Exploring the impact of midwife-led group antenatal care on caesarean section rates and infant health: a multi-site randomised controlled trial

Description: Midwife-led group antenatal care and education is where women have pregnancy check-ups, and childbirth and parenting education in groups of about ten women at the same stage of pregnancy, instead of individual check-ups and separate childbirth education. We don’t know if it is effective or if it causes harm, so we will test if the midwife-led group care (compared to having individual appointments) improves outcomes for mothers and babies such as fewer caesarean births and more healthy babies.

Dates

State ongoing
Start 2021-07-01
End 2025-06-30
Form updated 2023-11-09

Report authors

Portia Dilena (link)

Jack Nunn
0000-0003-0316-3254
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Location

Australia

URL

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Aims

improve outcomes for mothers and babies such as fewer caesarean births and more healthy babies

Category

research

Inputs

individual

Della Forster (link)

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ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6083-087X
Task: Lead Chief Investigator
Compensation: paid

funding

(link)

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1,284,106.01 (AUD)