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Dr Sophie Hickey is a mixed-methods health service researcher at the Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University. She currently manages a large longitudinal cohort study of First Nations mothers and children designed to provide feedback to local service providers on best practice maternity care, that has seen a profound reduction in preterm birth for women accessing the new model of care. As an applied sociologist, Sophie works in a diverse multidisciplinary team and uses institutional ethnography, participatory action research and implementation science to improve health services for and with First Nations people. Sophie is currently on the Executive Committee of HSRAANZ and convenor forTASA Applied Sociology Thematic Group.
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Indigenous Birthing in an Urban Setting: The IBUS Study
Kildea, S., Roe, Y., Gao, Y., Hickey, S., Maidment, S. J., Heinemann, K. M., O'Dea, B. & Chadha, A. P. K.
13/05/22 → 15/04/24
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Birthing on Country services centre First Nations cultures and empower women in pregnancy and childbirth
Hickey, S., Ireland, S. & Roe, Y., 23 Mar 2022, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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A call for action that cannot go to voicemail: Research activism to urgently improve Indigenous perinatal health and wellbeing
Hickey, S., Roe, Y., Ireland, S., Kildea, S., Haora, P., Gao, Y., Maypilama, E. L., Kruske, S., Campbell, S., Moore, S., Maidment, S. J., Heinemann, K., Hartz, D., Adcock, A., Storey, F., Bennett, M., Lambert, C., Sibanda, N., Lawton, B., Cram, F. & 24 others, , 29 Apr 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Women and Birth.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Community-based sexual and reproductive health promotion and services for first nations people in urban Australia
Hickey, S., Roe, Y., Kruske, S., Clifford-Motopi, A., Kildea, S., Bernardino, B. & Fisher, I., 18 May 2021, In: International Journal of Women's Health. 13, p. 467-478 12 p., 34040455.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of a Birthing on Country service redesign on maternal and neonatal health outcomes for First Nations Australians: a prospective, non-randomised, interventional trial
Kildea, S., Gao, Y., Hickey, S., Nelson, C., Kruske, S., Carson, A., Currie, J., Reynolds, M., Wilson, K., Watego, K., Costello, J. & Roe, Y., May 2021, In: The Lancet Global Health. 9, 5, p. e651-e659 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improving interagency service integration of the Australian Nurse Family Partnership Program for First Nations women and babies: A qualitative study
Massi, L., Hickey, S., Maidment, S. J., Roe, Y., Kildea, S., Nelson, C. & Kruske, S., Dec 2021, In: International Journal for Equity in Health. 20, 1, 15 p., 212.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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