Overview
Background
Associate Professor Lauren Kearney is a registered midwife and nurse and is employed as a Conjoint Associate Professor in Midwifery between the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, UQ and the Women's and Newborn Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Lauren’s teaching expertise is within the postgraduate and higher degree by research areas. Her research track record is strongly focused upon maternal and child health; specifically, within the domains of evaluation of models of care (relating to the perinatal period and early years), intravenous fluid management and access during labour and birth, and facilitators to promote a positive and physiological spontaneous vaginal birth. She is also committed to enhancing women's opportunity to breastfeed and thrive in the postpartum period. Lauren has strong industry collaborations. The recipient of several competitive research grants, Lauren is passionate about improving the experience of health care for women and children through translation of high-quality evidence into practice.
Availability
- Associate Professor Lauren Kearney is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of General Nursing, Australian Catholic University
- Graduate Diploma in Community Child Health, Australian Catholic University
- Doctor of Philosophy of Community Child Health, Australian Catholic University
- Bachelor of Midwifery, Australian Catholic University
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Pregnant women's experiences of nutrition care after previous bariatric surgery
Guthrie, Taylor M., Kearney, Lauren, Snape, Kahlee, Sweet, Linda, Vasilevski, Vidanka and de Jersey, Susan (2025). Pregnant women's experiences of nutrition care after previous bariatric surgery. Midwifery, 143 104333. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2025.104333
2025
Journal Article
Confirming the validity and reliability of the Placement Evaluation Tool to evaluate midwifery practice placements (PET-Midwifery)
Bogossian, Fiona, Bloxsome, Dianne, Brown, Angela, Cant, Robyn, Hunter, Susan, Kearney, Lauren, Kuliukas, Lesley, Ross, Carolyn and Cooper, Simon (2025). Confirming the validity and reliability of the Placement Evaluation Tool to evaluate midwifery practice placements (PET-Midwifery). Midwifery, 143 104310, 104310-143. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2025.104310
2025
Journal Article
A qualitative analysis of Australian midwifery students’ perspectives of Midwifery Practice Experience: characteristics that enhance or diminish clinical education placements
Kearney, L., Bloxsome, D., Hunter, S., Brown, A., Cooper, S. and Bogossian, F. (2025). A qualitative analysis of Australian midwifery students’ perspectives of Midwifery Practice Experience: characteristics that enhance or diminish clinical education placements. Women and Birth, 38 (2) 101887, 101887. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2025.101887
2025
Journal Article
Learning From Pregnant Women Eating 5 Servings or More of Vegetables Daily: Strategies, Behaviors, and Motivators
Maher, Judith, Annetts, Emma, Lee, Sandra, Meloncelli, Nina and Kearney, Lauren (2025). Learning From Pregnant Women Eating 5 Servings or More of Vegetables Daily: Strategies, Behaviors, and Motivators. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 57 (3), 198-207. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2024.12.004
2025
Journal Article
Intrapartum hydration assessment and management: A cross-sectional survey of Australian and New Zealand maternity units
McIntyre, Brianne G., Massey, Debbie, Lee, Nigel and Kearney, Lauren (2025). Intrapartum hydration assessment and management: A cross-sectional survey of Australian and New Zealand maternity units. Women and Birth, 38 (1) 101865, 101865-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101865
2024
Journal Article
Being a First Nations baby is not independently associated with low birthweight in a large metropolitan health service
Pervin, Sonia, Kearney, Lauren, Giudice, Sonita, Holzapfel, Sherry, Denaro, Tara, Dyer, Jodi, Cole, Phillipa E and Callaway, Leonie (2024). Being a First Nations baby is not independently associated with low birthweight in a large metropolitan health service. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 64 (6), 608-18. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13843
2024
Journal Article
The effect of antenatal hypnosis training on pharmacological analgesia use during labour and birth: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Lai, Ms Yee Kay, Wong, Ms Michelle, Kearney, Lauren and Lee, Nigel (2024). The effect of antenatal hypnosis training on pharmacological analgesia use during labour and birth: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Midwifery, 137 104113, 104113. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2024.104113
2024
Journal Article
Midwifery and nursing honours programs in Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review of contemporary challenges and opportunities
Shipton, Emma V., Kearney, Lauren, Delaney, Lori and Kilgour, Catherine (2024). Midwifery and nursing honours programs in Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review of contemporary challenges and opportunities. Women and Birth, 37 (5) 101641, 101641. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101641
2024
Conference Publication
Larger bodied women's experiences of maternity care: a national photo-voice study [RADIANT Study]
Kearney, Lauren, Jenkinson, Bec, Hill, Briony, Griffiths, Ahlia and Callaway, Leonie (2024). Larger bodied women's experiences of maternity care: a national photo-voice study [RADIANT Study]. Australian College of Midwives National Conference - Moving Midwifery Forward, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 10 - 12 September 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101767
2024
Conference Publication
Using online photovoice to understand larger bodied women’s experience in Australian maternity care: A pilot study
Khalesi, Helia, Jenkinson, Bec, Kearney, Lauren, Nugent, Rachael, Callaway, Leonie and Hill, Briony (2024). Using online photovoice to understand larger bodied women’s experience in Australian maternity care: A pilot study. ANZOS (Australian & New Zealand Obesity Society) Conference 2024, Sydney, NSW Australia, 16-18 October 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2024.09.121
2024
Conference Publication
