Professor Donna Hartz
Clinical Chair in Midwifery,
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Biography
Donna Hartz is a midwife and nurse with over 40 years of experience as a clinician, educator, lecturer, manager, consultant and researcher. She identifies as a descendant of the Kamilaroi (Gomeroi) people. She is a Professor of Midwifery at Western Sydney University and the inaugural Chair of Midwifery for Western Sydney Local Health District, a district she grew up in.
Donna has extensive experience in maternity care and service redesign, in particular caseload midwifery models of care and maternity service clinical governance. Her current work agenda is informed by previous roles that include: a hospital-accredited independent and homebirth midwife, the first clinical midwife consultant in clinical governance in NSW, the implementation and evaluation of midwifery models of care in particular caseload midwifery at the Ryde free-standing midwifery-led service, and the large caseload midwifery model at the Royal Hospital for Women NSW. She was the project manager for the first three editions of the ACM National Midwifery Guidelines for consultation and referral.
This information has been contributed by Professor Hartz.
Qualifications
- PhD University of Sydney
- MMidStu University of Newcastle (NSW)
Professional Memberships
- Australian College of Midwives (1988)
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- School of Nursing and Midwifery
Contact
| Email: | D.Hartz@westernsydney.edu.au |
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Publications
Chapters in Books
- Hartz, D., Briggs, M., Cutmore, S., Delaney-Thiele, D. and Buzzacott, C. (2020), 'Why Aboriginal women want to avoid the biomedical system : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's stories', Birthing Outside the System: The Canary in the Coal Mine, Routledge 9781138592704.
- Nguyen, T. and Hartz, D. (2020), 'International students in Australia, employability and cultural competence', Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: Australian Perspectives, Policies and Practice, Springer Singapore 9789811553615.
Journal Articles
- Hewitt, L., Dadich, A., Hartz, D. and Dahlen, H. (2024), 'The sustainability of midwifery group practice : a across-sectional study of midwives and managers', Women and Birth, vol 37, no 3 .
- Hewitt, L., Dadich, A., Hartz, D. and Dahlen, H. (2023), '[In Press] Midwifery group practice workforce in Australia : a cross-sectional survey of midwives and managers', Women and Birth, .
- Prussing, E., Browne, G., Dowse, E., Hartz, D. and Cummins, A. (2023), 'Implementing midwifery continuity of care models in regional Australia : a constructivist grounded theory study', Women and Birth, vol 36, no 1 , pp 99 - 107.
- Gray, M., Downer, T., Hanson, J., Hartz, D., Gao, Y. and Andersen, P. (2023), 'The impact of three-dimensional visualisation on midwifery students' application of knowledge of the third stage of labour to practice : qualitative findings of a pilot randomised controlled trial', Women and Birth, vol 36, no 1 , pp 36 - 43.
- Brew, B., Gibberd, A., Marks, G., Murphy, V., Jorm, L., Chambers, G., Hartz, D., Eades, S. and McNamara, B. (2023), 'Maternal asthma in Australian Indigenous women and perinatal outcomes : a whole population-linked study', International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, vol 160, no 2 , pp 653 - 660.
- Haora, P., Roe, Y., Hickey, S., Gao, Y., Nelson, C., Allen, J., Briggs, M., Worner, F., Kruske, S., Watego, K., Maidment, S., Hartz, D., Sherwood, J., Barclay, L., Tracy, S., Tracy, M., Wilkes, L., West, R., Grant, N. and Kildea, S. (2023), 'Developing and evaluating Birthing on Country services for First Nations Australians : the Building On Our Strengths (BOOSt) prospective mixed methods birth cohort study protocol', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol 23, no 1 .
- Sweeting, P., Finlayson, M. and Hartz, D. (2023), 'A comparison of inpatient suicides in Australian psychiatric and non-psychiatric hospital units between 2009 and 2018', Psychiatry Research, vol 327 .
- Bruce, B., Hartz, D., Tracy, S., Leask, J. and De Vries, B. (2022), 'The administration of intravenous fluids to nulliparous women in labour : a retrospective clinical chart review and fluid balance documentation audit', Collegian, vol 29, no 3 , pp 364 - 369.
- Hewitt, L., Dadich, A., Hartz, D. and Dahlen, H. (2022), 'Midwife-centred management : a qualitative study of midwifery group practice management and leadership in Australia', BMC Health Services Research, vol 22, no 1 .
- Coleman, R., Hartz, D. and Dahlen, H. (2021), 'The experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bachelor of Midwifery students : an integrative literature review', Women and Birth, vol 34, no 1 , pp 69 - 76.
- Hewitt, L., Dadich, A., Hartz, D. and Dahlen, H. (2021), 'Management and sustainability of midwifery group practice : thematic and lexical analyses of midwife interviews', Women and Birth, vol 35, no 2 , pp 172 - 183.
- Hewitt, L., Dahlen, H., Hartz, D. and Dadich, A. (2021), 'Leadership and management in midwifery-led continuity of care models : a thematic and lexical analysis of a scoping review', Midwifery, vol 98 .
- Parter, C., Murray, D., Mohamed, J., Rambaldini, B., Calma, T., Wilson, S., Hartz, D., Gwynn, J. and Skinner, J. (2021), 'Talking about the 'r' word : a right to a health system that is free of racism', Public Health Research and Practice, vol 31, no 1 .
- Allen, J., Jenkinson, B., Tracy, S., Hartz, D., Tracy, M. and Kildea, S. (2020), 'Women's unmet needs in early labour : qualitative analysis of free-text survey responses in the M@NGO trial of caseload midwifery', Midwifery, vol 88 .
- Allen, J., Kildea, S., Tracy, M., Hartz, D., Welsh, A. and Tracy, S. (2019), 'The impact of caseload midwifery, compared with standard care, on women's perceptions of antenatal care quality : survey results from the M@NGO randomized controlled trial for women of any risk', Birth, vol 46, no 3 , pp 439 - 449.
- Hartz, D., Blain, J., Caplice, S., Allende, T., Anderson, S., Hall, B., McGrath, L., Williams, K., Jarman, H. and Tracy, S. (2019), 'Evaluation of an Australian Aboriginal model of maternity care : the Malabar Community Midwifery Link Service', Women and Birth, vol 32, no 5 , pp 427 - 436.
- Woodhart, L., Goldstone, J. and Hartz, D. (2018), 'The stories of women who are transferred due to threat of preterm birth', Women and Birth, vol 31, no 4 , pp 307 - 312.
- Allen, J., Kildea, S., Hartz, D., Tracy, M. and Tracy, S. (2017), 'The motivation and capacity to go 'above and beyond' : qualitative analysis of free-text survey responses in the M@NGO randomised controlled trial of caseload midwifery', Midwifery, vol 50 , pp 148 - 156.
- Roome, S., Hartz, D., Tracy, S. and Welsh, A. (2016), 'Why such differing stances? : a review of position statements on home birth from professional colleges', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol 123, no 3 , pp 376 - 382.
Donna has extensive experience in maternity care and service redesign, in particular caseload midwifery models of care and maternity service clinical governance. Her current work agenda is informed by previous roles that include: a hospital-accredited independent and homebirth midwife, the first clinical midwife consultant in clinical governance in NSW, the implementation and evaluation of midwifery models of care in particular caseload midwifery at the Ryde free-standing midwifery-led service, and the large caseload midwifery model at the Royal Hospital for Women NSW. She was the project manager for the first three editions of the ACM National Midwifery Guidelines for consultation and referral. Her current major research projects include Birthing on Country projects, Aboriginal breastfeeding support, child protection education, and smoking cessation in pregnancy.
This information has been contributed by Professor Hartz.