NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth (Stillbirth CRE)
The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth (Stillbirth CRE) has been established to address the tragedy of stillbirth in Australia through a cohesive national program of research and implementation. The Stillbirth CRE is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and functions as a network made up of individuals and partner organisations sharing a common vision.
Vision and mission
Stillbirth CRE (Opens in new tab)'s vision is to reduce the devastating impact of stillbirth for women, families and the wider community in Australia and across the globe by improving care to reduce the number of stillborn babies and to reduce the impact of this loss.
How Stillbirth CRE can help
The Stillbirth CRE research program comprises four areas and incorporates cross-cutting themes of diversity and equity:
- Data to drive change. They draw on existing and novel data systems to gain comprehensive, timely data to drive practice and policy change.
- Novel approaches to prevention. They identify novel solutions through discovery science and carry out large-scale trials in stillbirth prevention.
- Implementing prevention strategies. They provide scalable interventions to enable health services to reduce the gap between what is known and what is done in maternity care to reduce stillbirth.
- Care Around Stillbirth and Neonatal Death (CASaND). They generate the evidence-base for implementation of effective parent-centred care following stillbirth or neonatal death in hospital and community setting throughout Australia.
Stillbirth Prevention
There are a number of resources and information available relating to stillbirth prevention. These free resources are available to support you to have a safe and heathy pregnancy.
- Parent facing resources available at: Safer Baby | Working Together to Reduce Stillbirth (Opens in new tab)
- Indigenous resources available for parents at: Stronger Bubba Born | Looking after Bubba for all our Mob (Opens in new tab)
- Multicultural Resources available for parents at: Home | Growing a Healthy Baby (Opens in new tab)
Programs and apps and tools
- Project Engage Study (Opens in new tab)
- Research Involvement Registry (Opens in new tab) Research can help prevent stillbirth and improve care for families who have experienced this devastating loss, and your voice is important in this process. In joining the registry, you will have the opportunity to participate in research studies, become a parent researcher or help co-design research studies.
- Safer Baby – Steps towards a safer pregnancy (Opens in new tab)
- Education platform and free resources for healthcare professionals (Opens in new tab)
