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Professor Sara Bayes

Vice-Chancellor's Professorial Research Fellow

Staff Member Details
Email: s.bayes@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO.460  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7121-9593

Dr Sara Bayes is a research-focused Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Her role includes leading studies, supervising Higher Degree by Research students and developing Midwife clinicians’ research capacity.

Background

Sara qualified as a Registered Midwife in Australia in 2003 and has worked clinically in a range of settings and models of care, including as a Midwife in Private Practice providing continuity of care. Sara has expertise in pre-registration midwifery curriculum design, accreditation and leadership as well as research capabilities. Sara has held academic positions at a number of universities previously.

Professional Associations

  • Australian College of Midwives.

Research Areas and Interests

Sara is committed to furthering our understanding of some of the problems faced by midwives, maternity services and the people who use them. She hopes to develop and implement effective solutions to those problems.

Sara is adept at using qualitative research methodologies and has particular expertise with Grounded Theory (especially Glaserian). She also works with Participatory Action Research and Implementation Science principles and methods for practice change initiatives.

Sara's research focus is on optimising midwives’ capacity to practice to the full scope of the role, and on fostering midwifery practice environments that engender job satisfaction and intention to stay in the profession.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Curtin University of Technology, 2010.
  • Master of Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, 2006.
  • Post Grad Diploma in Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, 2002.
  • Diploma in Nursing, England, 1995.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Elliott, J., Buchanan, K., Bayes, S. (2024). The neurodivergent perinatal experience — A systematic literature review on autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Women and Birth, 37(6), article number 101825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101825.
  • Martin, J., Owens, A., Bayes, S., Tofari, P., Lynch, C., Brown, N., Mountford, B., Warne, E. (2024). Understanding supervisory practice and development in the pre-HDR space: an ethogenic approach. Higher Education Research and Development, 2024(Article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2024.2393116.
  • Deys, LJ., Wilson, V., Bayes, S., Meedya, S. (2024). “Where's my baby?” A feminist phenomenological study of women experiencing preventable separation from their baby at caesarean birth. Women and Birth, 37(6), article number 101828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101828.
  • Moran, L., Bayes, S., Foster, K. (2024). How Do Professional Connections And Relationships Impact Midwives' Well-Being And Career Sustainability? A Grounded Theory Study Protocol. European Journal Of Midwifery, 8(2024), TBD. https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/178385.
  • Weckend, M., McCullough, K., Duffield, C., Bayes, S., Davison, C. (2024). Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A novel definition. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 2024(Article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12843.
  • Babatunde-Bulndi, L., Bayes, S., Ireson, D., Adama, E. (2024). Using interpretive description to facilitate women's contributions to maternity care: experiences and views of obstetric fistula prevention. African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 18(3), 10 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.12968/ajmw.2023.0025.
  • Buchanan, K., Ross, C., Bloxsome, D., Hocking, J., Bayes, S. (2024). Development of a Midwifery Student Peer Debriefing Tool: An interpretive descriptive study. Nurse Education Today, 137(2024), article number 106167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106167.
  • Deys, LJ., Wilson, V., Bayes, S., Meedya, S. (2024). Using a novel approach to explore women's caesarean birth experience. British Journal of Midwifery, 32(5), 258-263. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2024.32.5.258.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Babatunde-Bulndi, L., Bayes, S., Adama, E., Ireson, D. (2023). North-central Nigerian women's experiences of obstetric fistula risk factors and their perceived treatment services: An Interpretive Description. Women and Birth, 2023(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.02.007.
  • Dawson, K., Wallace, H., Bayes, S. (2023). “I believe…” - graduating midwifery students’ midwifery philosophies and intentions for their graduate year: A longitudinal descriptive study. Midwifery, 125(TBD), article number 103807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103807.
  • Moran, L., Foster, K., Bayes, S. (2023). What is known about midwives' well-being and resilience? An integrative review of the international literature. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 2023(Article in press), -. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12756.
  • Babatunde-Bulndi, L., Ireson, D., Adama, E., Bayes, S. (2023). Women's views on obstetric fistula risk factors and prevention in north-central Nigeria: an interpretive descriptive study. BMJ Open, 13(6), article number e066923. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066923.
  • Ismaila, Y., Bayes, S., Geraghty, S. (2023). Midwives’ experiences of the consequences of navigating barriers to maternity care. Health Care for Women International, 2023(Article in press), 21 pages. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2023.2284771.
  • Weckend, M., McCullough, K., Duffield, C., Bayes, S., Davison, C. (2023). Failure to progress or just normal? A constructivist grounded theory of physiological plateaus during childbirth. Women and Birth, 2023(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.10.003.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Kennedy, M., Bayes, S., Newton, R., Zissiadis, Y., Spry, N., Taaffe, D., Hart, N., Galvao, D. (2022). Implementation barriers to integrating exercise as medicine in oncology: an ecological scoping review. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 16(4), 865-881. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-021-01080-0.
  • Kennedy, M., Bayes, S., Newton, R., Zissiadis, Y., Spry, N., Taaffe, D., Hart, N., Galvao, D. (2022). Building the plane while it’s flying: implementation lessons from integrating a co-located exercise clinic into oncology care. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), article number 1235. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08607-w.
  • Chapman, C., Bayes, S., Sim, M. (2022). Communication surrounding initiation and withdrawal of non-invasive ventilation in adults with motor neurone disease. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 28(7), 298-306. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2022.28.7.298.
  • McCullough, K., Bayes, S., Whitehead, L., Williams, A., Cope, V. (2022). Nursing in a different world: Remote area nursing as a specialist–generalist practice area. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 30(5), 570-581. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.12899.
  • Toneycliffe, K., Bloxsome, D., De Leo, A., Bayes, S. (2022). What are the benefits and challenges of mentoring in midwifery? An integrative review. Women's Health, 18(2022), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057221110141.
  • Babatunde-Bulndi, L., Ireson, D., Adama, E., Bayes, S. (2022). Sub-Saharan African women’s views and experiences of risk factors for obstetric fistula: a qualitative systematic review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1), Article number 680. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05013-2.
  • Buchanan, K., Newham, E., Ireson, D., Davison, C., Bayes, S. (2022). Does midwifery-led care demonstrate care ethics: A template analysis. Nursing Ethics: an international journal for health care professionals, 29(1), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330211008638.
  • Adama, E., Adua, E., Bayes, S., Pahlsson Morelius, EM. (2022). Support Needs of Parents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; An integrative review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 31(5-Jun), 532-547. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15972.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Ismaila, Y., Bayes, S., Geraghty, S. (2021). Understanding the barriers to Ghanaian midwives’ ability to provide quality care: Using classic Grounded Theory Methodology in a new context. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 15(Oct 2021), Article number 100374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2021.100374.
  • Weckend, M., Bayes, S., Davison, C. (2021). Exploring concepts and definitions of plateaus during normal labor and birth: a scoping review protocol. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 19(3), 644-651. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-20-00105.
  • De Leo, A., Bayes, S., Butt, J., Bloxsome, D., Geraghty, S. (2021). Midwifery leaders’ views on the factors considered crucial to implementing evidence-based practice in clinical areas. Women and Birth, 34(1), 22-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2020.08.013.
  • De Leo, A., Bayes, S., Bloxsome, D., Butt, J. (2021). Exploring the usability of the COM-B model and Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to define the helpers of and hindrances to evidence-based practice in midwifery. Implementation Science, 2(1), Article number 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-020-00100-x.
  • Bloxsome, D., Glass, C., Bayes, S. (2021). How is organisational fit addressed in Australian entry level midwifery job advertisements. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1), Article number 183. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06169-x.
  • Ismaila, Y., Bayes, S., Geraghty, S. (2021). Barriers to quality midwifery care: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative data. International Journal of Childbirth, 11(3), 84-100. https://doi.org/10.1891/IJCBIRTH-D-20-00037.
  • Ismaila, Y., Bayes, S., Geraghty, S. (2021). Midwives’ strategies for coping with barriers to providing quality maternal and neonatal care: a Glaserian grounded theory study. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1), Article number 1190. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07049-0.
  • Buchanan, K., Velandia, M., Weckend, M., Bayes, S. (2021). Learning objectives of cultural immersion programs: A scoping review. Nurse Education Today, 100(May 2021), Article number 104832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104832.
  • McCullough, K., Bayes, S., Whitehead, L., Williams, A., Cope, V. (2021). We say we are doing primary health care but we're not: Remote area nurses’ perspectives on the challenges of providing primary health care services. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 28(5), 534-540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2021.02.006.
  • Doleman, G., Twigg, D., Bayes, S., Chivers, P. (2021). Paediatric nurses’ satisfaction with organisational communication, job satisfaction, and intention to stay: A structural equation modelling analysis. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 28(4), 376-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2020.11.005.
  • Kuliukas, L., Bayes, S., Geraghty, S., Bradfield, Z., Davison, C. (2021). Graduating midwifery students’ preferred model of practice and first job decisions: A qualitative study. Women and Birth, 34(1), 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2020.07.005.
  • Adama, E., Sundin, D., Bayes, S. (2021). Sociocultural Practices Affecting the Care of Preterm Infants in the Ghanaian Community. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 32(5), 458-465. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659620975098.
  • McCullough, K., Whitehead, L., Bayes, S., Schultz, R. (2021). Remote area nursing: best practice or paternalism in action? The importance of consumer perspectives on primary health care nursing practice in remote communities. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 27(1), 62-66. https://doi.org/10.1071/PY20089.
  • Chapman, C., Bayes, S., Sim, M. (2021). Communication surrounding initiation and withdrawal of non-invasive ventilation in adults with Motor Neuron(e) Disease: clinicians’ and family members’ perspectives. International Journal of Care Coordination, 24(44654), 96-106. https://doi.org/10.1177/20534345211010132.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Bloxsome, D., Bayes, S., Ireson, D. (2020). “I love being a midwife; it's who I am": A Glaserian Grounded Theory Study of why midwives stay in midwifery. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(1-2), 208-220. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15078.
  • McCullough, K., Whitehead, L., Bayes, S., Williams, A., Cope, V. (2020). The delivery of Primary Health Care in remote communities: A Grounded Theory study of the perspective of nurses. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 102(February 2020), Article number 103474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.103474.
  • Doleman, G., Twigg, D., Bayes, S. (2020). A comparison of middle managers' and paediatric nurses' satisfaction with organisational communication. Journal of Nursing Management, 28(6), 1223-1232. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13064.
  • Kennedy, M., Bayes, S., Newton, R., Zissiadis, Y., Spry, N., Taaffe, D., Hart, N., Davis, M., Eiszele, A., Galvao, D. (2020). We have the program, what now? Development of an implementation plan to bridge the research-practice gap prevalent in exercise oncology. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17(1), Article number 128. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-020-01032-4.
  • Kennedy, M., Bayes, S., Galvao, D., Singh, F., Spry, N., Davis, M., Chee, R., Zissiadis, Y., Hart, N., Taaffe, D., Newton, R. (2020). If you build it, will they come? Evaluation of a co-located exercise clinic and cancer treatment centre using the RE-AIM framework. European Journal of Cancer Care, 29(4), Article number e13251. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13251.

2019

Journal Articles

  • De Leo, A., Bayes, S., Geraghty, S., Butt, J. (2019). Midwives' use of best available evidence in practice: An integrative review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(23-24), 4225-4235. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15027.
  • Bloxsome, D., Ireson, D., Doleman, G., Bayes, S. (2019). Factors associated with midwives’ job satisfaction and intention to stay in the profession: An integrative review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(3-4), 386-399. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14651.
  • Bayes, S., Juggins, E., Whitehead, L., De Leo, A. (2019). Australian midwives’ experiences of implementing practice change. Midwifery, 70(March 2019), 38-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2018.12.012.
  • Geraghty, S., Speelman, C., Bayes, S. (2019). Fighting a losing battle: Midwives experiences of workplace stress. Women and Birth, 32(3), e297-e306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2018.07.012.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Wang, C., Zhu, R., Ge, L., Tufanaru, C., Bayes, S., De Jong, G. (2018). Effectiveness of acupuncture as an adjunct treatment for women with postnatal depression: a systematic review protocol. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 16(11), 2080-2084. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBISRIR-2017-003719.
  • Adama, E., Bayes, S., Sundin, D. (2018). Parents’ experiences of caring for preterm infants after discharge with grandmothers as their main support. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27(17-18), 3377-3386. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13868.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Adama, E., Sundin, D., Bayes, S. (2017). Ghanaian fathers' experiences of caring for preterm infants; a journey of exclusion. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 23(6), 275-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2017.05.003.
  • Wang, C., Whitehead, L., Bayes, S. (2017). The real ‘cost’ of study in Australia and the ramifications for China, Australia, and the Chinese nursing students: what do these three players want? A narrative review. Globalization Societies and Education, 15(5), 590-606. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2016.1195727.
  • Wang, C., Whitehead, L., Bayes, S. (2017). Global mobility in nursing: Why Chinese students leave to study nursing in Australia. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 7(11), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v7n11p51.
  • Bayes, S., Ewens, B. (2017). Registered nurses’ experiences of caring for pregnant and postpartum women in general hospital settings: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative data. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(5-6), 599-608. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13524.
  • Wang, C., Whitehead, L., Bayes, S. (2017). “They are friendly but they don’t want to be friends with you”: A narrative inquiry into Chinese nursing students’ learning experience in Australia. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 7(8), 27. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v7n8p27.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Adama, E., Bayes, S., Sundin, D. (2016). Parents' experiences of caring for preterm infants after discharge from neonatal intensive care unit: A meta-synthesis of the literature. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 22(1), 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2015.07.006.
  • Wang, C., Whitehead, L., Bayes, S. (2016). Nursing education in China: Meeting the global demand for quality healthcare. Annals of Global Health, 3(1), 131-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2016.02.009.
  • Bayes, S., Fenwick, J., Jennings, D. (2016). Readiness for practice change: Evaluation of a tool for the Australian midwifery context. Women and Birth, 29(3), 240-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2015.11.001.
  • Hauck, Y., Fisher, C., Byrne, J., Bayes, S. (2016). Mindfulness Based Childbirth Education: incorporating adult and experiential learning with mindfulness based stress reduction in childbirth education. Journal of Perinatal Education, 25(3), 162-173. https://doi.org/10.1891/1058-1243.25.3.162.
  • Adama, E., Sundin, D., Bayes, S. (2016). Exploring the sociocultural aspect of narrative inquiry: A dynamic nursing research methodology. Clinical Nursing Studies, 4(4), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5430/cns.v4n4p1.
  • Nicholls, S., Hauck, YL., Bayes, S., Butt, J. (2016). Exploring midwives' perception of confidence around facilitating water birth in Western Australia: A qualitative descriptive study. Midwifery, 33(1 February 2016), 73-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2015.10.010.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Hauck, Y., Lewis, L., Bayes, S., Keyes, L. (2015). Research capacity building in midwifery: A case study of an Australian graduate midwifery research intern program. Women and Birth, 28(3), 259-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2015.02.005.
  • Davison, C., Hauck, Y., Bayes, S., Kuliukas, L., Wood, J. (2015). The relationship is everything: Women’s reasons for choosing a privately practising midwife in Western Australia. Midwifery, 31(8), 772-778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2015.04.012.

2014

Journal Articles

  • Byrne, J., Hauck, Y., Fisher, C., Bayes, S., Schutze, R. (2014). Effectiveness of a mindfulness-based childbirth education pilot study on maternal self-efficacy and fear of childbirth. Journal of Midwifery and Womens Health, 59(2), 192-197. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.12075.

2013

Journal Articles

  • Geraghty, S., Bayes, S., McLaurin, R., O'Connor, A. (2013). Papanicoloau smear uptake among substance-using mothers in Western Australia. British Journal of Midwifery, 21(12), 868-872.
  • Davies, S., Hauck, Y., Bayes, S., Barrett, T., Jones, J. (2013). Australian maternity health professionals’ experience of an e-learning fetal surveillance package. Evidence Based Midwifery, 11(4), 138-142.
  • Kelly, G., Hauck, Y., Bayes, S., Hardwick, T. (2013). Women's perceptions of contributory factors for not achieving a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). International Journal of Childbirth, 3(2), 106-116. https://doi.org/10.1891/2156-5287.3.2.106.
  • McDonald, R., Cheraghi-Sohi, S., Bayes, S., Morriss, R., Kai, J. (2013). Competing and coexisting logics in the changing field of English general medical practice. Social Science and Medicine, 93(September), 47-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.06.010.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Bayes, S., Fenwick, J., Hauck, Y. (2012). 'Off everyone's radar': Australian women's experiences of medically necessary elective caesarean section. Midwifery, 28(6), e900-e909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2012.01.004.
  • Fenwick, J., Bayes, S., Johansson, M. (2012). A qualitative investigation into the pregnancy experiences and childbirth expectations of Australian fathers-to-be. Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, 3(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2011.11.001.
  • Fisher, C., Hauck, Y., Bayes, S., Byrne, J. (2012). Participant experiences of mindfulness-based childbirth education: A qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 12(13 November 2012), Article number 126. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-12-126.
  • Morriss, R., Kai, J., Atha, C., Avery, A., Bayes, S., Franklin, M., George, T., James, M., Malins, S., McDonald, R., Patel, S., Stubley, M., Yang, M. (2012). Persistent frequent attenders in primary care: Costs, reasons for attendance, organisation of care and potential for cognitive behavioural therapeutic intervention. BMC Family Practice, 13(2012), Article number 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-13-39.
  • Hauck, Y., Bayes, S., Robertson, J. (2012). Addressing the workplace needs of Western Australian midwives: a Delphi study. Australian Health Review, 36(2), 176-183. https://doi.org/10.1071/AH11026.
  • Bayes, S., Fenwick, J., Hauck, Y. (2012). Becoming Redundant: Australian women's experiences of pregnancy after being unexpectedly scheduled for a medically necessary term elective cesarean section. International Journal of Childbirth, 2(2), 73-84. https://doi.org/10.1891/2156-5287.2.2.73.
  • Godden, B., Hauck, Y., Hardwick, T., Bayes, S. (2012). Women's perceptions of contributory factors for successful vaginal birth after caesarean section. International Journal of Childbirth, 2(2), 96-106. https://doi.org/10.1891/2156-5287.2.2.96.

2011

Journal Articles

  • Bayes, S., White, C. (2011). Use of the lithotomy position for low-risk women in Perth, Australia. British Journal of Midwifery, 19(5), 285-289.

2010

Journal Articles

  • Fenwick, J., Staff, L., Gamble, J., Creedy, D., Bayes, S. (2010). Why do women request caesarean section in a normal, healthy first pregnancy?. Midwifery, 26(4), 394-400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2008.10.011.
  • David, S., Fenwick, J., Bayes, S., Martin, T. (2010). A qualitative analysis of the content of telephone calls made by women to a dedicated 'Next Birth After Caesarean' antenatal clinic. Women and Birth, 23(4), 166-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2010.07.002.

2009

Journal Articles

  • Fenwick, J., Gamble, J., Nathan, E., Bayes, S., Hauck, Y. (2009). Pre- and postpartum levels of childbirth fear and the relationship to birth outcomes in a cohort of Australian women. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18(5), 667-677. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02568.x.

2008

Journal Articles

  • Bayes, S., Fenwick, J., Hauck, Y. (2008). A Qualitative Analysis of Women’s Short Accounts of Labour and Birth in a Western Australian Public Tertiary Hospital. Journal of Midwifery and Womens Health, 53(1), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmwh.2007.07.021.

Research Projects

  • How do Western Australian midwives' occupational motivation, occupational engagement, satisfaction with the practice environment, and workplace stress impact their intention to stay in their job and the profession? An exploratory cross-sectional study., Rosemary Bryant Foundation, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2026, $12,178.
  • The Development of an Interprofessional Education Intervention for the Recognition of Maternal Deterioration: A Participatory Action Research Study, WA Nurses Memorial Charitable Trust, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $5,000.
  • Infant Mental Wellbeing: Supporting Fathers' Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Women and Infants Research Foundation, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $30,000.
  • Midwifery Ethics: An implementation Science Project - Stage 2 - Implementation and Feasibility, WA Nurses Memorial Charitable Trust, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $15,000.
  • Development, testing, implementation and evaluation of a graduate mentoring program to optimise the likelihood of midwife retention in Western Australia, Department of Health WA, Nursing and Midwifery Office Grant, 2020 ‑ 2022, $43,198.
  • From Research to Practice: the development, implementation and evaluation of an intervention to integrate exercise into standard of care for people with cancer, GenesisCare, Genesis Cancer Care - Grant, 2018 ‑ 2021, $5,000.
  • What is included in Australian maternity services’ antenatal education program curricula and how do they compare with evidence based recommendations?, WA Nurses Memorial Charitable Trust, Grant, 2020, $3,550.
  • Better together: Supporting perinatal and infant mental health services, WA Primary Health Alliance, Grant, 2017 ‑ 2018, $230,000.
  • The Impact of Direct Caregiver Professional Identity Midwifery on Three Maternity Indicators, Department of Health WA, Grant, 2017 ‑ 2018, $9,636.
  • Midwifery Change Leaders' Experience of Introducing Clinical Innovation: A Grounded Theory Study, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2016, 2016 ‑ 2017, $26,000.
  • Developing a Set of Midwifery-Sensitive Patient Outcome Indicators: A Delphi Study, Department of Health WA, Grant, 2014 ‑ 2015, $28,496.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Safe maternity care: A participatory and appreciative action and reflection study of the views and prioities of care recipients
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Single registered midwives' lived experiences of working in small general hospital maternity units and assisting with general patients
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Development of a Miwifery Specific tool to identify the barries and enablers to change within the clinical setting: A participatory action research study

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The co-development, implementation, and evaluation of a mentoring program for mid-career midwives
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The feasibiliity, acceptability and experiences of acuneedling (midwife administered acupuncture) for fetal malposition during labour and birth: A mixed method approach incorporating the Acuneedling for Posterior Position (APP) Trial pilot study.

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Barriers to Ghanaian midwives' ability to provide quality care: A Glaserian grounded theory study
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Improving processes for implementing evidence-based practice in midwifery: Development of an eTool(KIT) for midwives
  • Doctor of Philosophy, "I love being a midwife; it's who I am": A Glaserian grounded theory study of why midwives stay in midwifery
  • Doctor of Philosophy, A qualitative study into the communication surrounding the initiation and withdrawal of non-invasive ventilation (niv) in people with motor neurone disease

Co-principal Supervisor

  • A qualitative descriptive study exploring the perception of confidence within midwives facilitating water birth in Western Australia.
  • The Relationship is Everything: Women?s Reasons for and Experience of Maternity Care with a Privately Practising Midwife in Western Australia.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Having a known, trusted support person during labour and birth: Perceptions of Indonesian (javanese) women, their support person and midwives
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Ghanaian parents' experiences of caring for their preterm infants after discharge from the neonatal unit-a narrative inquiry study
  • Doctor of Philosophy, 'Fighting a losing battle': A Glaserian grounded theory of midwives' workplace stress
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The delivery of primary health care in remote Australian communities: A grounded theory study of the perspective of nurses

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Chinese nursing students at Australian universities: A narrative inquiry into their motivation, learning experience and future career planning
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Exploring the research to practice gap in exercise oncology
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The impact of communication satisfaction on paediatric nurses' job satisfaction and intention to stay
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