{"id":14071,"date":"2023-05-03T09:56:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T23:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=14071"},"modified":"2023-05-04T15:35:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T05:35:58","slug":"preterm-birth-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/news-at-the-royal\/preterm-birth-rates","title":{"rendered":"RBWH on track to reduce preterm birth rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_14081\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14081\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14081 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/rbwh-preterm-birth-prevention.jpg\" alt=\"National Preterm Birth Prevention Collaborative at RBWH\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/rbwh-preterm-birth-prevention-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/rbwh-preterm-birth-prevention-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/rbwh-preterm-birth-prevention-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/rbwh-preterm-birth-prevention-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/rbwh-preterm-birth-prevention.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The RBWH leading the National Preterm Birth Prevention Collaborative at a local level<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>The RBWH Women\u2019s and Newborn Services team have joined ranks with hospitals across Australia and New Zealand to reduce the rate of preterm birth by 20 per cent by March 2024.<\/h4>\n<p>The Women\u2019s Healthcare Australasia National Preterm Birth Prevention Collaborative involves more than 50 hospitals and is a world first initiative.<\/p>\n<p>At RBWH, a team of six are leading the initiative including Marcia Morris, Dr Christoph Lehner, Dr Chayel Klein, consumer Melanie McKenzie, data manager Zuleiga Goder, and Ngarrama Midwife Rebecca Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>RBWH Nurse Marcia Morris said preterm birth rates in Australia have been increasing since 1994, highlighting the importance of this initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many risks involved with preterm birth, including increased risk of obstetric intervention, increased range of long-term health issues and disease which can reduce life-quality, and a higher risk of death,\u201d Marcia said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe collaborative includes seven strategies to support the reduction in preterm birth which we will be employing here at RBWH.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2022, 4416 singleton babies were born at RBWH with 374 of those born before 37 weeks (8.5%). We are looking forward to reducing this number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The initiative follows on from a Women\u2019s Healthcare Australasia collaborative RBWH participated in in 2017\/2018 to reduce third and fourth-degree tears in birthing mothers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/women.wcha.asn.au\/collaborate\/breakthrough-collaboratives\/the-national-preterm-birth-prevention-collaborative\/\">For further information, visit the Women&#8217;s Healthcare Australasia website.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RBWH Women\u2019s and Newborn Services team have joined ranks with hospitals across Australia and New Zealand to reduce the rate of preterm birth by 20 per cent by March 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":10106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-at-the-royal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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