Guideline Development

ARCH has been at the forefront of national evidence-based guideline development and guideline methods:

In February 2010, after a national competitive process, ARCH (specifically Philippa Middleton, Caroline Crowther and Vicki Flenady) was selected to be a member of NHMRC's panel of providers with expertise relevant to the development and presentation of evidence-based health advice. This enables ARCH to be considered for a range of national evidence-based health projects, particularly guideline development and updating.

In 2010 NHMRC endorsed two of the clinical practice guidelines that ARCH has developed or helped develop (these endorsements count as applied measures of research excellence in the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative).

• Perinatal Mental Health
• Dietary guidelines for pregnant and breastfeeding women
• NHMRC Evidence Panel
• National Institute for Clinical Studies (NICS)
• Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ) Clinical Practice Guideline for Perinatal Mortality
• Antenatal Magnesium Sulphate