Doctor Hazel Keedle

DAP - Midwifery,
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Senior Lecturer,
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Biography
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Publications
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Biography

Dr. Hazel Keedle is a Senior Lecturer of Midwifery at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University. She has over two decades of experience as a clinician in nursing and midwifery, educator, and researcher. Her research interests are vaginal birth after caesarean, birth trauma, and maternity experiences, which she explores primarily using feminist mixed methodologies.

Dr. Keedle's work is recognised nationally and internationally. She has made many invited conference and seminar presentations, and her research has been widely published in academic journals and books. She is the author of the book "Birth after Caesarean: Your Journey to a Better Birth," which is based on her PhD findings. Dr. Keedle is also the lead researcher on the largest maternity experiences survey, The Birth Experience Study.

Dr Keedle is passionate about improving the experiences of women during childbirth. She is committed to using her research to advocate for women's rights and to ensure that all women have access to respectful, supportive maternity care.

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
NURS1009 Midwifery Knowledge 1, 2021
NURS1009 Midwifery Knowledge 1, 2022
NURS1009 Midwifery Knowledge 1, 2023
NURS3005 Collaborative Care, 2021
NURS3005 Collaborative Care, 2022
NURS3005 Collaborative Care, 2023
NURS7021 Essentials of Best Practice in Midwifery, 2021
NURS7021 Essentials of Best Practice in Midwifery, 2022

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), 'Psychosocial interprofessional perinatal education : design and evaluation of an interprofessional learning experience to improve students' collaboration skills in perinatal mental health', Women and Birth, vol 36, no 4 , pp 379 - 387.
Usanov, C., Keedle, H., Peters, K. and O'Reilly, R. (2023), 'Exploration of barriers to screening for domestic violence in the perinatal period using an ecological framework', Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol 79, no 4 , pp 1437 - 1450.
Armour, S., Keedle, H., Gilkison, A. and Dahlen, H. (2023), 'Midwifery care for late termination of pregnancy : integrative review', Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, vol 37 .
Levett, K., Sutcliffe, K., Keedle, H. and Dahlen, H. (2023), 'Women's experiences of changes to childbirth and parenting education in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic : the birth in the time of COVID-19 (BITTOC) study', Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, vol 38 .
Keedle, H., Lockwood, R., Keedle, W., Susic, D. and Dahlen, H. (2023), 'What women want if they were to have another baby : the Australian Birth Experience Study (BESt) cross-sectional national survey', BMJ Open, vol 13, no 9 .
Keedle, H., Tomczak, K., Tomczak, K., Lequertier, B. and Dahlen, H. (2023), 'Feeling anxious' : women's experiences of having a baby in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic using the Voqual real time app', BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, vol 23, no 1 .
Keedle, H. and Dahlen, H. (2023), '[In Press] Incorporating co-design principles and social media strategies to enhance cross-sectional online survey participation : the Birth Experience Study', Journal of Nursing Scholarship, .
Sheehan, A., Dahlen, H., Elmir, R., Burns, E., Coulton, S., Sorensen, K., Duff, M., Arundell, F., Keedle, H. and Schmied, V. (2023), 'The implementation and evaluation of a mentoring program for Bachelor of Midwifery students in the clinical practice environment', Nurse Education in Practice, vol 70 .
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., Keedle, W. and Dahlen, H. (2022), '[In Press] Dehumanized, violated, and powerless : an Australian survey of women's experiences of obstetric violence in the past 5 years', Violence Against Women, .
Keedle, H., Peters, L., Schmied, V., Burns, E., Keedle, W., 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 and five PhD students.