Improving and Integrating Urban Indigenous Health Services

Birthing in Our Community (BiOC) Jajum Bajara

GP Information

Jajum Bajara is supported by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce and is based out of culturally safe and welcoming community-based hubs at Yulu-Burri-Ba Capalaba, Dunwich, and Wynnum.

The maternity service encompasses the following elements:

  • continuity of midwifery care with 24/7 access to pregnancy, birthing, and postnatal care provided by the same midwife
  • community-based care
  • contemporary culture and practice
  • connection to land and county
  • a holistic definition of health
  • Indigenous and non-Indigenous ways of knowing and learning.

Locations

Yulu-Burri-Ba locations:

  • Capalaba
  • Dunwich
  • Wynnum

Birthing location:

Redland Hospital

Who to refer

Women birthing an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander baby.

External:

Send referral via Metro South Central Referral Hub: metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/referrals

IUIH network:

MMEx:

  • Open Patient Record
  • Click on Referrals/Visits Tab
  • Create New Referral
  • Create a referral letter from a template > Search “Referral-Jajum Bajara BIOC”
  • Press Send as Message

Brochure

www.ybb.com.au/services-programs/jajum-bajara-program