Early care key to preventing stillbirth in migrant women

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 March Early care key to preventing stillbirth in migrant women Early care key to preventing stillbirth in migrant women 18/03/2020 | 2 MINS Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology say the key to decreasing stillbirth in Australian women who were born overseas lies in early care and good information provided at the start of pregnancy. The study, published in PLOS MEDICINE, analysed data between 2005 and 2013 collected from midwives, hospitals, birth and death registrations as well as the WA Register of Developmental Anomalies from more than 250,000 births. The data was then categorised by the country where each mother was born and their ethnicity, including Caucasian, Asian, Indian, African, M─üori and ΓÇÿotherΓÇÖ. The researchers compared women born in Australia with those born overseas as well as different ethnicity groups of migrants. Lead researcher Dr Maryam Mozooni, from LITΓÇÖs School of Population and Global Health, said a key factor in preventing stillbirth was increasing the use of support services and care available th

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 March Early care key to preventing stillbirth in migrant women Early care key to preventing stillbirth in migrant women 18/03/2020 | 2 MINS Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology say the key to decreasing stillbirth in Australian women who were born overseas lies in early care and good information provided at the start of pregnancy.

The study, published in PLOS MEDICINE, analysed data between 2005 and 2013 collected from midwives, hospitals, birth and death registrations as well as the WA Register of Developmental Anomalies from more than 250,000 births.

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