Introduction

The IMPACT Network is a committee of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand. 

It is dedicated to the improvement of maternal and perinatal health by the promotion of well-designed randomised controlled trials (RCTs), and the dissemination and application of their results.

Aims and Objectives

• to identify key research issues in maternal and perinatal care
• to promote the design, registration, completion, dissemination and application of appropriate RCTs in maternal perinatal care
• to provide a forum for discussion, communication and collaboration between consumers and investigators in all disciplines, for planned or ongoing trials in maternal perinatal care
• to provide information to the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ) newsletter
• to establish priorities for funding clinical trials in maternal perinatal health with funding agencies
• to establish international links with the Pregnancy and Childbirth and Neonatal Collaborative Review Groups of the Cochrane Collaboration, the Perinatal Clinical Trials Service at The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit in the UK, other clinical trials networks and organisations or bodies.
• to assist in bringing research evidence into clinical practice by promoting evidence-based care within the clinical colleges and other professional societies.
• to provide educational opportunities in critical appraisal and trial design.

Or a member of the IMPACT Committee.