Maternal Sleep Position and Stillbirth: Formative Research in India
The Maternal Sleep Position and Stillbirth Study is a mixed-methods formative research project conducted in Karnataka, India. It investigates maternal sleep behaviours during the third trimester of pregnancy.
The study explores both the usual going-to-sleep positions of pregnant women and the perspectives of antenatal care providers regarding the provision of sleep position advice.
The study recognises maternal sleep position as a modifiable risk factor for stillbirth. It seeks to generate contextual evidence on sleep-related behaviours, beliefs, and patterns among women, as well as current antenatal care practices.
Funding
- Burnet Institute 2022 Christmas Appeal
Collaborators
- Women’s and Children’s Health Research Unit, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
Project contact
Dr Maureen Makama
Senior Research Officer; Team Leader, Evidence Synthesis and Guideline Development
Project team
Professor Caroline Homer AO
Deputy Director – Gender Equity, Diversity & Inclusion; Co-Head, Global Women's and Newborn Health; Co-Head, Immunisation and Health Systems Strengthening
Professor Joshua Vogel
Co-Program Director, Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health; Co-Head, Global Women’s and Newborn’s Health Group; Senior Principal Research Fellow
Kate Mills
Research Officer
Dr Maureen Makama
Senior Research Officer; Team Leader, Evidence Synthesis and Guideline Development
Dr Sarah Bar-Zeev
Acting Deputy Discipline Head, International Development; Senior Research Fellow (Midwifery)
Professor Adrienne Gordon
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology
University of Sydney
Ashwini AD
Project collaborator
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Camille Raynes-Greenow
Professor of Perinatal Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Sydney
Dr Lisa Vallely
Senior Lecturer
The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales
Professor Manjunath Somannavar
Professor of Biochemistry
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Professor Meghan Bohren
Senior Lecturer, Gender and Women’s Health
Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
Mridula Shankar
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
University of Melbourne
Professor Shivaprasad Goudar
Professor of Physiology
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Sunil Vernekar
Professor in Physiology
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Umesh Charantimath
Assistant professor
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Vimal Mhetri
Project collaborator
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College