Imminent birth education for rural and remote settings: An evaluation study.

Objective: To describe the development and evaluation of an educational resource that aimed to provide the non-midwifery workforce in rural and remote health facilities with basic knowledge and skills to assist women who present when birth is imminent.

Design: Descriptive methods using surveys were employed to evaluate the resource named the Imminent Birth Education Program.

Participants: Health professionals employed in Queensland Health rural and remote non-birthing facilities.

Response of steroid-treated former preterm infants to a single dose of meningococcal C conjugate vaccine.

Attenuated antibody responses have been reported in preterm infants who received neonatal dexamethasone treatment. The duration of immunosuppression may extend into later infancy. This study assessed the immune response of former preterm infants to a single meningococcal serogroup C conjugate (MCC) immunisation given after infancy.