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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Fran Boyle is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Using data to drive change in maternal and perinatal deaths in Ethiopia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Christine Andrews, Honorary Professor Vicki Flenady
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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2026
Doctor Philosophy
Improving the approach to stillbirth investigations in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Vicki Flenady, Dr Jessica Sexton
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Decreased fetal movement and mobile application interventions during pregnancy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kristen Gibbons, Professor Sailesh Kumar, 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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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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