MATERNAL, NEONATAL & WOMEN’S HEALTH
The Maternal, Neonatal & Women’s Health Network includes the Women and Babies Research team, a collaboration between NSLHD, the University of Sydney and the Kolling Institute. The group’s focus is the cause, prevention and management of pregnancy complications, to improve outcomes for pregnant women and their babies.
The research goals of the group are to improve health outcomes and health service provision for women and babies by ensuring: › All babies have the best chance of a healthy start to life › All women have the safest pregnancy and birth experience › Our health services have access to high quality information so that maternity care can be provided to meet the needs of women and their families › That women can enjoy good health throughout their lifespan The multidisciplinary team includes obstetricians, midwives, neonatologists, neonatal intensive care nurses, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, marketeers and social scientists. The group has important research partnerships with LifeBlood, the Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance (APBPA), the Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth with the Australian Safer Baby Bundle, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, NSW Bureau of Health Information, NSW Centre for Big Data Research in Health, NSW Centre for Health Record Linkage, NSW Clinical Excellence Commission, NSW Ministry of Health, Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ), Sydney Health Partners, WA Women and Infants Research Foundation (WIRF) and Women’s Healthcare Australasia.
Research translation highlights include: ‘Every Week Counts’, a NSW Health Translational Research Grant Scheme and Medical Research Futures Fund translation project, highlighted the importance of the final weeks of pregnancy for baby’s development, amid a growing trend of birth before 39 weeks’ gestation. This program
continues to be implemented by hospitals in 2020 in NSW,
Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, and has been adopted by safer Care Victoria, the Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance and the Australian Safer Baby Bundle.
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RESEARCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020
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