A selection of the latest publications from Western Health’s nurses and midwives:

Publications from Western Health nurses and midwives:

  • Aboriginal Health
    • Accurate identification and documentation of First Nations women and babies attending maternity services: How can we ‘close the gap’ if we can’t get this right? Australian &New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2023: April Full Text
    • Attendance at, and experiences of, urban hospital outpatient appointments: informing a new model of care for urban-dwelling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. Australian Health Review. 2023: February Full Text
    • Accurate identification and documentation of First Nations women and babies attending maternity services: How can we ‘close the gap’ if we can’t get this right? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2022 December Full Text
  • Acute Care
    • A cross-sectional survey of patient safety culture in an emergency medicine division. 2025. Contemporary Nurse. Full Text
    • Risk factors for older people re-presenting to the emergency department with falls: A case-control analysis. 2024. Emergency medicine Australasia. Full Text
    • The predictive validity of the full outline of UnResponsiveness Score compared to the Glasgow Coma Scale in the intensive care unit: A systematic review. 2024. Neurocritical Care. Full Text
    • INFORM-AF II-Phase 1 pilot randomised controlled trial evaluating the effect of an atrial fibrillation digital education programme: study protocol. 2024. Randomized Controlled Trial. Full Text
    • Ostomy Information on the Internet-Is It Good Enough? 2024: Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing Full text
    • Using machine learning models to predict falls in hospitalised adults 2024: International Journal of Medical Informatics. Full Text
    • Predictive performance of the common red flags in emergency department headache patients: a HEAD and HEAD-Colombia study. 2024: Emergency Medicine Journal. Request a copy
    • Risk factors for violence in an emergency department: Nurses’ perspectives. 2024: Emergency Medicine Australasia. Full Text
    • Strategies for the delivery of sex-based equity in cardiovascular clinical trials. Nature Reviews Cardiology. 2024: April. Full Text
    • Direct oral anticoagulant use in hospitalized patients with atrial fibrillation across body mass index categories: design and rationale for a retrospective cohort study. Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety. 2024: January Full Text
    • Danish men’s experiences of cardiovascular screening and their views on preventive cardiovascular medication: A qualitative explorative nurse study. Journal of Vascular Nursing. 2023: December. Request Article
    • The association between shift scheduling and burnout, insomnia, and well-being in critical care nurses. Australian Critical Care. 2023: Supplement 1. Request Article
    • Building critical care nursing research capacity. Intensive & Critical Care Nursing. 2023: August. Request Article
    • A gym-based exercise program for patients with breast cancer: a mixed methods evaluation. Australian Journal of Cancer. 2023: August. Full Text
    • Exploring the educational needs of non-specialist cancer nurses who provide care for people with cancer: a mixed-methods study. Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing. 2023: August. Full Text
    • Outcome of reduction of paediatric forearm fracture by emergency department clinicians. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2023: April Full Text
    • Nurse practitioners treating ankle and foot injuries using the Ottawa Ankle Rules: a comparative study in the emergency department. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal. 2013: August Request Article
    • Survey of intensive care unit staff views on a newly introduced reusable isolation gown. Australian Health Review. 2023: January. Full Text
    • Job satisfaction and symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and burnout: A survey of Australian and New Zealand intensive care research coordinators. Australian Critical Care. 2023: January Request Article
    • Reports of bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment in ICU nurses in Australia and New Zealand. Critical Care Medicine. 2023: Supplement; 51 Request Full Text
    • Bullying, discrimination, and sexual harassment among intensive care unit nurses in Australia and New Zealand: An online survey. Australian Critical Care. 2023: January Full Text
    • Outcome of reduction of paediatric forearm fracture by emergency department clinicians. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2023: January. Full Text
    • Proactive rounding: Perspectives and experiences of nurses and midwives working in a large metropolitan hospital. Australian Critical Care, 2022: November. Full Text
    • Exploring pre-hydration in angiography patients in Australian tertiary hospital settings. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal. 2022: Oct–Dec. Full Text
    • Preventing Patient Falls Overnight Using Video Monitoring: A Clinical Evaluation. IJERPH, 2022: October. Full Text
  • Chronic Disease