Intrapartum hydration assessment and management: a cross-sectional survey of Australian and New Zealand maternity units
McIntyre, Brianne, Massey, Debbie and Kearney, Lauren (2024). Intrapartum hydration assessment and management: a cross-sectional survey of Australian and New Zealand maternity units. Australian College of Midwives National Conference: Moving Midwifery Forward, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 10-12 September 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101770
2024
Journal Article
Designing a behaviour change intervention using COM-B and the Behaviour Change Wheel: Co-designing the Healthy Gut Diet for preventing gestational diabetes
Meloncelli, Nina, O'Connor, Hannah, de Jersey, Susan, Rushton, Alita, Pateman, Kelsey, Gallaher, Samantha, Kearney, Lauren and Wilkinson, Shelley (2024). Designing a behaviour change intervention using COM-B and the Behaviour Change Wheel: Co-designing the Healthy Gut Diet for preventing gestational diabetes. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 37 (6), 1391-1406. doi: 10.1111/jhn.13355
2024
Journal Article
The effects of intravenous hydration regimens in nulliparous women undergoing induction of labor: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Kearney, Lauren, Brady, Susannah, Marsh, Nicole, Davies‐Tuck, Miranda, Nugent, Rachael and Eley, Victoria (2024). The effects of intravenous hydration regimens in nulliparous women undergoing induction of labor: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 103 (7), 1254-1262. doi: 10.1111/aogs.14793
2024
Journal Article
Factors influencing midwives’ intentions to facilitate normal physiological birth: A qualitative study
Meyer, Holly, Lee, Nigel, George, Kendall and Kearney, Lauren (2024). Factors influencing midwives’ intentions to facilitate normal physiological birth: A qualitative study. Women and Birth, 37 (4) 101617, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101617
2024
Journal Article
Beyond safety: A design examination of facial PPE in paediatric wards
Chamorro-Koc, Marianella, Gomez, Rafael, Wannenburg, Erina, Byram, Isabel, Thomas, Clare, Kearney, Lauren, Clark, Julia and Atkins, Heidi (2024). Beyond safety: A design examination of facial PPE in paediatric wards. Design Studies, 93-94 101265, 101265. doi: 10.1016/j.destud.2024.101265
2024
Journal Article
The effectiveness of continuous positive airway pressure for treating obstructive sleep apnoea in pregnancy: a systematic review
Nugent, R., Wee, A., Kearney, L. and de Costa, C. (2024). The effectiveness of continuous positive airway pressure for treating obstructive sleep apnoea in pregnancy: a systematic review. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, 44 (1), 27-29. doi: 10.1097/01.aoa.0001005364.90547.dc
2024
Journal Article
Outcomes and perspectives of woman-newborn dyads following discharge from a quaternary maternity service in Australia: a cross-sectional survey
Lai, Melissa M., August, Deanne, Sharfuddin, Zoya, Palmer-Field, Kristina, Johnston, Louise, Main, Elizabeth, Smith, Patricia, Kilgour, Catherine M. and Kearney, Lauren (2024). Outcomes and perspectives of woman-newborn dyads following discharge from a quaternary maternity service in Australia: a cross-sectional survey. Women and Birth, 37 (1), 248-256. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2023.10.007
2024
Journal Article
Partnering with consumers and practising clinicians to establish research priorities for public hospital maternity services
Cole, Roni, Kearney, Lauren, Jenkinson, Bec, Kettle, Imogen, Ng, Beng, Callaway, Leonie and Nugent, Rachael (2024). Partnering with consumers and practising clinicians to establish research priorities for public hospital maternity services. Australian Health Review, 48 (3), 321-331. doi: 10.1071/ah23222
2024
Journal Article
Co-designing The Healthy Gut Diet for Preventing Gestational Diabetes: Co-design methods and process outcomes
Meloncelli, Nina, Wilkinson, Shelley A., Rushton, Alita, Pateman, Kelsey, Gallaher, Sam, O'Connor, Hannah, Kearney, Lauren and de Jersey, Susan (2024). Co-designing The Healthy Gut Diet for Preventing Gestational Diabetes: Co-design methods and process outcomes. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 37 (5), 1231-1244. doi: 10.1111/jhn.13341
2023
Journal Article
Preventing gestational diabetes with a Healthy Gut Diet: Protocol for a pilot, feasibility randomized controlled trial
Meloncelli, Nina, O’Connor, Hannah, Wilkinson, Shelley A., Nitert, Marloes Dekker, Kearney, Lauren and de Jersey, Susan (2023). Preventing gestational diabetes with a Healthy Gut Diet: Protocol for a pilot, feasibility randomized controlled trial. Nutrients, 15 (21) 4653, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/nu15214653
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Lauren Kearney is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Newly qualified midwives employed within continuity of care models: evaluation of a Queensland state-wide initiative to strengthen professional capacity and support organisational change.
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Factors influencing intentions of women and maternity health care providers to achieve and facilitate a normal physiological birth, using qualitative research approach, underpinned by a critical realist methodology.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nigel Lee
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Doctor Philosophy
Postpartum midwifery care for larger bodied women: a mixed methods study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Bec Jenkinson
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Doctor Philosophy
Factors influencing intentions to birthing women and maternity healthcare providers to experience and facilitate a normal physiological birth, using a qualitative research approach underpinned by a critical realist methodology
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nigel Lee
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Doctor Philosophy
CPAP for obstructive sleep apnoea during pregnancy
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Measuring safe practice of undergraduate nursing students
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fiona Bogossian
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Doctor Philosophy
CPAP for obstructive sleep apnoea during pregnancy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Leonie Callaway
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