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Characteristics, outcomes, and maternity care experiences of women with children's social care involvement who subsequently died: national cohort study and confidential enquiry.

De Backer, K Felker, AM Rose, E Bull, C Labisi, O Kitchen, K Mason, C Montgomery, E Sandall, J Easter, A Knight, M Vousden, N

OBJECTIVES: To investigate maternal mortality in the context of children's social care (CSC) involvement, and to explore the quality of maternity care that women with CSC involvement received. DESI...

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The International Collaboration of Pharmacy Journal Editors (ICPJE) formally constituted to foster quality around clinical and social pharmacy practice research publications.

Alves da Costa, F Fernandez-Llimos, F Desselle, S Arnet, I Babar, Z Bond, C Cordina, M Cardenas, VG El Hajj, MS Jacobsen, R Law, AV Nørgaard, LS Polidori, C Shcherbakova, N Stewart, D Tonin, FS Weidmann, AE

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Fetal exposures and maternal mental disorders in pregnancy: a network analysis.

Lewis, AJ Van Zanden, B Galbally, M

Maternal mental health represents a significant global health burden, not only in terms of maternal wellbeing, but also for the impact it has on child development. The relationship between maternal...

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Impact of COVID-19 and the hospital disaster response on nurses working in a Fijian emergency department.

Singh, K Sosefo, M Robinson, A Rossiter, C Brown, D

OBJECTIVE: This research examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Registered Nurses working in the Emergency Department (ED) of a major Fijian hospital. It explored the role of formal disast...

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Community-based mentoring to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in adolescent pregnancies in Sierra Leone (2YoungLives): a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Fernandez Turienzo, C November, L Kamara, M Conteh, O Kamara, P Kingsford, AM Koroma, PJS Munu, M Ridout, AE Sam, B Seed, PT Thomas, S Williams, PT Shennan, AH Sandall, J CRIBS Collaborative Group,

BACKGROUND: Sierra Leone has very high maternal and neonatal mortality rates, and a large proportion of these deaths occur in adolescents, a particularly vulnerable group, and is usually driven by ...

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The development and evaluation of educational resources for young women with neurofibromatosis type 1 undergoing breast cancer surveillance.

Forwood, C Hartley, E Fleming, J Crook, A Nawara, D Wilding, M Thiyagarajan, L Moore, K Jimenez, Y Saunderson, RB Poplawski, N Berman, Y

BACKGROUND: Women with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) have an increased risk of breast cancer and poorer 5-year survival. Current breast surveillance patient information resources may be inappropri...

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Implementing best practice for peripheral intravenous cannula use in Australian emergency departments: a stepped-wedge cluster-controlled trial and health economic analysis protocol.

Egerton-Warburton, D Kuhn, L Enticott, J Yang, SN-Y Buntine, P Callander, E Cullen, L Fatovich, D Hullick, C Heiss, L Keijzers, G Le, LK-D Mihalopoulos, C Morphet, J O'Reilly, G Pokhrel, B Rickard, C Tran, V Cameron, P Teede, HJ

INTRODUCTION: Over one billion adults attend emergency departments (EDs) internationally every year, including 6.6 million in Australia. Up to half of these patients have a peripheral intravenous c...

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"It's like a book in the palm of my hand": Adapting the Safe Delivery App for Papua New Guinea to improve quality of maternal and newborn care.

Babona, D Au, L Polomon, C Deb, A Cortier, H Agarwalla, D Bolnga, J Riddell, MA Kelly-Hanku, A Homer, CSE Vallely, LM

BACKGROUND: Health workers in many low- and middle-income countries are not adequately trained to provide quality antenatal and intrapartum care. The freely available Safe Delivery App (the App) pr...

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A novel approach to expedite evidence to impact in pre-eclampsia: co-developed policy labs in Zambia and Sierra Leone.

Kuhrt, K Mabula-Bwalya, C Boulding, H Beardmore-Gray, A Ridout, A Koroma, O Sam, B Williams, PT Smart, F Meleki, I Mwila, M Chileshe, M Mawere, R Hurrell, A Mbiiza, C Fernandez-Turienzo, C Sandall, J Vwalika, B Shennan, A Bramham, K

Pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and neonatal mortality; 30,000 pre-eclampsia-related maternal deaths occur annually, with 70% in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and 16% in South Asia. We have...

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Disparities in Stillbirths in England: Analysis of A Population-Based Study of 1.3 Million Births.

Kayode, G Thilaganathan, B Burden, C Howell, A Cheng, V Sandall, J Viner, M Brigante, L Anumba, D Winter, C Harlev-Lam, B Draycott, T Judge, A Lenguerrand, E Tommy's National Centre for Maternity Improvement,

OBJECTIVE: To examine the variation in stillbirth rates between different ethnic and socioeconomic groups within each organisational hospital group (health trust). DESIGN: National registry study. ...

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