Table 6.

Recording of brief interventions after birth

	NT Top End	NT Central Australia	Far West NSW	WA	North QLD	Total
No. of health centres | client records	13 | 136	2 | 45	6 | 103	9 | 193	4 | 58	34 | 535
Recorded postnatal visit	55%	87%	65%	41%	36%	53%*
Brief interventions/counselling
Smoking	12%	27%	25%	17%	24%	19%
Nutrition	13%	42%	26%	15%	34%	21%*
Breast feeding	37%	82%	65%	42%	31%	47%*
Infection prevention/hygiene	7%	7%	3%	5%	5%	5%
Injury prevention	1%	0%	9%	4%	2%	4%
SIDS prevention	1%	2%	17%	4%	0%	5%*
Alcohol and other substance abuse	5%	9%	21%	15%	16%	13%*
Physical activity	5%	20%	21%	9%	19%	12%*
Mood (depression)	13%	33%	31%	19%	7%	20%*
Contraception	41%	82%	56%	34%	24%	43%*
Domestic/social environment	8%	22%	7%	11%	10%	10%*
Social/family support	12%	44%	20%	19%	9%	19%*
Financial situation	3%	7%	3%	9%	2%	5%
Housing condition	1%	20%	1%	15%	3%	8%*
Food security	1%	16%	0%	6%	2%	4%*

SIDS = sudden infant death syndrome.

* P < 0.05 for comparisons between regions.