Overview
Background
Assoc Prof Fran Boyle is a social scientist and health services researcher at the Institute for Social Sciences Research. Fran's background is in psychology and public health and her research focuses on people’s lived experiences of health, health services and the health system. Fran's research expertise is in the application of social sciences methods (including the integration quantitative and qualitative approaches) and health systems thinking to guide policy and practice.
Fran is a Principal Investigator with the Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth where she co-leads the Care after Stillbirth program. Her research addresses the psychosocial impacts of perinatal loss and is committed to improving outcomes for women and families through the implementation and evaluation of best practice parent-centred perinatal bereavement care in hospital and community settings.
Availability
- Associate Professor Fran Boyle is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2019
Journal Article
Beyond the headlines: fetal movement awareness is an important stillbirth prevention strategy
Flenady, Vicki, Ellwood, David, Bradford, Billie, Coory, Michael, Middleton, Philippa, Gardener, Glenn, Radestad, Ingela, Homer, Caroline, Davies-Tuck, Miranda, Forster, Della, Gordon, Adrienne, Groom, Katie, Crowther, Caroline, Walker, Sue, Foord, Claire, Warland, Jane, Murphy, Margaret, Said, Joanne, Boyle, Fran, O'Donoghue, Keelin, Cronin, Robin, Sexton, Jessica, Weller, Megan and McCowan, Lesley (2019). Beyond the headlines: fetal movement awareness is an important stillbirth prevention strategy. Women and Birth, 32 (1), 1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.12.001
2019
Conference Publication
Survey of Australian maternity services on care practices to reduce stillbirth
Andrews, C., Middleton, P., Ellwood, D., Gordon, A., Homer, C., Donnolley, N., Boyle, F., Morris, J. and Flenady, V. (2019). Survey of Australian maternity services on care practices to reduce stillbirth. 23rd Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ), Gold Coast, Queensland, 17-20 March 2019. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14409_4
2019
Other Outputs
Rural physicians: training and professional support study
Ostini, Remo, McGrail Matthew, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan Srinivas, Hill Peter, O’Sullivan Belinda, Selvey, Linda, Eley, Diane, Adegbija, Odewumi, Boyle, Fran, Dettrick, Zoe, Jennaway, Megan and Strasser, Sarah (2019). Rural physicians: training and professional support study. Toowoomba, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2019
Conference Publication
Clinicians' view of parents' decision‐making needs for autopsy consent after stillbirth
Schirmann, A., Boyle, F., Horey, D., Rowlands, I. and Flenady, V. (2019). Clinicians' view of parents' decision‐making needs for autopsy consent after stillbirth. 23rd Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ), Gold Coast, Queensland, 17-20 March 2019. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14410_133
2019
Journal Article
Survey of Australian maternity hospitals to inform development and implementation of a stillbirth prevention ‘bundle of care’
Andrews, C. J., Ellwood, D., Middleton, P. F., Homer, C. S.E., Reinebrant, H. E., Donnolley, N., Boyle, F. M., Gordon, A., Nicholl, M., Morris, J., Gardener, G., Davies-Tuck, M., Wallace, E. M. and Flenady, V. J. (2019). Survey of Australian maternity hospitals to inform development and implementation of a stillbirth prevention ‘bundle of care’. Women and Birth, 33 (3), 251-258. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2019.06.001
2019
Conference Publication
Improving care after stillbirth and neonatal death: the PSANZ/stillbirth CRE clinical practice guidelines update 2018
Boyle, F.M., Horey, D., Middleton, P. and Flenady, V. (2019). Improving care after stillbirth and neonatal death: the PSANZ/stillbirth CRE clinical practice guidelines update 2018. 23rd Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ), Gold Coast, Queensland, 17-20 March 2019. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14410_29
2018
Journal Article
Understanding mothers' decision-making needs for autopsy consent after stillbirth: Framework analysis of a large survey
Schirmann, Anne, Boyle, Frances M, Horey, Dell, Siassakos, Dimitrios, Ellwood, David, Rowlands, Ingrid and Flenady, Vicki (2018). Understanding mothers' decision-making needs for autopsy consent after stillbirth: Framework analysis of a large survey. Birth, 45 (3), 255-262. doi: 10.1111/birt.12344
