Figure 1
Map of Australia showing jurisdictions, with population and participant distribution.
Table 1
Participants – clinical and professional categories.
| Midwife/Nurse | 6 |
| Obstetrician | 3 |
| Aboriginal Health Practitioner | 1 |
| Cardiologist | 1 |
| Physician | 1 |
| Anaesthetist | 1 |
| RHD program staff* | 4 |
[i] * The RHD Australia program supports the prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and RHD in Australia. It is funded under the Australian Government’s Rheumatic Fever Strategy.
Table 2
Participant attributes and characteristics – sector, location, organisation.
| Jurisdiction | Northern Territory | 8 |
| New South Wales | 4 | |
| Queensland | 5 | |
| Western Australia | 2 | |
| Location | Regional with remote outreach | 4 |
| Regional | 8 | |
| Urban with remote outreach | 2 | |
| Urban | 5 | |
| Workplace | Hospital-based maternity | 5 |
| Aboriginal Mothers and Babies service | 3 | |
| Aboriginal medical service or primary health | 4 | |
| Hospital – cardiac or high-risk specialist | 3 | |
| RHD Control program or strategy | 4 |
Figure 2
Themes related to care trajectories for women with RHD-P.
Figure 3
Perspectives of health services: what matters for pregnant women with RHD.