Thursday 14 February, 2019
A maternal health program in Brisbane claims to have found a winning formula to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers deliver full-term babies.
Indigenous women are almost twice as likely to give birth prematurely - which can lead to further complications - but the initiative has brought pre-term rates roughly into line with the general population.
“It has been profound,” said Yvette Roe, a senior research fellow from the University of Queensland’s School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work.
"We haven’t seen this in Australia before, so we’re really excited to [not only] continue the program but also start it up in other places."