Collaborations and Advisory Roles

[RESEARCH AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT]
Improving Maternal and Newborn Health and Health Care
Collaboration with Maternity Neighborhood and Cheshire Medical Center. Read more about this collaboration here.
[RESEARCH]
Measurement and analysis of patient-reported shared decision-making and decision quality in routine clinical practice
Collaboration with Dr Alan Nye and colleagues (Advancing Quality Alliance (AQuA), UK)
[RESEARCH]
Improving decision-making for women in early labour in Australia: The effectiveness of decision support tools for patients and clinicians
Collaboration with Dr Michael Beckmann, Ms Catherine Cooper, Ms Lauren Williams (Mater Mothers’ Research Institute) and Dr Yvette Miller (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
[RESEARCH]
Patient experiences in the ARRIVaL (Artificial Rupture of membranes versus Repeat Intra-Vaginal prostaglandins for induction of Labour) trial
Collaboration with Dr Michael Beckmann and Ms Tania Widmer (Mater Mothers’ Research Institute, Australia)
[RESEARCH]
Cross-cultural comparison of reasons for caesarean section in Australia and the United Kingdom
Collaboration with Dr Maggie Redshaw (National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, The University of Oxford, UK), Dr Yvette Miller (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) and Dr Samantha Prosser (The University of Queensland, Australia)
[RESEARCH]
Weight stigma in maternity care
Collaboration with Ms Kate Mulherin, Dr Fiona Barlow (The University of Queensland, Australia), Dr Phillippa Diedrichs (Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England, UK), and Dr Yvette Miller (Queensland University of Technology, Australia). This collaboration led to this publication.
[CLINICAL GUIDELINES]
Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guideline on Induction of Labour
I provided expert advice as a member of the Guideline Development Working Parity for this clinical guideline.
[CLINICAL GUIDELINES]
Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Operational Guideline on Maternity Shared Care
I provided expert advice as a member of the Guideline Development Working Parity for this clinical guideline.
[POLICY]
Statewide Breastfeeding Policy
I provided expert advice as a member of the Policy Development Reference Group for this policy.
[PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT]
Variable Life Adjusted Display (VLAD) Indicators - Centre for Healthcare Improvement, Queensland Health
I undertook a commissioned systematic review of evidence on clinical practices that predict severe perineal injury during childbirth, as part of the development of indicators for statewide monitoring of quality and safety in health care. This review led, in part, to the inclusion of 'Third- and fourth-degree perineal tears' as an indicator in the statistical process control methodology used to monitor health care quality in Queensland.
[QUALITY IMPROVEMENT]
Caboolture Hospital Community Partnership Project
I provided expert advice in the development and dissemination of 'The Breastfeeding Kit', a standardised suite of breastfeeding information for GPs and community service professionals designed to increase consistency in the information provided to support breastfeeding.