Kelly Robinson
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
PhD topic: Exploring the value of midwifery-led continuity of care for bereaved families who are pregnant after perinatal loss.
Fifty percent of families who have lost a child due to termination for medical reasons (TMFR), stillbirth or neonatal death embark on a subsequent pregnancy within twelve months of their loss. This is a pregnancy experience fraught with grief and bereavement, but also incredible anxiety and stress. My PhD thesis seeks to explore how the midwifery continuity of care model can support parents through this pregnancy experience, and how having a named caregiver can help alleviate the psychosocial stressors during a pregnancy after loss.
I working under the supervision of A/Prof Clemence Due & Dr Siobhan Loughnan (Centre for Research Excellence in Stillbirth, Mater Mothers, QLD).
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Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2006 - 2009 Otago Polytechnic New Zealand BMid 2002 - 2004 University of Otago New Zealand BSc Anatomy & Structural Biology 2001 - 2004 University of Otago New Zealand BA -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2018 - 2021 Graduate Certificate in Midwifery Flinders University Australia 2005 - 2006 Postgraduate Diploma in Anatomy & Structural Biology University of Otago New Zealand -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2008 Whittle, K., Kieser, J., Ichim, I., Swain, M., Waddell, N., Livingstone, V., & Taylor, M. (2008). The biomechanical modelling of non-ballistic skin wounding: blunt-force injury. Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 4(1), 33-39.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2008 Buckley, H., & Whittle, K. (2008). Identifying child abuse in skeletonised subadult remains.. In M. Oxenham (Ed.), Forensic Approaches to Death, Disaster and Abuse (pp. 123-132). Australian Academic Press. 2008 Buckley, H., & Whittle, K. (2008). Identifying child abuse in skeletonised subadult remains.. In M. Oxenham (Ed.), Forensic Approaches to Death, Disaster and Abuse (pp. 123-132). Australian Academic Press. 2008 Kieser, J., Whittle, K., Wong, B., Waddell, J. N., Nicholson, H., Taylor, M., . . . Swain, M. (2008). Understanding Craniofacial Blunt Force Injury: A Biomechanical Perspective.. In P. M. Tsokos (Ed.), Forensic Pathology Reviews 5 (Vol. 5, pp. 39-51). Forensic Pathology Reviews. -
Conference Papers
Year Citation 2023 Robinson, K., Due, C., & Loughnan, S. (2023). Changing care for parents in subsequent pregnancies following stillbirth or neonatal death in Australia: Exploring support for optimising psychosocial wellbeing outcomes. In WOMEN AND BIRTH Vol. 36 (pp. S37). ELSEVIER.
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2024 Centre for Research Excellence in Stillbirth PhD Top-up Scholarship recipient
2015-2018 UniSA Casual academic - teaching Normal Pregnancy and Childbirth and Complications of Pregnancy tutorials.
2024 - ongoing Flinders University Casual Academic - teaching practical midwifery skills in a clinical simulation environment for 1st and 2nd year Midwifery students.
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2021 - ongoing Member Perinatal Society of Australia & New Zealand (PSANZ) Australia 2020 - ongoing Member Australian College of Midwives Australia 2010 - ongoing Member New Zealand College of Midwives New Zealand
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