Doctor Hazel Keedle

Academic Program Advisor, Bachelor of Midwifery,
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Senior Lecturer,
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Biography
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Publications
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Teaching
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Biography

Hazel is a Senior Lecturer and Academic Program Advisor of the Bachelor of Midwifery in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney Univeristy. Hazel has more than two decades of experience as a clinician in nursing and midwifery, educator and researcher. Her research focusses on midwifery practice/education and women’s experience of maternity care.

Hazel's work is recognised nationally and internationally, with more than 50 conference and seminar presentations including 16 as an invited speaker. Hazel has a developing publication track record as an early career researcher, with 18 peer reviewed publications and a book chapter and over 20 podcast and media interviews.

Hazel was awarded the ACM NSW Pat Brodie research scholarship to develop a smartphone application in her PhD research. Hazel was awarded the School of Nursing and Midwifery Excellence in Learning and Teaching award in 2021 and Associate Deans Award for Early Career Researcher in 2022.

Hazel is passionate about improving support for women during pregnancy, birth and the early transition to mothering. In 2022 Hazel released a book based on her PhD findings 'Birth after Caesarean, Your Journey to a Better Birth'.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Keedle.

Qualifications

PhD Western Sydney University
MNurs (Hons) Western Sydney University

Professional Memberships

Australian College of Midwives (2009 - 2020)

Awards

ACM NSW Pat Brodie Research Scholarship 2019-07-29
SoNM Excellence in Learning and Teaching 2021-12-01
SoNM Associate Deans Award for Early Career Researcher 2022-12-01

Interests

Birth trauma
Midwifery
Pregnancy, birth and postnatal period

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

School of Nursing and Midwifery
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Contact

Email:	H.Keedle@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone:	(02) 9685 9269
Mobile:	0408661503
Location:	EB.LG.75 Parramatta

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Teaching

Previous Teaching Areas

401005 Human Relationships and Life Transitions, 2017
401032 Midwifery Knowledge 2, 2017
401032 Midwifery Knowledge 2, 2018
401032 Midwifery Knowledge 2, 2019
401032 Midwifery Knowledge 2, 2020
401040 Collaborative Care, 2018
401040 Collaborative Care, 2019
401040 Collaborative Care, 2020
401044 Midwifery Practice Experience 5, 2017
401092 Essentials of Best Practice in Midwifery, 2018
401092 Essentials of Best Practice in Midwifery, 2020
401221 Midwifery Professional Practice 3, 2018
401221 Midwifery Professional Practice 3, 2019

Publications

Chapters in Books

Keedle, H. and O'Connor, S. (2020), 'The journey of homebirth after caesarean (HBAC) : fighting the system or birthing in peace', Birthing Outside the System: The Canary in the Coal Mine, Routledge 9781138592704.

Journal Articles

Keedle, H., Stulz, V., Conti, J., Bentley, R., Meade, T., Qummouh, R., Hay, P., Kaye-Smith, H., Everitt, L. and Schmied, V. (2023), '[In Press] Psychosocial interprofessional perinatal education : design and evaluation of an interprofessional learning experience to improve students' collaboration skills in perinatal mental health', Women and Birth, .
Ee, C., Levett, K., Smith, C., Armour, M., Dahlen, H., Chopra, P., Maroun, P., Rao, V., Avard, N., Grant, S., Keedle, H., Armour, S., Arentz, S., Cave, A., Sutcliffe, K. and Templeman, K. (2022), 'Complementary medicines and therapies in clinical guidelines on pregnancy care : a systematic review', Women and Birth, vol 35, no 4 , pp 303 - 317.
Keedle, H., Schmied, V., Burns, E. and Dahlen, H. (2022), 'From coercion to respectful care : women's interactions with health care providers when planning a VBAC', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol 22, no 1 .
Burns, E., Triandafilidis, Z., Hargreaves, A., Keedle, H., Hitchick, M., Campbell, O. and Elmir, R. (2022), 'Hospital-based Assistant in Midwifery role for undergraduate midwifery students : a survey exploration', Midwifery, vol 110 .
Keedle, H. and Willo, P. (2022), 'A poetic inquiry of traumatic birth through bearing witness', Qualitative Inquiry, .
Sheehan, A., Elmir, R., Hammond, A., Schmied, V., Coulton, S., Sorensen, K., Arundell, F., Keedle, H., Dahlen, H. and Burns, E. (2022), 'The midwife-student mentor relationship : creating the virtuous circle', Women and Birth, vol 35, no 5 , pp 512 - 520.
Lequertier, B., McLean, M., Kildea, S., King, S., Keedle, H., Gao, Y., Boyle, J., Agho, K. and Dahlen, H. (2022), 'Perinatal depression in Australian women during the COVID-19 pandemic : the birth in the time of COVID-19 (BITTOC) study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol 19, no 9 .
Keedle, H., Peters, L., Schmied, V., Burns, E., Keedle, W. and Dahlen, H. (2020), 'Women's experiences of planning a vaginal birth after caesarean in different models of maternity care in Australia', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol 20 .
McNally, S., McNally, T., Hatcher, D., O'Reilly, R. and Keedle, H. (2019), 'Student perceptions, experiences and support within their current Bachelor of Nursing', Nurse Education Today, vol 76 , pp 56 - 61.
Keedle, H., Schmied, V., Burns, E. and Dahlen, H. (2019), 'A narrative analysis of women's experiences of planning a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) in Australia using critical feminist theory', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol 19 .
Magick Dennis, F. and Keedle, H. (2019), 'Birthing as country', Women and Birth, vol 32, no 5 , pp 383 - 390.
Keedle, H., Schmied, V., Burns, E. and Dahlen, H. (2018), 'The journey from pain to power : a meta-ethnography on women's experiences of vaginal birth after caesarean', Women and Birth, vol 31, no 1 , pp 69 - 79.
Keedle, H., Schmied, V., Burns, E. and Dahlen, H. (2018), 'The design, development, and evaluation of a qualitative data collection application for pregnant women', Journal of Nursing Scholarship, vol 50, no 1 , pp 47 - 55.
Ormsby, S., Dahlen, H., Ee, C., Keedle, H. and Smith, C. (2018), ''Acupuncture for antenatal depression : it's worth giving it a go' : a qualitative study', Women and Birth, vol 31, no 3 , pp 166 - 176.
Priddis, H., Keedle, H. and Dahlen, H. (2018), 'The perfect storm of trauma : the experiences of women who have experienced birth trauma and subsequently accessed residential parenting services in Australia', Women and Birth, vol 31, no 1 , pp 17 - 24.
Keedle, H., Schmied, V., Burns, E. and Dahlen, H. (2015), 'Women's reasons for, and experiences of, choosing a homebirth following a caesarean section', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol 15, no 1 .

Other Publications

2018, 'Tackling Maternal Anxiety in the Perinatal Period: Reconceptualising Mothering Narratives', Report
2018, 'Psychosocial Inter-Professional Education (PIPE) project: a multidisciplinary student collaboration', Recorded Work

Hazel Keedle conducts research on effective support for childbearing women through pregnancy, birth and the early postnatal period, with a particular focus on women's experience of vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC). She is also interested in the education of midwifery students. Hazel has experience with a variety of qualitative methodologies such as narrative analysis, content and thematic analysis. Hazel has conducted a large scale national surveys for the collection of both quantitative and qualitative data and has experience in managing qualitative, quantitative and mixed method studies. Hazel is currently supervising one honours student, three PhD students and mentoring research through SPHERE.