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What a night for the award-winning RADIANT Study!!

The inaugural Australian Consumer Partnership in Research Awards were announced on August 13 2025. The entire award process showcased the amazing work that is being done around Australia... but, oh what a night it turned out to be for RADIANT!!

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RADIANT makes the finals for Consumer Partnership in Research Awards

RADIANT is in the running for three awards: "Excellence in Consumer Partnership", "Participant Experience" and "Outstanding Individual Contribution"

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Congratulations to RADIANT's Zoe Bradfield

RADIANT Associate Investigator, Dr Zoe Bradfield, has been elected President, of the Australian College of Midwives.

Are we getting maternity care right for larger bodied women?

The RADIANT team has been invited to give a webinar as part of the Women's Healthcare Australasia Leading Thinkers series

First academic paper published!

Written by members of our Lived Experience Expert Group, with Chief Investigator Dr Bec Jenkinson, and published in the world leading midwifery journal, Women and Birth, this discussion paper documents consumer concerns that the current weight-centric approach to maternity care is creating unintended harm for pregnant, birthing and postnatal women.

Body Positive Birth Alliance Launched

The Body Positive Birth Alliance brings together a collective of consumers, clinicians, researchers, advocates and professional groups with the joint aim of challenging weight-centric maternity care, and directly addressing both unconscious and conscious weight stigma and discrimination.

Funding accouncement: Women's Health Research Translation Network Coproduction Grant success

Our Womens Health Research Translation Network Coproduction Grant has been successful!

Photovoice study - COMPLETE
65 women with lived experience of weight stigma in maternity care have shared their experiences and their hopes for a better care. Reports in...
Interviews - COMPLETE
24 maternity care providers who practice a ‘weight-inclusive’ approach have shared what is special and different about their approach. Reports in...
Best Practice Principles for Weight Inclusive Maternity Care - COMPLETE
We have combined findings from the photovoice study and interviews, with evidence from other anti-stigma programs and studies to create a list of...
Harvesting Survey - COMPLETE
We held a national survey to get feedback on our big list of possible 71 (!) possible principles for the Best Practice Principles for Weight...
Shortlisting - COMPLETE
We used the results of Harvesting Survey to shortlist down to 37 possible Best Practice Principles for Weight Inclusive Maternity Care.
Ranking survey - COMPLETE
We conducted a second national survey, asking people to pick and rank the top 10 most important principles from the shortlisted Best Practice...
Further shortlisting - COMPLETE
We used the results of the Ranking Survey to further refine our list of possible Best Practice Principles for Weight Inclusive Maternity Care,...
Consensus Workshop - COMPLETE
Fifty-seven people with lived experience, consumer representatives, maternity care providers and other stakeholders came together at our National...
Endorsement - UNDERWAY
We are now approaching peak Australian stakeholder organisations to endorse the Best Practice Principles for Weight Inclusive Maternity Care.
Celebration!
Stay tuned for news about the official launch of the RADIANT Best Practice Principles for Weight Inclusive Maternity Care