    • Parental fracture history is associated with offspring early-life fracture risk: The Geelong Osteoporosis Study. 2025. Bone. Full Text
    • Proactive insulin escalation for antenatal betamethasone-induced hyperglycaemia in women with diabetes: A prospective cohort study. 2025. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol.Full Text
    • Outpatient virtual care among people living with and beyond cancer from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Australia: A protocol for a realist evaluation. 2025. Health expectations. Full Text
    • A systems neuroscience approach to diagnosis and rehabilitation of Post COVID Neurological Syndrome Based on the Systems Neuroscience Test Battery (SNTB) study protocol. 2025. Neurorehabilitation. Full Text
    • Barriers and enablers to effective weight management for people living with overweight and obesity: A rapid scoping review. 2025. Obesity Reviews. Full Text
    • Individual, Social and Environmental Factors Influencing Medication-Taking Among Adults of Vietnamese Heritage With Type 2 Diabetes Living in Australia: A Qualitative Study. 2025. Clinical Therapeutics. Full Text
    • Individual, Social and Environmental Factors Influencing Medication-Taking Among Adults of Vietnamese Heritage With Type 2 Diabetes Living in Australia: A Qualitative Study. 2025. Clinical Therapeutics. Full Text
    • Barriers and enablers to effective weight management for people living with overweight and obesity: A rapid scoping review. 2024. Obesity Reviews.  Full Text
    • Social networking sites: a powerful tool for co-design and discussion group research. 2024. Contemporary Nurse. Full Text 
    • Exploring the barriers and enablers to implementing a 16-week low-carbohydrate diet for patients with diabetic cardiomyopathy. 2024. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. Full Text
    • Effect of obesity on the use of antiarrhythmics in adults with atrial fibrillation: A review. 2024: Heart, Lung & Circulation. Request from Library
    • Danish citizens’ perspectives on the preventive medication recommended after screen-detected cardiovascular disease: A qualitative study. 2024: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences  Full Text
    • The treatment landscape of nonmetastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer: A contemporary perspective. 2024: Urologic Oncology. Full text
    • Barriers and enablers to screening, management and referral of sleep disorders in patients attending cardiac rehabilitation: A qualitative descriptive study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2024: January. Full Text
    • Improving assessment and escalation of threatened haemodialysis access: results of a nursing-led program. BMC Nephrology. 2023: September. Full Text
    • PRECeDe Pilot: Prevention of neonatal respiratory distress with antenatal corticosteroids before elective caesarean section in women with diabetes – a feasibility randomised trial. BJOG. 2023: April Full Text
    • Feasibility and acceptability of an online guided self-determination program to improve diabetes self-management in young adults. Digital Health. 2023:  March Full Text
    • Patient-centered care experiences of first-generation, south Asian migrants with chronic diseases living in high-income, western countries: systematic review. Patient Preference and Adherence. 2023: February Full Text
    • The experiences and support needs of students with diabetes at university: An integrative literature review. Diabetic Medicine. 2023: January Full Text
    • Participants’ and Health Care Providers’ Insights Regarding a Web-Based and Mobile-Delivered Healthy Eating Program for Disadvantaged People With Type 2 Diabetes: Descriptive Qualitative Study. JMIR Formative Research. 2023: January Full Text
    • Nurse-provided lung and inferior vena cava assessment in patients with heart failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2022: August.   Article Link  Request This Article
    • Nurse, midwife and patient perspectives and experiences of diabetes management in an acute inpatient setting: a mixed-methods study. BMC Nursing, 2022: September. Full Text
    • Needs of young adults with type 1 diabetes during life transitions – An Australian-Danish experience.  Patient Education and Counseling. 2022: May. PubMed Link      Request Full Text Copy   
  • COVID articles
    • Parental leave and returning to work during the COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory mixed-methods study. 2024: Australian Health Review. Full Text
    • Worsening psychological wellbeing of Australian hospital clinical staff during three waves of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Australian Health Review. 2023: Issue 6. Full Text
    • Equitable access to COVID-19 diagnostics: factors associated with the uptake of rapid antigen testing in Victoria, Australia, January – February 2022. BMC Public Health. 2023: November. Full Text
    • Family experiences and perceptions of intensive care unit care and communication during the COVID-19 pandemic…Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society/Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ANZICS/ACCCN) Intensive Care Annual Scientific Meeting, March 29-31, 2023, Adelaide, South Australia. Australian Critical Care. 2023: Supplement 1. Request Article
    • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australian community health service staff’s occupational and personal lives: a longitudinal study. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 2023: October. Full Text
    • Staff experiences, perceptions of care and communication in ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia…Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society/Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ANZICS/ACCCN) Intensive Care Annual Scientific Meeting, March 29-31, 2023, Adelaide, South Australia. Australian Critical Care. 2023: Supplement 1. Request Article
    • Psychological wellbeing of Australian community health service staff during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal cohort study. BMC Health Services Research. 2023: April Full Text
    • Worsening general health and psychosocial wellbeing of Australian hospital allied health practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Australian Health Review. 2023: February Full Text 
    • Health service COVID-19 wellbeing and support initiatives: a mixed-methods evaluation. Occupational Medicine. 2022: July. Full Text
    • Australian and Danish nurses’ and midwives’ wellbeing during COVID-19: a comparison study. Collegian. 2022: June Full Text
    • The context, contribution and consequences of addressing the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative exploration of executive nurses’ perspectives. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2022: July. Full Text
    • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australian hospital-based nursing and midwifery educators. Collegian. 2022: June. Full Text 
    • Patient preferences using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic in four Victorian tertiary hospital services. Internal Medicine Journal. 2022: May. Full Text      
    • COVID-19 Special Issue – The Impact of COVID-19 on women, babies, midwives, and midwifery care. Women and Birth. 2022: May. Full Text   
    • Childbearing women’s experiences of the maternity care system in Australia during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Women and Birth. 2022: May. Full Text  
    • Receiving maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of women’s partners and support persons. Women and Birth. 2022: May. Full Text   
    • Midwives’ experiences of providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Women and Birth. 2022: May. Full Text    
    • We’re on mute! Exclusion of nurses’ voices in national decisions and responses to COVID-19: An international perspective.  Journal of Advanced Nursing 2022: April. Full Text  
    • Australian women’s experiences of receiving maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional national survey. Birth. 2022: March. Full Text
    • Hospital clinicians’ psychosocial well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal study. Occupational Medicine (Oxford, England). 2022: April. PubMed Link. Request copy of article
    • The impact of covid-19 on psychosocial well-being and learning for Australian nursing and midwifery undergraduate students: a cross-sectional survey. Nurse Education in Practice. 2022. Full Text
    • Depression, anxiety and stress among Australian nursing and midwifery undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. 2021 Full Text
  • Digital Health
    • Digital health application onboarding reflections: lessons learned from the INFORM-AF II study. 2024: Heart Lung & Circulation. Request from Library
    • Factors related to uptake of cardiovascular mHealth applications from the patient, healthcare provider and healthcare system perspective: A qualitative systematic review. 2024: Heart, Lung & Circulation. Request from Library
  • Infection Prevention
    • Nurses’ Experiences and Perceptions of P2/N95 Mask Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia: A Qualitative Study. 2024. Nursing & Health Sciences. Full Text
    • P2-N95 mask use during the COVID-19 pandemic-experiences and perceptions of nurses who suffered adverse effects. Infection, Disease & Health. 2023: November. Full Text
    • Sick sink syndrome: a cautionary tale on the impact of sustainability and climate resilience measures in a newly constructed hospital. Infection, Disease & Health. 2023: November. Full Text
    • Nurses’ work experiences in hospital wards with single rooms: an integrative review. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2023: July Full Text
    • Social determinants of health on human immunodeficiency virus care quality in Indonesia. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2023: May Full Text
    • Social determinants of health on human immunodeficiency virus care quality in Indonesia. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2022: August. Full Text
    • An evaluation of interventions to improve outcomes for hospitalized patients in isolation: A systematic review. American Journal of Infection Control. 2022: February. PubMed Link. Request copy of article.
