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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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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