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Clinical and Population Perinatal Health Research

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Overview of research program

Regionalised maternity care

This program of research uses existing population health data to determine to what extent women and babies are delivering in risk-appropriate hospitals or whether there is room for improvement through increased transfer of at-risk pregnancies to higher levels of care.

Links between pregnancy outcomes and subsequent child and adult health

A range of diverse projects aim to identify potentially modifiable associations between pregnancy conditions and outcomes and subsequent health and disease.

Analysis of population health data using record linking

Using up to 10 different linked data sources for mothers and babies the group has considerable expertise in developing new methods and applications for the analysis of routinely-collected population health data.

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Major funding sources

  • NHMRC
  • NSCCAHS
  • University of Sydney
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Selected publications

  • Lain SJ, Ford JB, Raynes-Greenow CH, Hadfield RH, Simpson JM, Morris JM, Roberts CL. The impact of the Baby Bonus: who is having one for the country? Med J Aust 2009 (in press)
  • Roberts CL, JC Bell, Ford JB, JM Morris. Monitoring the quality of maternity care – how well are labour and delivery events reported in population health data? Paed Perinatal Epidemiol 2009;23:144-152
  • Algert CS, Morris JM, Simpson JM, Ford JB, Roberts CL. Labor before a primary cesarean section reduces the risk of uterine rupture in a subsequent trial of labor for VBAC. Obstet Gynceol 2008;112;1061-1066.
  • Raynes-Greenow CH, Nassar N, Roberts CL. Residential mobility in a cohort of primiparous women during pregnancy and post-partum. Aust NZ J Pub Health 2008;32:131-134.
  • Roberts CL, Cameron CA, Bell JC, Algert CS, Morris JM. Measuring maternal morbidity in routinely collected health data: development and validation of a maternal morbidity outcome indicator (MMOI) Med Care 2008;46(8):786-794
  • Shand AW, Bell JC, McElduff A, Morris JM, Roberts, CL. Outcomes of pregnancies in women with pre-gestational diabetes mellitus and gestational diabetes mellitus. A population-based study in New South Wales, Australia 1998-2002. Diabetic Med 2008;25:708-715.
  • Hadfield R, Lain, SJ, Cameron C, Bell, JC, Morris, JM, Roberts CL. The prevalence of maternal medical conditions during pregnancy and a validation of their reporting in hospital discharge data. Aust NZ J Obstet Gynaecol 2008;48:78-82.
  • Ford JB, Roberts CL, Bell JC, Algert CS, Morris JM. Postpartum haemorrhage occurrence and recurrence: a population-based study Med J Aust 2007;187:391-393.
  • Ford JB, Roberts CL, Simpson JM, Vaughan J, Cameron C. Explaining the rise in postpartum haemorrhage rates: population-based analysis. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2007;98:237-243.
  • Morris, JM, Roberts CL, Crowther CA, Buchanan SL, Henderson-Smart DJ, Salkeld G. Protocol for the immediate delivery versus expectant care for women with Preterm Prelabour Rupture Of the Membranes close to Term (PPROMT) Trial [ISRCTN44485060]. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2006;6:9. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/6/9
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Major collaborations

  • NSW Department of Health
  • NSW Centre for Health Record Linkage
  • NSW Cancer Council
  • The Sax Institute
  • University of New South Wales
  • University of Western Sydney
  • University of Western Australia
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