Infant and maternal mortality rates in Indonesia
Sexual, Reproductive and Family Health Research Group – SEMINAR
A programme evaluation of a project designed to lower the infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Indonesia
Dr Ciptasari Prabawanti
Thursday 12th June 2025 9-10am (MS Teams)
In this seminar, Dr Ciptasari Prabawanti (an international collaborator of the SRFH group at ARU), from the University of Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, will share the findings of a programme evaluation aimed at reducing the infant and maternal mortality rate in two districts of central Java, Indonesia.
The event will be delivered via MS Teams, with an opportunity for Q and A at the end.
All welcome
Click below to book a place on Eventbrite, where you will be sent a calendar invite.
Insight programme conference
25th June 2025
The INSIGHT programme is a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) initiative which aims to attract students from registered healthcare, social work, and public health professions into research careers.
The programme provides three years of support for institutionally-led regional programmes, including University of Essex and University of Hertfordshire.
This is an opportunity for a funded Research Masters studentship, for students and recent graduates.
For more info contact: INSIGHT@essex.ac.uk
MUMS@RISC study insights
Tuesday 20th May 2025 12-1.30pm MS Teams
The MUMS@RISC study (Maternity oUtcomes and experiences of MotherS facing Removal of their Infant due to Social Care proceedings) is an NIHR funded doctoral research study, using mixed methods.
The study aims to understand how maternity care can be improved for women who have involvement from Children’s Social Care and are faced with removal from their baby after birth. Lived experiences voices have shaped every step of the research, and trauma-informed approaches have been embedded throughout the research design.
Kaat is a specialist midwife in perinatal mental health and currently undertaking her NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship at the Department of Women and Children’s Health, King’s College London. Her previous clinical experience has guided her research, including her work on the ASPEN-Study (Attempted Suicide in the PeriNatal period) and the MUMS@RISC study.
All welcome.
Book hereSilence and Scribble
Thursday 3rd April 2025 1200-1300
MS Teams
Meeting ID: 340 046 988 061
Passcode: BY9o2oS2
Click here to join Silence and Scribble!Speed Dating
Tuesday March 25th 2025
Victoria House, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire
Scenes from Lost Mothers
Tuesday February 11th 2025
UEA Studio, University of East Anglia, Norwich
NIHR Reproductive Health and Childbirth National Research Champions Group Symposium
Tuesday March 17th 2025
Kings House Conference Centre, Manchester
Silence and Scribble
Thursday 27th February 2025 1300-1400
MS Teams
Join us online for ‘Silence and Scribble’, an hour dedicated to ‘pomodoro’ style writing/thinking/planning time to enable the progression of your ideas in the company of MRN members. A great way to have some protected time and accountability for moving your work forward.
All welcome.
Microsoft Teams (link below)
Meeting ID: 351 972 747 494
Passcode: G3js7FJ7
Join hereRefugee Women and NHS Midwives
Thursday 23rd January 2025 12-1.30pm
Katherine is undertaking a PhD at City University of London entitled, ‘A phenomenological research project exploring the relationship between refugee women and NHS midwives’. Katherine will be discussing the preliminary stages of her project, which involves co-production approaches with refugee women, performing a Critical Discourse Analysis and Meta-Ethnography.
Come and join us to learn more about this fantastic project, starting a PhD, undertaking research and about the Midwifery Research Network.
All welcome.
Book here