Education campaign urged on stillbirths

A lack of knowledge about the risk factors and causes of stillbirth has led to calls for improved public health initiatives and antenatal education to enhance care and monitoring during pregnancy.

A telephone survey of 999 Irish adults conducted by researchers at University College Cork found almost three in five (56%) were “unable to identify any stillbirth risk factors” even though 54% knew someone personally who had a stillbirth.

Of those who did give reasons for a stillbirth: