Centre for Perinatal Health Services Research
The Centre was established in 1996 to bring together the perinatal health service research and education efforts of a number of groups with responsibility for perinatal health services research in New South Wales. The Centre's activities enhance and underpin the statewide service activities of the Pregnancy and Newborn Services Network (PSN). This forum enables clinicians, researchers and policy makers to work together as an integrated team.
Research Directions
- Analysis of population based perinatal data to establish rates of perinatal morbidity and mortality and their associated risk factors.
- Evaluation of the impact of perinatal conditions on long term developmental disorders in children.
- Promoting and conducting randomised controlled trials to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of obstetric and neonatal care.
- Critically appraising evidence for the effectiveness and efficiency of various forms of obstetric and neonatal care as part of the Cochrane Collaboration.
- Developing evidence-based guidelines for clinical practice in obstetric and neonatal care and evaluating their implementation.
- Undertaking research that considers the social environment of mothers and babies, as well as clinical factors.
- Undertaking perinatal health services research for planning and evaluation.
Contact details
Moyra Lewis
Acting Director
Pregnancy and Newborn Services Network
QEII Building (D02)
University of Sydney NSW 2006
Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 7318
Fax: +61 2 9351 7742
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