Associate Professor Fran Boyle
Associate Professor

Fran Boyle

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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

Health Sciences Sociology

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Search Professor Fran Boyle’s works on UQ eSpace

173 works between 1985 and 2024
All (173) Journal Article (111) Book Chapter (3) Conference Publication (34) Book (4) Other Outputs (21)

61 - 80 of 173 works

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

Mobile applications providing guidance about decreased fetal movement: review and content analysis

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

The effect of mobile app interventions on influencing healthy maternal behavior and improving perinatal health outcomes: Systematic review

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

My Baby's Movements: Integration of a mobile phone application into the antenatal education toolkit

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

Parents’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences of care after stillbirth in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-summary

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

How participation in surgical mortality audit impacts surgical practice

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

The effect of mobile application interventions on influencing healthy maternal behaviour and improving perinatal health outcomes: a systematic review protocol

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

Predictors of autopsy following stillbirth in Queensland, Australia: a population-based study

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

Care in subsequent pregnancies following stillbirth: an international survey of parents

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

Are care plans suitable for the management of multiple conditions?

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

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.

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

Gestational age specific stillbirth risk among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in Queensland, Australia: a population based study

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

Why do people with chronic disease not contact consumer health organisations? A survey of general practice patients

Featured

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

Stillbirths: Recall to action in high-income countries

2016

Journal Article

Low-intensity case management increases contact with primary care in recently released prisoners: a single-blinded, multisite, randomised controlled trial

Kinner, Stuart A., Alati, Rosa, Longo, Marie, Spittal, Matthew J., Boyle, Frances M., Williams, Gail M. and Lennox, Nicholas G. (2016). Low-intensity case management increases contact with primary care in recently released prisoners: a single-blinded, multisite, randomised controlled trial. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 70 (7), 683-688. doi: 10.1136/jech-2015-206565

Low-intensity case management increases contact with primary care in recently released prisoners: a single-blinded, multisite, randomised controlled trial

2016

Conference Publication

My baby’s movements: Developing mobile phone software to increase maternal awareness of fetal movements

Stevenson, S. J., Wojcieszek, A. M., Boyle, F., Vlack, S., Ellwood, D., Gardener, G. and Flenady, V. (2016). My baby’s movements: Developing mobile phone software to increase maternal awareness of fetal movements. Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Congress, Townsville, Australia, 22‐25 May 2016. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13194

My baby’s movements: Developing mobile phone software to increase maternal awareness of fetal movements

2015

Other Outputs

Information and communication about autopsy following stillbirth: Meeting the needs of parents

Boyle, Frances M., Flenady, Vicki, Horey, Dell, Jennings, Belinda, Khong, Yee , Wilson, Patricia , Ibiebele, Ibinabo, Schirmann, Anne and Ellwood, David (2015). Information and communication about autopsy following stillbirth: Meeting the needs of parents. Brisbane: np.

Information and communication about autopsy following stillbirth: Meeting the needs of parents

2015

Journal Article

Incorporating patient preferences in the management of multiple long-term conditions: is this a role for clinical practice guidelines?

Young, Charlotte E., Boyle, Frances M., Brooker, Katie S. and Mutch, Allyson J. (2015). Incorporating patient preferences in the management of multiple long-term conditions: is this a role for clinical practice guidelines?. Journal of Comorbidity, 5 (1), 122-131. doi: 10.15256/joc.2015.5.53

Incorporating patient preferences in the management of multiple long-term conditions: is this a role for clinical practice guidelines?

2015

Journal Article

Supporting parents following pregnancy loss: A cross-sectional study of telephone peer supporters

Boyle, Frances M., Mutch, Allyson J., Barber, Elizabeth A., Carroll, Christine and Dean, Julie H. (2015). Supporting parents following pregnancy loss: A cross-sectional study of telephone peer supporters. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15 (1) 291, 291.1-291.10. doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0713-y

Supporting parents following pregnancy loss: A cross-sectional study of telephone peer supporters

2015

Journal Article

Consider the support worker in the role of health assessments

van Dooren, Kate, Dean, Julie, Boyle, Frances M., Taylor-Gomez, Miram and Lennox, Nicholas G. (2015). Consider the support worker in the role of health assessments. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 29 (6), 585-586. doi: 10.1111/jar.12211

Consider the support worker in the role of health assessments

2015

Journal Article

Holding a stillborn baby: the view from a specialist perinatal bereavement service

Wilson, Patricia A., Boyle, Frances M. and Ware, Robert S. (2015). Holding a stillborn baby: the view from a specialist perinatal bereavement service. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 55 (4), 337-343. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12327

