Deanna Stuart-Butler, The University of Queensland; Aleena Wojcieszek, The University of Queensland; Sarah Graham, The University of Queensland; Valerie Ah Chee, The University of Queensland, and Vicki Flenady, The University of Queensland Australian national data show First Nations women face ...
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First national standard for nurses and midwives to reduce stillbirth rates: Q&A
An Australian-first standard has been released to educate healthcare workers, including nurses and midwives, about the prevention of stillbirths and care for families. Each day, six babies are stillborn across the country. For 30 per cent of these cases, the medical ...
More »Campaign launched to help reduce number of stillbirths
The Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence (SCRE) and Safer Care Victoria have launched a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of decreased fetal movements (DFM) among expectant parents and their care providers in Victoria. Every day in Australia at ...
More »Care in a time of loss and pain
A nurse/midwife is undertaking a study to help midwives improve their support for women who experience miscarriage or stillbirth. Louise Harper, clinical nurse specialist at Genea in Port Macquarie and resource midwife on the area hospital’s miscarriage and stillbirth program, ...
More »Researching the heartbreak behind stillbirth and miscarriage
A new study by researchers at the University of Adelaide will help improve care for those who have gone through miscarriage or stillbirth. University of Adelaide Masters of Clinical Psychology student Catherine Collins said that there is not much research ...
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