#COCOONGLOBAL Special Edition Newsletter
- COCOON: Continuing care in COVID-19 Outbreak: A global survey of New and expectant parent experiences
- COCOON & Stillbirth CRE in the Media
- Burnet Institute & the COVID-19 Taskforce
- Opportunity to provide feedback on the draft of the National Stillbirth Action Plan
- Development of Online Grief Support Program for parents after perinatal loss
- Safer Baby Bundle & COVID-19 Resources update
- Education & Training updates
- Research updates: SFA grant winners & more!
- Upcoming events & conferences
In recent months, we have all experienced the significant impacts of COVID-19. The Stillbirth CRE hopes that you and those around you are keeping safe and well during these difficult times. We understand that the COVID-19 pandemic is worrying for pregnant women and their families, and we have been working to ensure that women are still receiving important messages about stillbirth prevention during COVID-19... READ MORE
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COCOON has launched!
The Stillbirth CRE is very excited to share with you the details of COCOON.
This significant new international collaboration seeks to provide the most comprehensive evidence base to date on how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing pregnancy and new parenthood. We are thrilled to be working with Mater Research, Ciao Lapo, Burnet Institute, International Stillbirth Alliance, Stillbirth Foundation Australia, Umamanita, King’s College London, University College Cork, Paternite Famille et Societe and a number of other global partners to deliver this research project... READ MORE
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What is COCOON?
COCOON has been developed by a global team of researchers and clinicians to understand how maternity care has changed since the outbreak of COVID-19. We want to understand the psychosocial impact of our response to the outbreak on women and their partners who are having a baby during this challenging time... READ MORE
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE COCOON STUDY
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COCOON in the Media
The COCOON study has already generated national media attention, with the study launch being covered by both Sky News and ABC News.
Stillbirth CRE Director Professor Vicki Flenady told ABC News Brisbane that anecdotal evidence indicates women are feeling anxious about changes in antenatal care, and the impacts of social isolation, and research was needed to investigate this... READ MORE
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Burnet Institute and the COVID-19 Taskforce
A COVID-19 Taskforce has been implemented to keep Australian clinicians up-to-date with the latest COVID-19 guidelines and evidence. The ‘living’ guidelines provides up-to-the minute advice to clinicians providing frontline care in this unprecedented global health crisis. To support the Taskforce, researchers from the Burnet Institute conducted a rapid review of maternal and perinatal health recommendations... READ MORE
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Stillbirth CRE in the Media
The Stillbirth CRE and the Safer Baby Bundle have also received media attention in recent months, featuring in The Guardian - Australia's silent tragedy: a stubbornly high stillbirth rate and the push to change it. Professor Vicki Flenady, Stillbirth Foundation ambassador Ann-Marie Imrie and Labor senator Kristina Keneally spoke to the Guardian about our push to reduce stillbirth rates in Australia through awareness and education... READ MORE
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The draft National Stillbirth Action and Implementation plan is out for comment
The draft National Stillbirth Action plan outlining the Government’s actions to reducing stillbirth in Australia has been released for public consultation. We would like to thank all who have contributed to the development of this plan. Both individuals and organisations across Australia have worked collaboratively to develop a number of actions against the recommendations put forward by the Select Senate Committee on Stillbirth Research and Education... READ MORE
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CAMPAIGNS & MAJOR PROJECTS
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Online Grief Support Program for parents after perinatal loss - under development
Now seeking parents and health care providers for co-design
The Stillbirth CRE are recruiting parents and healthcare providers to assist in the co-design and development of our new online bereavement support program for parents following a stillbirth or neonatal death. This study is recruiting parents and healthcare providers for either a brief telephone interview (approx. 15mins) or an in-depth focus group discussion on preliminary content for the program (approx. 60-90mins)... READ MORE
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Safer Baby Bundle (SBB) update
2020 has been a significant year for the implementation of the SBB initiative so far, and we are pleased to announce that the SBB has officially launched in New South Wales! The New South Wales Clinical Excellence Commission has held three SBB learning sessions across 4 local health districts, including the launch event at Westmead Hospital on February 18, 2020, which was attended by NSW Mental Health Minister Bronwyn Taylor... READ MORE
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New Safer Baby Bundle COVID-19 Resources
The stillbirth prevention guidance within the SBB continues to be important for women and clinicians, especially within the current COVID-19 context. However, social distancing measures have meant that there have been changes to the way pregnancy care is provided to women... READ MORE
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An update from last year's PhD top-up scholarship winners
Roshan Selvaratnam
Roshan’s research investigates the balance between benefit and harm of driving improved detection of fetal growth restriction (FGR), the strongest risk factor for stillbirth... READ MORE
Tabassum Rahman
Tabassum is a Public Health PhD student at the University of Newcastle. She is investigating smoking cessation during pregnancy and relapse among Indigenous Australian women... READ MORE
Jessica Sexton
In the past year, the NHMRC Stillbirth CRE top-up scholarship has supported Jess’ attendance at several training seminars and skill development workshops among several conferences and annual meetings in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne... READ MORE
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Stillbirth CRE & ACM Travel Fellowship Recipient!
Congratulations to Peta Zupp, winner of the Stillbirth CRE & ACM Travel Fellowship. The travel fellowship supports a rural or remotely based midwife to attend the Stillbirth CRE National Stillbirth Forum, an event which promotes the latest stillbirth research and evidence-based interventions in Australia... READ MORE
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Stillbirth Foundation Australian grant winners
Congratulations to the following research teams who were awarded with a Stillbirth Foundation Australia grant last month:
• Professor Euan Wallace, Dr Vinayak Smith and their team, who will be undertaking a clinical trial of FetalKicks, a wearable, band-aid size patch to continuously monitor fetal movements... READ MORE
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Stillbirth CRE Placental Consortium update
This Stillbirth CRE Placental consortium is a collaborative group of researchers from all over Australia that are looking at ways to address the major issue of identifying pregnancies at risk of stillbirth. They meet monthly and over the past year have established collaborations between teams to investigate specific research questions, examined ethics and governance issues related to the sharing of biological samples... READ MORE
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INFORMATION & PUBLICATIONS
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Recent data on stillbirth released
The Queensland Maternal and Perinatal Quality Council recently released their Queensland Mothers and Babies 2016-2017 Report. For more information, or to read the report, please click here.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare also recently released the latest data visualisations on Australia's mothers and babies. You can read the summary here.
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Inviting you to the 'Focus on Stillbirth Prevention and Care' webinar series!
We are excited to announce the launch of the 2020 National Stillbirth Forum Webinar Series! Join some of Australia’s leading experts on stillbirth prevention and care as they present this 4 part series between 22nd July and 12th August. For more information and to register, please visit the event website.
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Women's Healthcare Australasia (WHA) Safety & Quality in Maternity Care Face to Face Insight Forum 2020
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The WHA Safety & Quality in Maternity Care Face to Face Insight Forum will be held in Sydney on 19 & 20 November, 2020. This annual forum brings together senior executive and clinical leaders who are passionate about improving care and outcomes for women and newborns. For more information about the forum, please click here.
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Australian College of Midwives (ACM) 23rd National Conference Postponed
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The 23rd ACM conference was to be held in Sydney from 13-15 October, 2020. A new date will be announced via the conference website soon.
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ISA/ISPID International Conference Postponed until 2021
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The ISA/ISPID International Conference has been postponed from 22-24 of October, 2020 until 11-13 of November, 2021. For more information, please visit the conference website.
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