The AEDUCATE Collaboration. Comprehensive antenatal education birth preparation programmes to reduce the rates of caesarean section in nulliparous women. Protocol for an individual participant data prospective meta-analysis

• Lisa Askie,
• Sarah J Lord,
• Kenneth William Finlayson,
• Anna Lene Seidler,
• Federico Girosi,
• Kylie Elizabeth Hunter,
• Kate M Levett,
• Mary-Ann Davey,
• Caroline A Smith,
• Julie Fleet,
• Mary Steen,
• Elizabeth Newnham,
• Anette Werner,
• Leslie Arnott,
• Kerry Sutcliffe

Affiliations

Lisa Askie

methodologist

Sarah J Lord

1 The School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia - Darlinghurst, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia

Kenneth William Finlayson

Research in Childbirth and Health Unit, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, UK

Anna Lene Seidler

NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Federico Girosi

Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

Kylie Elizabeth Hunter

NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

Kate M Levett

1National Institute for Complementary Medicines (NICM), Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Mary-Ann Davey

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Caroline A Smith

2 National Institute for Complementary Medicines (NICM), Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Julie Fleet

School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Mary Steen

School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Elizabeth Newnham

School of Nursing & Midwifery, Griffith University, Medowbrook, Queensland, Australia

Anette Werner

Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Leslie Arnott

The B.E.A.R. Program, Lamaze Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Kerry Sutcliffe

School of Medicine Sydney, University of Notre Dame Australia, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia