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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.
29/07/20 → 28/01/22
Project: Research
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APP1135125 Building on Our Strengths (BOOSt): Developing and Evaluating Birthing On Country Primary Maternity Units
Kildea, S., Tracy, S., Nelson, C., Currie, J., Kinnear, A., Mohamed, J., McGrath, L., Worner, F., Sherwood, J., Barclay, L., Kruske, S., Roe, Y., Hartz, D. & Tracy, M.
1/04/19 → 31/08/22
Project: Other
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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. J., Kildea, S., Gao, Y., Allen, J. & Jenkinson, R.
3/09/19 → 3/09/24
Project: Other
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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. J., Kynoch, K. & Gao, Y.
7/09/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Dead or Deadly and Bulwal Balaang Young Women's Program
Kildea, S., Roe, Y., Gao, Y. & Roberts, J.
1/07/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Positive cognitive appraisal “buffers” the long-term effect of peritraumatic distress on maternal anxiety: The Queensland Flood Study
Paquin, V., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D. P., Kildea, S. & King, S., 1 Jan 2021, In : Journal of Affective Disorders. 278, p. 5-12 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Caesarean delivery rates and analgesia effectiveness following injections of sterile water for back pain in labour: A multicentre, randomised placebo controlled trial
Lee, N., Gao, Y., Collins, S. L., Mårtensson, L. B., Randall, W., Rowe, T. M. & Kildea, S., Aug 2020, In : EClinicalMedicine. 25, p. 1-9 9 p., 100447.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Caring for Mum on Country: Exploring the transferability of the Birthing on Country RISE framework in a remote multilingual Northern Australian context
Ireland, S., Maypilama, E., Roe, Y., Lowell, A. & Kildea, S., 17 Oct 2020, In : Women and Birth. p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Childhood Anxiety: Prenatal Maternal Stress and Parenting in the QF2011 Cohort
McLean, M. A., Cobham, V. E., Simcock, G., Lequertier, B., Kildea, S. & King, S., 13 Jul 2020, In : Child Psychiatry and Human Development. p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Coping During Pregnancy Following Exposure to a Natural Disaster: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study
Chen, T., Laplante, D. P., Elgbeili, G., Brunet, A., Simcock, G., Kildea, S. & King, S., 1 Aug 2020, In : Journal of Affective Disorders. 273, p. 341-349 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article