Professor Caroline Homer AO is the leading midwifery researcher in Australia and has an international reputation as a scholar and leader in maternal and newborn health care and service delivery.
She obtained her PhD in 2001 and since then has led research and development projects in Australia and internationally especially in relation to health services delivery, reproductive, maternal and newborn care, human resources for health workforce development and midwifery education. She has more than 30 years of experience in the sector – as a clinician, educator, researcher and leader.
Listen to Professor Homer on Episode 6 of our How Science Matters Podcast below.
The global total number of reported cases is 184 million and the grim milestone of four million deaths has been reached. The cumulative number of cases is equivalent to 23.5 per 1,000 population.
COVID-19 and its impacts on primary health services and public health infectious disease programs in Papua New Guinea. (PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT)PLOS Global Public Health
Sabera Turkmani, Kara Blackburn, Rachel Smith, Caroline Homer
BMJ Open
Grace Simpson, Moira Philip, Annabel Richards, Alexander Eggleston, Joshua P. Vogel, Alyce N. Wilson, Caroline Homer
Women and Birth
Kirsten Small, Chanelle Warton, Caroline Homer, Zoe Bradfield
We're reviewing and renewing midwifery education curricula in Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu.
We're gathering data on the care provided to women as well as asking women about their experiences.
The project aims to assess further education and training for CLMV countries to increase the number of accredited Skilled Birth Attendants
We supported updates to the World Health Organization’s recommendations on the use of certain medications to improve preterm birth outcomes.
This project aims to find out how Victorians are experiencing COVID-19 and responding to the measures introduced to stop the spread of the virus.