The Pillars
The Pillars
Building on the learning from Round 1, services participating in Round 2 of the Every Week Counts Collaborative can choose to engage in one of three focused ‘Pillars’ based on their priorities and need within their service. To ensure participation in the Collaborative is manageable and meaningful for participating teams, each team will conduct audits to assess their areas of interest to confirm their areas of priority focus. These pillars include Partnering with First Nations communities, Early Term Birth reduction, and Preterm Birth reduction.
Partnering with First Nations Communities
Partnering with First Nations communities to provide Culturally Safe preterm birth prevention care.
Early Term Birth Prevention
Safely supporting pregnancy to continue to 39 weeks and beyond by reducing rates of early term caesarean section and inductions of labour.
Preterm Birth Prevention
Enhance early identification of risk for preterm birth and timely commencement of preventative care.
First Nations Co-Design
Partnering with First Nations communities to provide Culturally Safe preterm birth prevention care.
Early Term Birth
Safely decreasing early term birth by reducing early term caesarean section and induction of labour.
Pre-Term Birth
Enhance early identification of risk factors for preterm birth and commencement of early preventative care.
Partnering Organisations
The Every Week Counts Australian Preterm and Early Term Birth Prevention Program is a partnership with clinical leadership from the Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance, quality improvement and administration leadership from Women’s Healthcare Australasia and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), which is being funded by the Commonwealth Government through the Women’s Healthcare Australasia.
Partner organisations include Menzies School of Health Research, Clinical Excellence Queensland, Clinical Excellence Commission, Safer Care Victoria, SA Health, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Women’s and Babies Research, Every Week Counts, Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, and the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand.
