Jenni Leverington

State or Territory:

• Western Australia

Primary position including institution/organisation:

• Clinical Midwife Maternal Fetal Medicine, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Women and Newborn Health Service

About Jenni Leverington:

• I completed my training as a Registered Nurse and Midwife in South Africa and completed further midwifery studies in the UK. I have worked as Clinical midwife in MFM for past 12 years with and have been part of research teams within Preterm Birth Prevention.
• I have sat on Department of Health Epidemiology working party groups in many areas of research.

Why does preventing early birth matter to you?

“My current role as Clinical Midwife in the Maternal Fetal Medicine department has given much insight into the long term consequences that preterm birth can have on the individual, their families and the community. Preventing preterm birth gives children a good start to life and I have a particular interest in the evidence surrounding late preterm birth and look forward to being able to share this evidence-based data with my midwifery and obstetric colleagues through the Alliance.”

“Preventing pre term birth often involves addressing various lifestyle and health issues that affects not only a mother and baby but their family as a whole. Early interventions with issues such as smoking cessation are health interventions that I feel can make a significant difference to the health of mothers and babies.”