Te Whatu Ora presents Te Tiri Whakāro: Sharing Knowledge, a webinar series to support primary care.
This webinar will equip you with practical guidance on optimising maternal health before conception, identifying and addressing risk factors early, and implementing evidence-based interventions to reduce the incidence of pre-term deliveries.
- Dr Emma Dunning will provide a comprehensive overview of how to support your patients in their preconception journey.
- Professor Katie Groom will share information on how primary care providers can identify and address preterm birth risk factors early and understand evidence-informed care to reduce preterm birth.
- Clinical updates with Dr Sue Tutty.
As always, we will answer as many questions as possible during this session.
Presenter

Emma Dunning
Emma Dunning has been a GP for 24 years. She has worked in suburban medical centres, a Māori health provider, a primary care clinic within an inpatient mental health service, telehealth and aged care.
She is a Clinical Editor and Advisor with Healthify He Puna Waiora, Aotearoa New Zealand's go-to website for trusted easy-to-understand health information and self-help resources.
Presenter

Katie Groom
Katie is a Professor of Maternal and Perinatal Health at the Liggins Institute, University of Auckland and Subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at National Women’s Health, Te Toka Tumai, Auckland City Hospital where she leads the Te Toka Tumai preterm birth service.
Katie has specialised in preterm birth care and research for more than 25 years.
As a founding member of the Carosika Collaborative she is passionate about preterm birth and equity in access to care and outcomes across Aotearoa. She aims to use and share her experience and knowledge to encourage and enable others to champion change across all aspects of preterm birth.