Research and Data Requests

If you are interested in other information that is not available on our website, you may submit a completed data request form to nlppp@easternhealth.ca or fax: (709) 777-4125. All requests are subject to our Data Management Policies document. Please allow for some time to process your request, whether big or small. Some requests only take a few days where others may take a few weeks.

Data Request Form - click here for pdf file or here for word file

Data Management Policies - click here for pdf file or here for word file

In conjunction with researchers, clinicians, and healthcare professionals, the NLPPP carries out applied health research that is relevant to perinatal health policy decision making. The research also provides information to the public. If you are interested in finding more about what projects we are working on or want to discuss the possibility of working on a future research project related to perinatal health, feel free to contact us.

Memorial University's Human Investigations Committee (HIC) - click here

Eastern Health Research Proposal Approval Committee (RPAC) - click here

The NLPPP presently has eight fiscal years of data within the Perinatal Database (2001/02 to 2008/09) with information (down to diagnosis and intervention level) on mothers and babies born or transferred to the Children's and Women's Health Program. As of January 2010, data collection begun from the facilities of Western Health (Corner Brook, Stephenville and Port Aux Basques) adding the total provincial capture to 85%. The remaining regions of Eastern Health (ie, Carbonear, Burin and Clarenville) have been capturing delivery/newborn information since October 2007. In addition to the data being collected from Labrador (since January 2005), collection is also being done from the Grenfell portion (St. Anthony) of the Labrador-Grenfell Health Authority. Our goal is to capture the perinatal information from Central Health within the next few years. We also have over 10 years of provincial data from the Follow-Up Clinic Database with information on outcomes like vision or hearing impairment, cerebral palsy, and developmental delay.

Recent Research Activities -

Co-investigator on Health Care Foundation funded research study entitled: Is vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency in early pregnancy associated with maternal and/or newborn adverse health outcomes?, starting in January 2010.

Co-investigator on Janeway Foundation funded research study entitled: Intrapartum Scalp pH in the Prediction of neonatal cord arterial pH and Neonatal Outcome, starting in December 2009.

Co-investigator on research study entitled: The Effect of Gestational Weight Loss in Obese Women on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes , starting in November 2009.

Crane, J., White, J., Murphy, P., Burrage, L., & Hutchens, D. The Effect of Gestational Weight Gain by Body Mass Index on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC), January 2009. click here

Murphy, P. Innovations in Patient Care: A Framework for a Clinical and Decision Support Partnership to Improve Best Practice. Poster presented at CIHI's Data Users Conference 2008, Ottawa. click here

Co-investigator on nation-wide CIHR funded research study entitled: The WHO Global Survey for Maternal & Perinatal Outcomes in Canada, approved for $500,000 over 2 years starting in Fall 2007. click here

Williams, R**., Murphy, P*., Cramer, B., Andrews, W., & Aziz, K. Should the use of the Papile Classification of Cerebral Ultrasound Lesions be Abandoned for the Prediction of Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Very Preterm Babies. *Presented oral presentation to physicians/researchers at 2007 Western Perinatal Research Meeting, Banff, Canada, 2007 and to nurses at 2007 NICU Educational Days, St. John’s, Canada (**Presented at 2007 Pediatric Academic Societies' and Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Annual Meetings (May ’07, Toronto) and 2007 Canadian Pediatric Society Annual Meetings (June ’07, Montreal)). Submitted for publication to Journal of Pediatrics.