  • Mental Health & Wellbeing
    • Activation differentiates illness trajectories among youth seeking mental health care. 2025. Journal of affective disorders. Full Text
  • Nursing & Midwifery practice
    • Bridging practice and research: differentiating quality improvement, quality assurance, and quality improvement research in a learning health system. 2025. European Journal of cardiovascular Nursing. Request a copy of article
    • Eliminating low-value care to enhance sustainable practice. 2024. Contemporary Nurse. Full Text
    • Developing nurse and midwife centred rostering principles using co-design: a mixed-methods study. 2024, BMC Nursing. Full Text
    • Social networking sites: a powerful tool for co-design and discussion group research. 2024: Contemporary Nurse. Full text
    • Effectiveness of transition programs on new graduate nurses’ clinical competence, job satisfaction and perceptions of support: A mixed‐methods study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2023: April. Full Text
  • Women and Children
    • The Continuity of Care Experience in Australian midwifery education – Where are we heading now? 2025. Women & Birth. Full Text
    • A contemporary approach to improve understanding of the midwifery student continuity of care experience: designing an infographic using appreciative inquiry. 2025. Contemporary Nurse. Full Text
    • Rethinking Experiences of Birth in Our Operating Theatre (REBOOT): A Qualitative Study of Patient and Staff Experiences of Birth in the Operating Theatre. 2025. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. Full Text
    • Healthcare related barriers and enablers for weight management among pregnant women with overweight and obesity: a rapid scoping review. 2025. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth. Full Text
    • Psychosocial well-being and diabetes distress in the transition to motherhood among women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. 2025. Sexual & reproductive HealthCare. Full Text
    • ‘Every woman deserves that’: A qualitative exploration of the impact of Australia’s national maternity strategy. 2025. Women & Birth. Full Text 
    • The preparedness and readiness of rural and remote primary care midwives working in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. 2025. Women & Birth. Full Text
    • A contemporary approach to improve understanding of the midwifery student continuity of care experience: designing an infographic using appreciative inquiry. 2025. Contemporary Nurse. Full Text
    • Rethinking Experiences of Birth in Our Operating Theatre (REBOOT): A Qualitative Study of Patient and Staff Experiences of Birth in the Operating Theatre. 2025. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. Full Text
    • Pregnant women’s experiences of nutrition care after previous bariatric surgery. 2025. Midwifery. Full Text
    • Understanding Perinatal Mental Health: A Systems Science Approach to Identify Common Drivers and Opportunities for Intervention. 2025 International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. Full Text
    • An innovative low-cost breast pump-hire program to enhance breastfeeding rates in a neonatal intensive care unit. 2024. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Full Text
    • Effect of pregnancy intention on completion of maternity continuum of care in Sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis. 2024. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. Full Text
    • Use of galactagogues amongst Australian breastmilk expressing women in an online support group. 2024. Breastfeeding Review Full Text
    • Maternity care experiences of African-born women living in Melbourne, Australia: A qualitative descriptive study. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2024. Request a copy of article.
    • Shared decision-making and body mass index in Australian antenatal care: An exploratory OPTION12 evaluation. 2024. Health Expectations. Full Text
    • How valuable is an implementation toolkit for midwives? An exploratory study. 2025. Midwifery. Full Text
    • Corrigendum to “How valuable is an implementation Toolkit for midwives? An exploratory study” [Midwifery 141 (2025) 104241]. 2025. Midwifery. Full Text
    • What it takes to develop self-confidence and competence in midwifery students for midwifery practice. 2025. Nurse Education Today. Request a copy of article
    • An innovative low-cost breast pump-hire program to enhance breastfeeding rates in a neonatal intensive care unit. 2024. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Full Text
    • Women’s acceptability of and satisfaction with self-monitoring blood pressure during pregnancy. 2024. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Full Text
    • Shared decision-making and body mass index in Australian antenatal care: An exploratory OPTION12 evaluation. 2024. Health Expectations. Full Text
    • Multilevel modelling of the determinants of low birth weight in frontier, outermost and underdeveloped regions: Evidence from the Indonesian National Socioeconomic Survey (2019-2021). 2024. Midwifery. Full Text
    • “In an ideal world”: A qualitative exploration of shared decision-making and weight stigma in antenatal care. 2024. Women and Birth. Full Text
    • “Removing the home court advantage”: A qualitative evaluation of LEGO® as an interprofessional simulation icebreaker for midwifery and medical students. 2024. Nurse Education in Practice. Full Text
    • Association between pregnancy intention and completion of newborn and infant continuum of care in Sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis. 2024. BMC Pediatrics. Full Text
    • “Ask for my ideas first”: Experiences of antenatal care and shared decision-making for women with high body mass index. 2024. Women and Birth. Full Text
    • Maternity clinician use of shared decision-making in antenatal care: A scoping review. 2024: Birth. Full Text
    • Barriers and facilitators of access to maternity care for African-born women living in Australia: a meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence. 2024: Systematic Reviews. Full Text
