Title
Perinatal health monitoring through a European lens: Eight lessons from the Euro-Peristat report on 2015 births
Author
Zeitlin, J.
Alexander, S.
Barros, H.
Blondel, B.
Delnord, M.
Durox, M.
Gissler, M.
Hindori-Mohangoo, A.D.
Hocquette, A.
Szamotulska, K.
Macfarlane, A.
Publication year
2019
Abstract
In November 2018, the Euro-Peristat collaboration published a new European Perinatal Health Report based on national-level indicators of mothers’ and babies’ health in 2015 in current EU member states and Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland, a total of 31 countries with over five million births.1 Euro-Peristat’s indicator set includes ten core and 20 recommended indicators of fetal and newborn health, maternal health, characteristics of the childbearing population, and healthcare services.2 Indicators are compiled from population-based routine sources, such as civil registration systems, administrative or medical birth registers, audits, and surveys.3 A standardised protocol is used and integrates clinically relevant subgroups, notably gestational age and birthweight. Each country provides aggregate data for all births at ≥22 completed weeks of gestation, or ≥500 g birthweight if gestational age is missing. If this is not possible, other clearly specified national criteria are used. Euro-Peristat relies on the active involvement of national teams to compile, verify, and interpret the indicators.
Subject
Female
Fetus
Human
Iceland
Maternal welfare
Monitoring
Mother
Norway
Pregnancy
Switzerland
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15857
TNO identifier
868472
ISSN
1470-0328
Source
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 126 (13), 1518-1522
Document type
article