Research Article
Self-Reported Nutrition Education Received by Australian Midwives before and after Registration
Table 1
Characteristics of the respondents.
| Characteristics | Number of responses | Percentage (%) |
| Gender | | | Female | 325 | 98.8 | Male | 4 | 1.2 | Age | | | 21–30 years | 28 | 8.5 | 31–40 years | 55 | 16.7 | 41–50 years | 95 | 28.9 | Older than 50 years | 151 | 45.9 | Education | | | Bachelor degree of midwifery | 74 | 22.5 | Hospital-based training midwifery | 175 | 53.2 | Initial midwifery postgraduate degree | 80 | 24.3 | Years of experience | | | Less than 2 years | 22 | 6.7 | 2–5 years | 30 | 9.1 | 6–10 years | 48 | 14.6 | More than 10 years | 229 | 69.6 | Principal state or territory of work | | | New South Wales (NSW) | 96 | 29.2 | Queensland (QLD) | 78 | 23.7 | South Australia (SA) | 30 | 9.1 | Tasmania (TAS) | 8 | 2.4 | Victoria (VIC) | 58 | 17.6 | Western Australia (WA) | 40 | 12.2 | Australian Capital Territory (ACT) | 8 | 2.4 | Northern Territory (NT) | 11 | 3.3 | Principal place of practice | | | Public hospital | 285 | 86.6 | Private hospital | 16 | 4.9 | Independent midwifery practice | 28 | 8.5 | Level of maternity services | | | Community | 53 | 16.1 | Rural hospital | 53 | 16.1 | Regional hospital | 113 | 34.3 | Tertiary referral | 110 | 33.4 | Area of midwifery | | | Antenatal care | 96 | 29.2 | Birthing (labour) suite | 54 | 16.4 | Postnatal | 89 | 27.1 | Rotation through all the above areas | 136 | 41.3 | Group practice (case load or team midwifery) | 67 | 20.4 | Independent midwifery practice | 28 | 8.5 |
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Total number = 329. Multiple responses allowed. The table is reused with permission from Elsevier.
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