2018
Journal Article
Mobile applications providing guidance about decreased fetal movement: review and content analysis
Daly, Lisa M., Boyle, Frances M., Gibbons, Kristen, Le, Han, Roberts, Janine and Flenady, Vicki (2018). Mobile applications providing guidance about decreased fetal movement: review and content analysis. Women and Birth, 32 (3), e289-e296. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.07.020
2018
Journal Article
The effect of mobile app interventions on influencing healthy maternal behavior and improving perinatal health outcomes: Systematic review
Daly, Lisa M., Horey, Dell, Middleton, Philippa F., Boyle, Frances M. and Flenady, Vicki (2018). The effect of mobile app interventions on influencing healthy maternal behavior and improving perinatal health outcomes: Systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 6 (8) e10012, e10012. doi: 10.2196/10012
2018
Conference Publication
My Baby's Movements: Integration of a mobile phone application into the antenatal education toolkit
Weller, Megan, Gardener, Glenn, Henry, Sarah, Ellwood, David, Daly, Lisa, Warrilow, Kara, Boyle, Fran and Flenady, Vicki (2018). My Baby's Movements: Integration of a mobile phone application into the antenatal education toolkit. Australian College of Midwives National Conference 2018, Perth, Western Australia, 16 - 18 October 2018. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.08.040
2018
Journal Article
Parents’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences of care after stillbirth in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-summary
Shakespeare, C., Merriel, A., Bakhbakhi, D., Baneszova, R., Barnard, K., Lynch, M., Storey, C., Blencowe, H., Boyle, F., Flenady, V., Gold, K., Horey, D., Mills, T. and Siassakos, D. (2018). Parents’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences of care after stillbirth in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-summary. BJOG, 126 (1), 12-21. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15430
2017
Journal Article
How participation in surgical mortality audit impacts surgical practice
Lui, Chi-Wai, Boyle, Frances M., Wysocki, Arkadiusz Peter, Baker, Peter, D'Souza, Alisha, Faint, Sonya, Rey-Conde, Therese and North, John B. (2017). How participation in surgical mortality audit impacts surgical practice. BMC Surgery, 17 (1) 42, 42. doi: 10.1186/s12893-017-0240-z
2017
Journal Article
The effect of mobile application interventions on influencing healthy maternal behaviour and improving perinatal health outcomes: a systematic review protocol
Daly, Lisa M., Horey, Dell, Middleton, Philippa F., Boyle, Frances M. and Flenady, Vicki (2017). The effect of mobile application interventions on influencing healthy maternal behaviour and improving perinatal health outcomes: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 6 (1) 26, 26. doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0424-8
2017
Journal Article
Predictors of autopsy following stillbirth in Queensland, Australia: a population-based study
Ibiebele, Ibinabo, Boyle, Frances M., Horey, Dell, Lourie, Rohan, Wilson, Patricia, Coory, Michael and Flenady, Vicki (2017). Predictors of autopsy following stillbirth in Queensland, Australia: a population-based study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 57 (1), 33-39. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12563
2016
Journal Article
Care in subsequent pregnancies following stillbirth: an international survey of parents
Wojcieszek, A. M., Boyle, F. M., Belizan, J. M., Cassidy, J., Cassidy, P., Erwich, J. J. H. M., Farrales, L., Gross, M. M., Heazell, A. E. P., Leisher, S. H., Mills, T., Murphy, M., Pettersson, K., Ravaldi, C., Ruidiaz, J., Siassakos, D., Silver, R. M., Story, C., Vannacci, A., Middleton, P., Ellwood, D. and Flenady, V. (2016). Care in subsequent pregnancies following stillbirth: an international survey of parents. BJOG: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 125 (2), 193-201. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14424
2016
Journal Article
Are care plans suitable for the management of multiple conditions?
Young, Charlotte E., Boyle, Frances M. and Mutch, Allyson J. (2016). Are care plans suitable for the management of multiple conditions?. Journal of Comorbidity, 6 (2), 103-113. doi: 10.15256/joc.2016.6.79
2016
Journal Article
Re: impact of holding the baby following stillbirth on maternal mental health and well-being: findings from a national survey. BMJ Open 2016;6(8):e010996.
