The Bendigo Family Study team is off to our first major Australian research conference

In great news our research team has had five research abstracts accepted for the upcoming PSANZ conference in Brisbane. PSANZ is the largest obstetrics, midwifery, neonatal and maternal perinatal research conference in Australia and New Zealand.

We congratulate team members and look forward to sharing their exciting findings once the conference formally starts and the embargo is released. 

​The titles and authors are listed below:

1. The Bendigo Family Study – Using the principles of co-design to establish the protocol for a multigenerational regional and rural family study focussed around pregnancy and parenting.
Authors: Julie Quinlivan, Nicola Yuen, Yong Shi Zhang, Aimee Waegele, Adele Lourensz, Emma Adams, Jemma Billinghurst, Rodney Petersen.

2. General Practitioners Are a Key Source of Pregnancy Information and Antenatal Care for Regional and Rural Pregnant Women and Their Partner.
Authors: Lourensz A, Petersen RW, Quinlivan JA.

3. Does Mode of Delivery Affect Parenting Confidence? A Pilot Study.
Authors: Zhang YS, Petersen RW, Quinlivan JA.

4. Are Regional and Rural Parents Vulnerable to Cyberchondria in Pregnancy.
Authors: Billinghurst J, Petersen RW, Quinlivan JA.

5. Attitudes of New Parents and Grandparents Towards Genetic Risk Assessments.
Authors: Petersen TW, Zhang YS, Waegele A, Lourensz A, Adams E, Billinghurst G, Quinlivan JA.

Congratulations to everyone and we thank the families who have participated to help generate new outcomes for rural families.

Professor Julie Quinlivan
Chief Investigator Bendigo Family Study