    • Multilevel modelling of the determinants of low birth weight in frontier, outermost and underdeveloped regions: Evidence from the Indonesian National Socioeconomic Survey (2019-2021). 2024: Midwifery. Full Text
    • “Ask for my ideas first”: Experiences of antenatal care and shared decision-making for women with high body mass index. 2024: Women and Birth. Full Text
    • Development of the essential learning outcomes for the midwifery student continuity of care learning model: A Delphi study. 2024: Women and Birth. Full Text
    • Breastfeeding and pre-pregnancy bariatric surgery: A scoping review. Women & Birth. 2024: May. Full Text
    • Sustainability of rural Victorian maternity services: ‘We can work together’. Women & Birth. 2024: May Full Text
    • An innovative low-cost breast pump-hire program to enhance breastfeeding rates in a neonatal intensive care unit. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2024: April. Full Text
    • Trends and disparities in perinatal health outcomes among women from refugee backgrounds in Victoria, Australia: A population-based study. Midwifery. 2024: March. Full Text
    • The barometer of moral distress in midwifery: A pilot study. Women & Birth. 2024: May. Full Text
    • “I always felt like I wasn’t supposed to be there”. An international qualitative study of fathers’ engagement in family healthcare during transition to fatherhood. Midwifery. 2024: March. Full Text
    • An assessment of ten popular pregnancy applications (Apps) available for women in Australia. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2024: February. Full Text
    • Development of the essential learning outcomes for the midwifery student continuity of care learning model: A Delphi study. Women and Birth. 2024: January Full Text
    • Co-design of a question prompt list about pregnancy and childbearing for women with polycystic kidney disease: an exploratory sequential mixed-methods study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth.2023: December. Full Text
    • Maternity clinician use of shared decision-making in antenatal care: A scoping review. Birth. 2023: December. Full Text
    • Pregnant women with diabetes and their clinician’s experience of participating in a pilot randomised controlled trial of corticosteroid administration in late pregnancy: A qualitative study. Health Expectations. 2023: December. Full Text
    • Satisfaction with maternity triage following implementation of the Birmingham Symptom-Specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS): Perspectives of women and staff. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2024: February. Full Text
    • Engaging culturally diverse fathers in maternal and family healthcare: experiences and perspectives of healthcare professionals. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 2023: October. Full Text
    • Health literacy among fathers and fathers-to-be: a multi-country, cross-sectional survey. Health Promotion International. 2023: October. Full Text
    • A survey of Australian women’s digital media usage in pregnancy and labour and birth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2023: September. Full Text
    • Advocacy, accountability and autonomy: the learning intention of the midwifery student continuity of care experience. Nurse Education in Practice. 2023: August. Full Text 
    • The changing landscape of obesity in pregnant women in Victoria. Women & Birth. 2023: Supplement 1. Full Text
    • Changing the intention: embracing the Continuity of Care Experience educational model for students. Women & Birth. 2023: Supplement 1. Full Text
    • Evaluation of the EVE app for maternity care at Western Health. Women & Birth. 2023: Supplement 1. Full Text
    • Health-care related barriers and enablers for weight management among pregnant women with overweight and obesity: a rapid review. Women & Birth. 2023: Supplement 1. Full Text 
    • Moral distress in midwifery practice: a Delphi study. Women & Birth. 2023: September. Full Text
    • Preconception factors associated with postnatal mental health and suicidality among first-time fathers: results from an Australian Longitudinal Study of Men’s Health. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2023: August. Full Text
    • The green maternity project: a midwife-led initiative to promote correct waste segregation on an Australian postnatal ward. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2023: July Full Text
    • Relationships are the key to a successful publicly funded homebirth program, a qualitative study. Women and Birth. 2023: July. Full Text
    • Moral distress in midwifery practice: A Delphi study. Women and Birth. 2023: May Full Text
    • Either ‘a blessing in disguise’, or ‘I couldn’t get help’: Australian and Aotearoa NZ women’s experiences of early infant feeding during COVID-19. Women and Birth. 2023: May Full Text
    • Evaluating the implementation of the Birmingham Symptom-specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS) in Australia. Women and Birth. 2023: May Full Text
    • Accurate identification and documentation of First Nations women and babies attending maternity services: How can we ‘close the gap’ if we can’t get this right? Australian &New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2023: April Full Text
    • Experiences and information needs of women who become pregnant after bariatric surgery: An interpretive descriptive qualitative study. Midwifery. 2023: March Full Text
    • Examining the transformation of midwifery education in Australia to inform future directions: An integrative review. Women and Birth. 2023: March Full Text
    • Rural maternity and media discourse analysis: Framing new narratives. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 2023: March. Full Text
    • Be sweet to babies: consumer evaluation of a parent-targeted video aimed at improving pain management strategies in newborn Infants undergoing painful procedures. Advances in Neonatal Care. 2023: February. Full Text