Gold, Katherine J., Storey, Claire, Siassakos, Dimitrios, Leisher, Susannah, Boyle, Fraces M., Farrales, Lynn, Heazell, Alexander, Horey, Dell, Cassidy, Jillian, Murphy, Margaret, Murphy, Samantha, Cacciatore, Joanne and Flenady, Vicki (2016). Re: impact of holding the baby following stillbirth on maternal mental health and well-being: findings from a national survey. BMJ Open 2016;6(8):e010996.. BMJ Open, 6 (8), e010996. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010996
2016
Journal Article
Gestational age specific stillbirth risk among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in Queensland, Australia: a population based study
Ibiebele, Ibinabo, Coory, Michael, Smith, Gordon C., Boyle, Frances M., Vlack, Susan, Middleton, Philippa, Roe, Yvette and Flenady, Vicki (2016). Gestational age specific stillbirth risk among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in Queensland, Australia: a population based study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16 (159) 159, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0943-7
2016
Journal Article
Why do people with chronic disease not contact consumer health organisations? A survey of general practice patients
Boyle, Frances M., Dean, Julie H., Young, Charlotte E. and Mutch, Allyson J. (2016). Why do people with chronic disease not contact consumer health organisations? A survey of general practice patients. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 17 (4), 393-404. doi: 10.1017/S146342361500050X
2016
Journal Article
Stillbirths: Recall to action in high-income countries
Flenady, Vicki, Wojcieszek, Aleena M., Middleton, Philippa, Ellwood, David, Erwich, Jan Jaap, Coory, Michael, Khong, T. Yee, Silver, Robert M., Smith, Gordon C. S., Boyle, Frances M., Lawn, Joy E., Blencowe, Hannah, Hopkins Leisher, Susannah, Gross, Mechthild M., Horey, Dell, Farrales, Lynn, Bloomfield, Frank, McCowan, Lesley, Brown, Stephanie J., Joseph, K S, Zeitlin, Jennifer, Reinebrant, Hanna E., Ravaldi, Claudia, Vannacci, Alfredo, Cassidy, Jillian, Cassidy, Paul, Farquhar, Cindy, Wallace, Euan, Siassakos, Dimitrios ... Goldenberg, Robert L. (2016). Stillbirths: Recall to action in high-income countries. The Lancet, 387 (10019), 691-702. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01020-X
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Fran Boyle is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Bereavement pathways following the death of a baby: A 30 year follow up of parent outcomes
This project offers a rare opportunity to follow-up a cohort of families who joined a longitudinal study following the death of a baby 30 years ago.
The goal of the research is to understand the long-term consequences of a baby’s death for parents and families and to explore pathways to resilient or adverse psychosocial outcomes.
This will be achieved by investigating parents’ experiences and outcomes following a baby’s death over a 30-year time span.
Understanding and experience in at least one of the following areas is essential: longitudinal research; perinatal mental health; bereavement care; mixed methods research.
Please email me if you would like further details.
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Improving care following stillbirth and other forms of pregnancy loss
We are currently conducting online surveys in a number of countries to investigate the views of parents and health professionals in relation to stillbirth. The information being collected aims to identify strategies to improve care following stillbirth at health services and wider community levels. Both quantitative and qualitative data are being collected.
Other topics also exist in this area. Interested students are invited to make contact to explore possibilities.
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Bereavement pathways following the death of a baby: A 30 year follow up of parent outcomes
This project offers a rare opportunity to follow-up a cohort of families who joined a longitudinal study following the death of a baby 30 years ago.
The goal of the research is to understand the long-term consequences of a baby’s death for parents and families and to explore pathways to resilient or adverse psychosocial outcomes.
This will be achieved by investigating parents’ experiences and outcomes following a baby’s death over a 30-year time span.
Understanding and experience in at least one of the following areas is essential: longitudinal research; perinatal mental health; bereavement care; mixed methods research.
Please email me if you would like further details.
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Improving care following stillbirth and other forms of pregnancy loss
We are currently conducting online surveys in a number of countries to investigate the views of parents and health professionals in relation to stillbirth. The information being collected aims to identify strategies to improve care following stillbirth at health services and wider community levels. Both quantitative and qualitative data are being collected.
Other topics also exist in this area. Interested students are invited to make contact to explore possibilities.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Improving the standards of Autopsy and placental pathology in stillbirth investigations in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Vicki Flenady, Dr Jessica Sexton
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Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation of Maternal and Perinatal Death surveillance and Response in Ethiopia: Opportunities and challenges of MPDSR implementation progress
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Christine Andrews, Honorary Professor Vicki Flenady
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Doctor Philosophy
Improving the approach to stillbirth investigations in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Vicki Flenady, Dr Jessica Sexton
Completed supervision
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
'10 Small Steps': A randomised controlled trial to improve health behaviours using computer-tailored advice in a general practice setting
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr David King
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
A MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO ASSAULTIVE INCIDENTS IN A PSYCHIATRIC SETTING
Principal Advisor
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2004
Doctor Philosophy
The mothers' health study: A randomised controlled trial of a social support intervention on the health of mothers in the year after birth
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Decreased fetal movement and mobile application interventions during pregnancy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kristen Gibbons, Honorary Professor Vicki Flenady
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Preventing stillbirths: Better data to inform interventions in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Vicki Flenady
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
A RANDOMISED CLUSTER STUDY OF AN INTERVENTION AIMED AT IMPROVING THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF ADULTS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Is Australian primary care practice equipped to provide multimorbidity care?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Allyson Mutch
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor Fran Boyle directly for media enquiries about:
- Infertility and health
- miscarriage
- pregnancy loss
- Public health
- Reproductive loss - health
- stillbirth
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