Mrs Helen Hall - Researcher Profile

Biography

Helen is a qualified nurse, naturopath and midwife. She has worked in both the community and hospital settings in a variety of roles. In 2002 she completed a Master in Midwifery at Monash University and is currently undertaking a PhD exploring the role of complementary therapies in a maternity setting. Helen’s primary interests include midwifery models of care, cultural aspects of midwifery care, Indigenous women’s health and complementary and alternative therapies.

Research Interests

Helen would be interested in working with students with a qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods approach in any area of women's health.

Supervision Accreditation

• Level 1 accreditation

Teaching

Semester 1

• MID1001 - The Childbearing Woman
• MID2004 -  Being with Birthing Women

Semester 2

• MID1003 - The Childbearing Journey
• MID2109 -  Feeding Babies

Professional Affiliations

Australian College of Midwives  (ACM) Australian Breastfeeding Association  (ABA) MIDAC (Midwifery Academics; Victoria)

Qualifications

GRAD DIP IN MIDWIFERY

Institution: RMIT

Year awarded: 2011

MASTER OF MIDWIFERY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2002

DIPLOMA OF APPLIED SCIENCE - NATUROPATH

Institution: sOUTHERN SCHOOL OF NATURAL THERAPIES

Year awarded: 1990

Publications

Journal Articles

Hall, H.G., McKenna, L.G., Griffiths, D.L., 2013, Contextual factors that mediate midwives' behaviour towards pregnant women's use of complementary and alternative medicine, European Journal of Integrative Medicine [P], vol E, issue In Press, Urban und Fischer Verlag, Germany, pp. 1-7.

Gilmour, C.J., McIntyre, M.J., McLelland, G.E., Hall, H.G., Miles, M.A., 2013, Exploring the impact of clinical placement models on undergraduate midwifery students, Women and Birth [P], vol 26, issue 1, Elsevier BV, Netherland, pp. 21-25.

Hall, H.G., Griffiths, D.L., McKenna, L.G., 2013, Navigating a safe path together: A theory of midwives' responses to the use of complementary and alternative medicine, Midwifery [P], vol In Press, Churchill Livingstone, United Kingdom, pp. 1-8.

Hall, H.G., McKenna, L.G., Griffiths, D.L., 2012, Applying grounded theory to midwifery research problems, International Journal of Childbirth [P], vol 2, issue 2, Springer Publishing Company, United States, pp. 136-141.

Hall, H., McKenna, L., Griffiths, D., 2012, Complementary and alternative medicine for induction of labour, Women and Birth [P], vol 25, issue 3, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 142-148.

Hall, H.G., Griffiths, D.L., McKenna, L.G., 2012, Complementary and alternative medicine in midwifery practice: managing the conflicts, Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice [P], vol 18, Churchill Livingstone, United Kingdom, pp. 246-251.

Gilmour, C.J., Parry, A.M., McLelland, G.E., Hall, H.G., 2012, Creative thinking to expand clinical placements: Increasing the midwifery workforce, Focus on Health Professional Education [P], vol 14, issue 1, ANZAHPE, Australia, pp. 1-6.

Hall, H., McKenna, L., Griffiths, D., 2012, Midwives' support for complementary and alternative medicine: a literature review, Women and Birth [P], vol 25, issue 1, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 4-12.

Fox-Young, S., Brady, S., Brealey, W., Cooper, S.J.R., McKenna, L., Hall, H., Bogossian, F., 2012, The perspectives of Australian midwifery academics on barriers and enablers for simulation in midwifery education in Australia: a focus group study, Midwifery [P], vol 28, issue 4, Churchill Livingstone, United Kingdom, pp. 495-501.

McKenna, L.G., Gilmour, C.J., Biro, M.A., McIntyre, M.J., Bailey, C.M., Jones, J.M., Miles, M.A., Hall, H.G., McLelland, G.E., 2012, Undergraduate midwifery students' sense of belongingness in clinical practice, Nurse Education Today [P], vol In Press, Elsevier - churchill Livingstone, United Kingdom, pp. 1-4.

Hall, H., McKenna, L., Griffiths, D., 2011, Complementary medicine for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: A review of the evidence, Evidence Based Midwifery [P], vol 9, issue 2, Ten Alps Publishing, UK, pp. 128-132.

McKenna, L., Bogossian, F., Hall, H., Brady, S., Fox-Young, S., Cooper, S., 2011, Is simulation a substitute for real life clinical experience in midwifery? A qualitative examination of perceptions of educational leaders, Nurse Education Today [P], vol 31, issue 7, Churchill Livingstone, UK, pp. 682-686.

Hall, H., Griffiths, D., McKenna, L., 2011, The use of complementary and alternative medicine by pregnant women: A literature review, Midwifery [P], vol 27, issue 6, Churchill Livingstone, UK, pp. 817-824.

Hall, H.G., McKenna, L.G., Griffiths, D.L., 2010, Complementary and alternative medicine: Where's the evidence?, British Journal of Midwifery [P], vol 18, issue 7, Mark Allen Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 436-440.

Gilmour, C.J., Hall, H.G., McIntyre, M.J., Gillies, L., Harrison, B., 2009, Factors associated with early breastfeeding cessation in Frankston, Victoria: a descriptive study., Breastfeeding review : professional publication of the Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia [P], vol 17, issue 2, Australian Breastfeeding Association, Australia, pp. 13-19.

Conference Proceedings

McIntyre, M.J., Hall, H.G., 2008, Online teaching in an undergraduate midwifery curriculum: Five year evaluation, 2nd International Nurse Education Conference: Research adn Innovation in International Nurse Education. Abstract Book, 9-11/06/08, Elsevier, Oxford UK, p. 70.