    • The introduction of registered undergraduate students of midwifery in a tertiary hospital: Experiences of staff, supervisors, and women. Women and Birth. 2023: February Full Text
    • Preconception factors associated with postnatal mental health and suicidality among first-time fathers: results from an Australian Longitudinal Study of Men’s Health. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2023: January. Full Text
    • The experience of women from rural Australia with a preterm infant in a neonatal intensive care unit. Rural and Remote Health. 2023: January. Full Text
    • Accurate identification and documentation of First Nations women and babies attending maternity services: How can we ‘close the gap’ if we can’t get this right? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2022 December Full Text
    • Examining the transformation of midwifery education in Australia to inform future directions: An integrative review. Women and Birth. 2022: December Full Text
    • Relationships are the key to a successful publicly funded homebirth program, a qualitative study. Women and Birth. 2023: January Full Text
    • Critical thinking development in undergraduate midwifery students: an Australian validation study using Rasch analysis. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2022: December Full Text
    • Language used to describe the Australian midwifery workforce: A change opportunity to improve professional identity. Women and Birth. 2022: December Full Text
    • Families are receiving world-class breastfeeding care at Joan Kirner Women and Children’s at Sunshine Hospital in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. Australian Midwifery News. 2022: Summer Full Text
    • Predictors and impact of women’s breastfeeding self-efficacy and postnatal care in the context of a pandemic in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Midwifery, 2022: November.  Full Text  
    • Maternal mental health: Women’s voices and data from across the globe. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 2022 October. Full Text
    • Australian maternity service provision: a comparative analysis of state and territory maternity care frameworks. Australian Health Review, 2022: October. Full Text
    • Be sweet to babies: consumer evaluation of a parent-targeted video aimed at improving pain management strategies in newborn infants undergoing painful procedures. Advances in Neonatal Care, 2022: September.
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    • A dedicated antenatal clinic for pregnant women with morbid and super‐obesity: Patient characteristics, outcomes, perceptions and lessons learnt from establishing the DIAMOND clinic. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2022: October. Full Text
    • Evaluating the implementation of the Birmingham Symptom-specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS) in Australia. Women and Birth, 2022: September. Full Text
    • Midwives providing woman-centred care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A national qualitative study. Women and Birth, 2022: September. Full Text
    • Predictors and impact of women’s breastfeeding self-efficacy and postnatal care in the context of a pandemic in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Midwifery, 2022: August. Full Text
    • O16 – Engagement in health services among expectant and new fathers: Qualitative findings from a cross sectional study. Women and Birth, 2022: September, Supplement 1. Full Text
    • O23 – Ten years of a publicly funded homebirth in Victoria: maternal and neonatal outcomes. Women and Birth, 2022: September, Supplement 1. Full Text
    • O27 – Maternity Connect: An evaluation of a professional upskilling education program for rural midwives and nurses. Women and Birth, 2022: September, Supplement 1. Full Text
    • O69 – Experiences and information needs of women who become pregnant after bariatric surgery. Women and Birth, 2022: September, Supplement 1. Full Text W
    • O71 – Australian maternity service provision: a comparative analysis of state and territory maternity care frameworks. Women and Birth, 2022: September, Supplement 1. Full Text W
    • O90 – Barriers and enablers for antenatal care access of women engaged with social work services in the Geelong North region. Women and Birth, 2022: September, Supplement 1. Full Text
    • P30 – The introduction of registered undergraduate students of midwifery in a tertiary hospital: Experiences of staff, supervisors, and women. Women and Birth, 2022: September, Supplement 1. Full Text
    • P5 – Expectant and new fathers’ health literacy and engagement in maternity and early infant health services. Women and Birth, 2022: September, Supplement 1. Full Text
    • Understanding midwifery student needs and expectations of peer-mentoring for clinical placement: a qualitative questionnaire study. Collegian. 2022: June Article Link  Request This Article
    • Australian maternity care, considering risk and supporting safety: a scoping review. Midwifery, 2022: Sept. Full Text
    • Translating evidence into practice: implementing culturally safe continuity of midwifery care for First Nations women in three maternity services in Victoria. eClinicalMedicine. 2022: May Full Text
    • Women’s perceptions of inclusion and exclusion criteria for publicly-funded homebirth — A survey. Women and Birth. 2022: July. Full Text
    • Exploring moral distress in Australian midwifery practice. Women and Birth. 2022: July. Full Text
    • The introduction of registered undergraduate students of midwifery in a tertiary hospital: Experiences of staff, supervisors, and women. Women and Birth. 2022: April. Full Text
    • Ten years of a publicly funded homebirth service in Victoria: Maternal and neonatal outcomes. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2022: March PubMed Link. Request copy of article.
    • An integrative review of interventions for limiting gestational weight gain in pregnant women who are overweight or obese.  Women and Birth 2022: March. Full Text