Holding a stillborn baby: the view from a specialist perinatal bereavement service

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    A life course perspective on stillbirth: a 35-year follow-up of bereaved families
    Stillbirth Foundation Australia
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    Evaluation of the Perinatal Mental Health and Wellbeing initiatives, and the National Perinatal Mental Health Check
    Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Navigator pilot program evaluation
    Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Improving quality of care and outcomes for parents and families following perinatal loss across maternity services in Australia - Expansion of the IMPROVE education program
    Stillbirth and Miscarriage Support Grant
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    Caring for the Carers: Supporting the wellbeing of health professionals caring for parents following perinatal loss.
    Stillbirth Foundation Australia Trust
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2026
    Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Exposure to Trihalomethanes in pregnancy and birth outcomes in Queensland: integrated data analysis and case studies for better policy and health outcomes
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2024
    Informing best practice bereavement support services at Red Nose
    Red Nose Limited
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    Evaluation of the SANE Australia pilot for people with complex mental health needs
    Commonwealth Department of Health
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Sands Hospital to Home (H2H) Program Evaluation
    Red Nose Limited
    Open grant
  • 2021
    DFV Specialist Health Workforce Evaluation Project
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Termination of Pregnancy Legislation and Policy Implementation
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Developing an implementation-ready patient version of a guideline for respectful and supportive bereavement care
    Stillbirth Foundation Australia Trust
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    'We need to talk' : Genomics and disability
    MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission, Project Grant administered by AusIndustry
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Anglicare Family and Children Program Evaluations
    Anglicare Southern Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Together We Can Stop Stillbirth: Education Campaign
    Primary Health Care Development Program: The Stillbirth Education and Awareness Grant Opportunity
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Review of Child Health Related Data in Australia
    Health Administration Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Evaluation of the Digital Pregnancy Health Record
    HealthShare NSW
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Developing a parent version of a guideline for respectful and supportive perinatal bereavement care
    Stillbirth Foundation Australia Trust
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Preventing stillbirth: the Australian Safe Baby Bundle
    MRFF Accelerated Research Program administered by AusIndustry
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2021
    Australian Centre for Research Excellence in Stillbirth
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2022
    Pathways to health and social services for children with special needs in Central Vietnam: costs and consequences for parents' mental and physical health
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2019
    My Baby's Movements: A stepped wedged cluster randomised trial of maternal awareness and reporting of decreased fetal movements to reduce stillbirth
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Evaluation of Sands Australia telephone-based peer support service
    Sands Australia National Council Inc.
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Information and communication about autopsy following stillbirth: meeting the needs of parents
    Stillbirth Foundation Australia Trust
    Open grant
  • 2011
    Social support as a determinant of health and wellbeing among urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people post-prison release (NHMRC Capacity Building Grant administered by Curtin University)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    Passports to advantage: Health and capacity building as a basis for social integration (NHMRC Strategic Award administered by The Burnet Institute)
    The Burnet Institute
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Advancing Health Literacy through Primary Health Care Systems
    Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Passports to advantage: Health and capacity building as a basis for social integration
    NHMRC Preventive Healthcare
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2008
    The Contribution of Self-help organisations to Chronic Disease Self-management, and their linkages with General Practitioners
    Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    The Contribution of Self Help Organisation to Chronic Disease Self-Management, And their Linkages with General Practitioners
    Open grant
  • 2000
    Sexual health training for general practitioners and other health professionals
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2000
    Enhancing General Practice Care for Women Following Miscarriage
    Department Health & Family Services - GPEP
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2000
    The Contribution of Sexual Experiences, Abuse, Dysfunction and Satisfaction to Health and Well Being
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 1998 - 1999
    Effective Collaboration Between General Practice and Self-Help Organisations
    Department Health & Family Services - GPEP
    Open grant
  • 1997
    Factors affecting mothers seeking vaccination for their child aged 0-6 months - a Social Action Therapy perspective
    British Red Cross Society Trust Fund
    Open grant
  • 1997 - 1998
    General practice care after miscarriage: consumer and provider views
    Department Health & Family Services - GPEP
    Open grant
  • 1996 - 1998
    Implementation and evaluation of a health partner scheme in general practice
    Department Health & Family Services - GPEP
    Open grant
  • 1995 - 1996
    ATSI cancer research project
    Brisbane North Regional Health Authority
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Fran Boyle is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • 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.

  • 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

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Associate Professor Fran Boyle directly for media enquiries about:

  • Infertility and health
  • pregnancy loss
  • Public health
  • Reproductive loss - health
  • stillbirth

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