Reported Experience of Family Violence in the New Zealand SUDI Case-Control Study.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of family violence (FV) in sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) cases in New Zealand.

Methods: A case-control study was implemented from March 2012 to February 2015. Cases comprised all SUDI deaths referred to the coroner.

Oral Health Inequities: Using Every Opportunity for Opportunistic Oral Healthcare.

Aims: The aim of this study was to determine if caries-free rates and the number of teeth affected by caries in children from inpatient, day stay, and specialist outpatient clinic groups differed significantly from the population and by ethnicity.

Methods: We extracted admissions for general medical admissions (inpatient) and day stay surgery for grommets (day stay) for 2019 from Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, and children on the Auckland bronchiectasis register (specialist outpatient clinic). Oral health data was extracted from the Auckland Regional Dental Service database until the end of 2021.

Outpatient or Inpatient Setting for Cervical Ripening Before Induction of Labour: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis.

Background: The optimal methods and settings for induction of labour (IOL) in terms of effectiveness, safety, and women's experience are still not elucidated.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness and safety of outpatient versus inpatient cervical ripening settings for IOL.

Search Strategy: MEDLINE, Embase, Emcare, CINAHL Plus, Scopus, Cochrane Library, WHO ICTRP and clinicaltrials.

Inpatient vaginal dinoprostone vs outpatient balloon catheters for cervical ripening in induction of labor: An individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Introduction: Outpatient cervical ripening and induction of labor might offer potential benefits. There are a few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing outpatient balloon catheters with inpatient vaginal dinoprostone, but the reported outcomes among these trials were inconsistent, justifying the need for a meta-analysis. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of inpatient vaginal dinoprostone compared to outpatient balloon catheters for cervical ripening in labor induction.

The impact of caregiver and intended mode of birth on the public cost of care: Cost analysis of maternity and neonatal care in New Zealand.

Problem: Women who receive midwifery continuity-of-care require fewer interventions, generating significant cost savings for health services. Existing cost models were based on studies including low-risk pregnancies, limiting generalisability.

Background: New Zealand (NZ) is the only high-income country with a fully integrated midwifery continuity of care model facilitating study of real-world costs by model of care.

Childhood eczema prevalence in New Zealand using topical corticosteroid dispensing data.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of eczema among children in New Zealand.

Methods: Population-based retrospective observational study utilising national pharmaceutical dispensing records for topical corticosteroids and emollients for all New Zealand children aged 0-14 years from 1st January 2006 to 31st December 2019. Data are reported using descriptive statistics, with comparisons between ethnicities and socioeconomic quintiles undertaken with rate ratios.

The impact of CREBRF rs373863828 Pacific-variant on infant body composition.

In Māori and Pacific adults, the CREBRF rs373863828 minor (A) allele is associated with increased body mass index (BMI) but reduced incidence of type-2 and gestational diabetes mellitus. In this prospective cohort study of Māori and Pacific infants, nested within a nutritional intervention trial for pregnant women with obesity and without pregestational diabetes, we investigated whether the rs373863828 A allele is associated with differences in growth and body composition from birth to 12-18 months' corrected age. Infants with and without the variant allele were compared using generalised linear models adjusted for potential confounding by gestation length, sex, ethnicity and parity, and in a secondary analysis, additionally adjusted for gestational diabetes.

Neonatal and maternal outcomes at early vs. full term following induction of labor; A secondary analysis of the OBLIGE randomized trial.

Introduction: Birth at early term (37-38 completed gestational weeks [GW] and additional days) is associated with adverse neonatal outcomes compared with waiting to ≥39 GW. Most studies report outcomes after elective cesarean section or a mix of all modes of births; it is unclear whether these adverse outcomes apply to early-term babies born after induction of labor (IOL). We aimed to determine, in women with a non-urgent induction indication (elective/planned >48 h in advance), if IOL at early and late term was associated with adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes compared with IOL at full term.

Assessment of the association between ambient air pollution and stillbirth in the UK: Results from a secondary analysis of the MiNESS case-control study.

Objective: We examined whether the risk of stillbirth was related to ambient air pollution in a UK population.

Design: Prospective case-control study.

Setting: Forty-one maternity units in the UK.

Does fetal size affect maternal perception of fetal movements? Evidence from an individual participant data meta-analysis.

