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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., 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. J., 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., 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. J., Kynoch, K. & Gao, Y.
7/09/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Impact of the Thompson method on breastfeeding exclusivity and duration: Multi-method design
Allen, J., Gao, Y., Germain, J., O'Connor, M., Hurst, C. & Kildea, S., May 2023, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 141, p. 1-10 10 p., 104474.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Midwives experiences of interventions to improve breast expression following preterm birth: A qualitative study
Anderson, L. A., Kildea, S., Kynoch, K., Gao, Y. & Lee, N., Jan 2023, In: Midwifery. 116, p. 1-8 8 p., 103530.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prenatal maternal stress was not associated with birthweight or gestational age at birth during COVID-19 restrictions in Australia: The BITTOC longitudinal cohort study
Gladstone, M. E., Paquin, V., McLean, M. A., Lequertier, B., Elgbeili, G., Kildea, S., Klimos, C., King, S. & Dahlen, H. G., Mar 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Urinary 1H NMR Metabolomic Analysis of Prenatal Maternal Stress Due to a Natural Disaster Reveals Metabolic Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study
Heynen, J. P., McHugh, R. R., Boora, N. S., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., Austin, M. P., Laplante, D. P., King, S., Montina, T. & Metz, G. A. S., Apr 2023, In: Metabolites. 13, 4, p. 1-20 20 p., 579.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Vaccine intention and hesitancy among Australian women who are currently pregnant or have recently given birth: The Birth in the Time of COVID-19 (BITTOC) national online survey
Dahlen, H. G., Homer, C., Boyle, J., Lequertier, B., Kildea, S. & Agho, K. E., 11 Apr 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 4, p. 1-10 10 p., e063632.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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