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Sue Kildea is an internationally renowned midwifery and health services researcher with collaborative projects across Australia, Canada, Sweden and the UK. Specialising in midwifery and maternity services, remote and First Nations health she has projects redesigning maternity services; Birthing on Country services; new methods of monitoring progress in labour; sterile water injections for back pain in labour; waterbirth; and new methods for breastfeeding support. Most projects aim to improve health services and many are to strengthen services for vulnerable women and families (First Nations women, refugee women, teenagers, rural and remote women; women impacted by natural disasters/ stress in pregnancy). She is a strong collaborative researcher with expertise in participatory action research, epidemiology, randomised controlled trials, evaluation and community development. She has worked as a technical advisor in for the World Health Organisation, UNFPA and other organisations in Mongolia, Geneva, Jordan, Viet Nam, Canada, Japan and Indonesia. In 2018, Sue won Research Australia’s Health Services Researcher Award. Together with Molly Wardaguga, a Senior Aboriginal Health Worker from Maningrida, Sue was the joint recipient of the UTS Human Rights Award in 2004. This was awarded for contribution to advancing reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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2020 Rainmaker Readiness - Pregnant During the Pandemic: Does Midwifery Continuity-of-Care Buffer the Effects of COVID-19-related Stress on the Wellbeing of Mothers and Babies?
Kildea, S., Gao, Y., Roe, Y., Hartz, D., Lequertier, B., Dube, M. & Muir, L.
29/07/20 → 28/01/22
Project: Research
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2021 Rainmaker Co-investment - To Be Born Upon a Pandanus Mat (Yothuw gayatha dhäwal’ guyaŋa’nharaw)
Roe, Y., Kildea, S., Maypilama, E. Ḻ., Lowell, A., Gao, Y., Connors, C., Ireland, S. & Moore, S.
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Assessing the impact of bundled care on rates of perineal injury, maternal satisfaction and midwifery practice: a multi-method study
Lee, N., Kildea, S., Gao, Y., Allen, J. & Jenkinson, R.
3/09/19 → 3/09/24
Project: Research
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RISE SAFELY: Birthing on Country: Rise Safely in rural, remote and very remote Australia
Roe, Y., Kildea, S., Maypilama, E. Ḻ., West, R., Ireland, S., Gao, Y., Campbell, S., Leisa, M., Kruske, S., Moore, S. & Muir, L.
15/06/22 → 15/05/27
Project: Research
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Comparing timing of hand expressing of breast milk with breast massage to standard care for mothers of preterm infants between 28 and 35 weeks' gestation: a pilot randomised controlled trial (PREM Trial)
Anderson, L., Kildea, S., Lee, N., Kynoch, K. & Gao, Y.
7/09/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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A Comparison of the Timing of Hand Expressing of Human Milk With Breast Massage to Standard Care for Mothers of Preterm Infants: An Exploratory Pilot Using a Randomized Controlled Design
Anderson, L. A., Kildea, S., Lee, N., Kynoch, K. & Gao, Y., May 2023, In: Journal of Human Lactation. 39, 2, p. 226-235 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A pre-post implementation study of a care bundle to reduce perineal trauma in unassisted births conducted by midwives
Lee, N., Allen, J., Jenkinson, B., Hurst, C., Gao, Y. & Kildea, S., 14 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Women and Birth.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Birthing on country service compared to standard care for First Nations Australians: A cost-effectiveness analysis from a health system perspective
Gao, Y., Roe, Y., Hickey, S., Chadha, A., Kruske, S., Nelson, C., Carson, A., Watego, K., Reynolds, M., Costello, J., Tracy, S. & Kildea, S., May 2023, In: The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 34, p. 1-12 12 p., 100722.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing compliance with commencement and use of two partograph designs for women in active labour: A randomised controlled trial
Lee, N., Flynn, J., Gao, Y. & Kildea, S., Feb 2023, In: Women and Birth. 36, 1, p. e17-e24 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing and evaluating Birthing on Country services for First Nations Australians: The Building On Our Strengths (BOOSt) prospective mixed methods birth cohort study protocol
Haora, P., Roe, Y., Hickey, S., Gao, Y., Nelson, C., Allen, J., Briggs, M., Worner, F., Kruske, S., Watego, K., Maidment, S. J., Hartz, D., Sherwood, J., Barclay, L., Tracy, S., Tracy, M., Wilkes, E., West, R., Grant, N. S. & Kildea, S., 28 Jan 2023, In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23, 1, 77.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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