Researchers on the MOHMQuit project have passed a major milestone in their work to help midwives, obstetricians and Aboriginal health workers support pregnant women to quit smoking.
After 15 months of work, the project’s implementation trial has now been completed. Our researchers teamed with partners in five local health districts – and eight maternity services – across NSW to tackle smoking in pregnancy through the MOHMQuit trial. This involved an innovative program designed to improve support provided to pregnant smokers during antenatal care and lift quitting rates.
We know that smoking in pregnancy leads to many negative outcomes for the baby including increased risk of premature birth, being born sickly or stillborn and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). For the mother, smoking increases her risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and cancer. Stopping smoking reduces these preventable negative outcomes.
MOHMQuit was developed through a collaborative program of research, commencing in 2014. The implementation trial commenced in November 2020 and will now move into the data collection and analysis phase.
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