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It is known that a previous preterm birth increases the risk of a subsequent preterm birth, but a limited number of studies have examined this beyond two consecutive pregnancies. This study aimed to assess the risk and patterns of (recurrent) preterm birth up to the fourth pregnancy.
Diabetes in pregnancy (DIP), which includes pre-gestational and gestational diabetes, is more prevalent among Aboriginal women. DIP and its adverse neonatal outcomes are associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the offspring.
The climate crisis has detrimental impacts on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. Psychological effects include feelings of fear, overwhelm, worry, distress, hopelessness and anger; PTSD; depression; anxiety; phobias; panic disorder; sleep disturbances; attachment disorders; learning difficulties; substance abuse; shock and trauma symptoms; adjustment problems; behavioural problems; and, suicidal thinking.
Glenn Martyn Pearson Symons BA (Education) PhD Candidate B.A. (Hons) PhD. Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership; Head, First Nations
Many of the mental health issues that women develop earlier in life are chronic at the time of conception, during pregnancy and at birth
This paper sets out the methodological and theoretical considerations which framed how the Birthing on Noongar Boodjar project was conducted
Relatively disadvantaged children might benefit more from attending childcare, as indicated by the positive estimated effects found for those who never attended childcare
This study looked at the frequency of racism experiences over time in a population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Difference in stillbirth and neonatal death rates in Western Australia (1998-2010) by maternal ethnicity
A population-based, stepped wedge, cluster randomized controlled trial of an enhanced model of early infant primary care