of the cultural encounters that occurred in the course of the missions. This is followed by theological reflections on the encounters in dialogue with contemporary theology, particularly the works of Robert Schreiter.

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