Introduction: Maternal perception of fetal movements during pregnancy are reassuring; however, the perception of a reduction in movements are concerning to women and known to be associated with increased odds of late stillbirth. Prior to full term, little evidence exists to provide guidelines on how to proceed unless there is an immediate risk to the fetus. Increased strength of movement is the most commonly reported perception of women through to full term, but perception of movement is also hypothesized to be influenced by fetal size.

The effect of maternal position on placental blood flow and fetoplacental oxygenation in late gestation fetal growth restriction: a magnetic resonance imaging study.

Fetal growth restriction (FGR) and maternal supine going-to-sleep position are both risk factors for late stillbirth. This study aimed to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to quantify the effect of maternal supine position on maternal-placental and fetoplacental blood flow, placental oxygen transfer and fetal oxygenation in FGR and healthy pregnancies. Twelve women with FGR and 27 women with healthy pregnancies at 34-38 weeks' gestation underwent MRI in both left lateral and supine positions.

Outpatient balloon catheter vs inpatient prostaglandin for induction of labor: a randomized trial.

Background: Approximately 1 in 4 pregnant women undergo induction of labor. Meta-analyses have shown that mechanical methods of induction of labor are safe and effective, as is starting induction in an outpatient setting. However, few studies have evaluated outpatient balloon catheter induction in comparison with pharmacologic methods.

Risk factors for late preterm and term stillbirth: A secondary analysis of an individual participant data meta-analysis.

Objective: Identify independent and novel risk factors for late-preterm (28-36 weeks) and term (≥37 weeks) stillbirth and explore development of a risk-prediction model.

Design: Secondary analysis of an Individual Participant Data (IPD) meta-analysis investigating modifiable stillbirth risk factors.

Setting: An IPD database from five case-control studies in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and an international online study.

Fetal movements: A framework for antenatal conversations.

Background: Presentations for decreased fetal movements comprise a significant proportion of acute antenatal assessments. Decreased fetal movements are associated with increased likelihood of adverse pregnancy outcomes including stillbirth. Consensus-based guidelines recommend pregnant women routinely receive information about fetal movements, but practice is inconsistent, and the information shared is frequently not evidence-based.

Infant Care Practices, Caregiver Awareness of Safe Sleep Advice and Barriers to Implementation: A Scoping Review.

Modifiable infant sleep and care practices are recognised as the most important factors parents and health practitioners can influence to reduce the risk of sleep-related infant mortality. Understanding caregiver awareness of, and perceptions relating to, public health messages and identifying trends in contemporary infant care practices are essential to appropriately inform and refine future infant safe sleep advice. This scoping review sought to examine the extent and nature of empirical literature concerning infant caregiver engagement with, and implementation of, safe sleep risk-reduction advice relating to Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy (SUDI).

The technique 'joint and individual variance explained' highlights persistent aspects of the diet using longitudinal food frequency data.

Dietary pattern analysis is typically based on dimension reduction and summarises the diet with a small number of scores. We assess 'joint and individual variance explained' (JIVE) as a method for extracting dietary patterns from longitudinal data that highlights elements of the diet that are associated over time. The Auckland Birthweight Collaborative Study, in which participants completed an FFQ at ages 3·5 ( 549), 7 ( 591) and 11 ( 617), is used as an example.

Speech Outcomes of a National Cohort of Children with Orofacial Cleft at 5 and 10 Years of age.

Objective: To assess speech outcomes at five and ten years of age in a nationwide study of children with orofacial cleft.

Design: Prospective study.

Participants: Children born with orofacial cleft and having primary surgery in New Zealand.

Pēpē-infant sleep practices and sudden unexpected death in infancy in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Objective: To explore pēpē [infant] sleep practices and the key motivators among selected Māori and non-Māori māmā [mothers] in Auckland, New Zealand, in relation to the risk of sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI).

Methods: Qualitative research underpinned by a kaupapa Māori cultural framework was undertaken. In-depth face-to-face interviews occurred in the homes of māmā with young pēpē born in Counties Manukau, Auckland.

Challenges parents encounter when implementing infant safe sleep advice.

Aim: To understand which safe sleep recommendations parents find most challenging to implement, identifying common barriers encountered; and investigate whether challenges are associated with practices employed.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 3341 Australian families with young infants who birthed a live baby during April-May 2017. Caregivers were asked about infant care practices and family characteristics.