CURICULUM VITAE

Name : Professor Caroline Homer AO

Affiliation : Burnet Institute
Email : Caroline.homer@burnet.edu.au

Mobile : +61418466974
Positions : Co-Program Director, Maternal and Child Health; Working Group Head,
Burnet Institute

Qualifications
 2008: MMedSc (Clin Epi), University of Sydney, Australia
 2001: PhD, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
 1997: MNurs, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Awards
 2017: Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Awards
 2013: Australian College of Midwives’ Inaugural Writing Prize named the Caroline
Homer Writing Prize in acknowledgement of contribution to academic writing and
publication on the midwifery profession.
 2013: Awarded Life Membership of Australian College of Midwives (NSW Branch).
 2012: UTS Alumni Award for Excellence 2012 - Faculty of Health.
 2011: Winner: Researcher Development (including Supervision) Award. UTS Vice-
Chancellor’s Awards for Research Excellence.
Projects (2)
Current (2)
 Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
A collaborative research program aimed at providing life-saving health care for women
and children in PNG.
 HMHB: Quality of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Newborn Health Services Study
The ‘Gutpela Sevis’ study uses a participatory, partnership defined approach to improve
care in East New Britain.
Publications (40)
2019 (18)
 Induction of labour indications and timing: A systematic analysis of clinical guidelines.
Coates D, Homer C, Wilson A, Deady L, Mason E, Foureur M, Henry A
Women Birth. 2019 Jul; Epub ahead of print
 Indications for, and timing of, planned caesarean section: A systematic analysis of
clinical guidelines.
Coates D, Homer C, Wilson A, Deady L, Mason E, Foureur M, Henry A
Women Birth. 2019 Jun; Epub ahead of print
 Survey of Australian maternity hospitals to inform development and implementation of a
stillbirth prevention 'bundle of care'.
Andrews CJ, Ellwood D, Middleton PF, Homer CSE, Reinebrant HE, Donnolley N,
Boyle FM, Gordon A, Nicholl M, Morris J, Gardener G, Davies-Tuck M, Wallace EM,
Flenady VJ
Women Birth. 2019 Jun; Epub ahead of print
 The cost of vaginal birth at home, in a birth centre or in a hospital setting in New South
Wales: A micro-costing study.
Scarf VL, Yu S, Viney R, Lavis L, Dahlen H, Foureur M, Homer C
Women Birth. 2019 Jun; Epub ahead of print
 Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections to improve birth
outcomes in high-burden, low-income settings: Study protocol for a cluster randomized
crossover trial (the WANTAIM Trial, Papua New Guinea)
Vallely AJ, William S. Pomat WS, Homer C, Guy R, Luchters S, Mola GDL, Kariwiga
G, Vallely LM, Wiseman V, Morgan C, Wand H, Rogerson SJ, Tabrizi SN, Whiley DM,
Low N, Peeling R, Siba P, Riddell M, Laman M, Bolnga J, Robinson LJ, Morewaya J,
Badman SG, Batura N, Kelly-Hanku A, Toliman PJ, Peter W, Babona D, Peach E,
 Garland SM, Kaldor JM
Well Open Res. 2019 May; Epub ahead of print (Awaiting Open Peer Review)
 Recognising the challenges of providing care for Thai pregnant adolescents: Healthcare
professionals' views.
Jittitaworn W, Fox D, Catling C, Homer CSE
Women Birth. 2019 Apr; Epub ahead of print
 Addressing preconception behaviour change through mobile phone apps: a protocol for a
systematic review and meta-analysis.
Musgrave LM, Homer CSE, Kizirian NV, Gordon A
Syst Rev. 2019 Apr; 8(1):86
 The experience of vasa praevia for Australian midwives: A qualitative study.
Nasrin Javid, Jon A Hyett, Caroline S E Homer
Women Birth. 2019 Apr; 32(2):185-192
 A review of midwifery in mainland China: Contemporary developments within
historical, economic and sociopolitical contexts.
Ling-Ling Gao, Hong Lu, Nicky Leap, Caroline Homer
Women Birth. 2019 Apr; 32(2):e279-e283
 Scaling Up Misoprostol to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage at Home Births in
Mozambique: A Case Study Applying the ExpandNet/WHO Framework.
Hobday K, Hulme J, Prata N, Wate PZ, Belton S, Homer C
Glob Health Sci Pract. 2019 Mar; 7(1):66-86
 Creating the first national linked dataset on perinatal and maternal outcomes in Australia:
Methods and challenges.
Cheah SL, Scarf VL, Rossiter C, Thornton C, Homer CSE
J Biomed Inform. 2019 Mar; 93:103152
 A survey of opinion and practice regarding prenatal diagnosis of vasa previa among
obstetricians from Australia and New Zealand.
Nasrin Javid, Jonathan A Hyett, Susan P Walker, Elizabeth A Sullivan, Caroline S E
Homer
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2019 Mar; 144(3):252-259
 Obstetric anal sphincter injuries among women with gestational diabetes and women
without gestational diabetes: A NSW population-based cohort study.
Reem Zeki, Zhuoyang Li, Alex Y Wang, Caroline S E Homer, Jeremy J N Oats, Drew
 Marshall, Elizabeth A Sullivan
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2019 Feb; Epub ahead of print
 Women's knowledge of maternal danger signs during pregnancy: Findings from a cross-
sectional survey in Papua New Guinea.
Vallely LM, Emori R, Gouda H, Phuanukoonnon S, Homer C, Vallely AJ
Midwifery. 2019 Feb; 72:7-13
 Implementation of midwifery continuity of care models for Indigenous women in
Australia: Perspectives and reflections for the United Kingdom.
Fernandez Turienzo C, Roe Y, Rayment-Jones H, Kennedy A, Forster D, Homer C,
McLachlan H, Sandall J
Midwifery. 2019 Feb; 69:110-112
 The future in their hands: Graduating student midwives' plans, job satisfaction and the
desire to work in midwifery continuity of care.
Evans J, Taylor J, Browne J, Ferguson S, Atchan M, Maher P, Homer CS, Davis D
Women Birth. 2019 Jan; Epub ahead of print
 Beyond the headlines: Fetal movement awareness is an important stillbirth prevention
strategy.
Flenady V, Ellwood D, Bradford B, Coory M, Middleton P, Gardener G, Radestad I,
Homer C, Davies-Tuck M, Forster D, Gordon A, Groom K, Crowther C, Walker S,
Foord C, Warland J, Murphy M, Said J, Boyle F, O'Donoghue K, Cronin R, Sexton J,
Weller M, McCowan L
Women Birth. 2019 Jan; 32(1):1-2
 Core outcome sets for prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage: an
international Delphi consensus study.
S Meher, A Cuthbert, J J Kirkham, P Williamson, E Abalos, N Aflaifel, Z A Bhutta, A
Bishop, J Blum, P Collins, D Devane, A-S Ducloy-Bouthors, B Fawole, A M
Gulmezoglu, K Gutteridge, G Gyte, Cse Homer, S Mallaiah, J M Smith, A D Weeks, Z
Alfirevic
BJOG. 2019 Jan; 126(1):83-93
2018 (21)
 Getting evidence into practice - Managing hares and tortoises.
Homer C
Women Birth. 2018 Dec; 31(6):431-432
 Adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes associated with Neisseria gonorrhoeae,
Mycoplasma genitalium, M. hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum and U. parvum: a
systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.
Vallely LM, Egli-Gany D, Pomat W, Homer CS, Guy R, Wand H, Silver B, Rumbold
AR, Kaldor JM, Low N, Vallely AJ
BMJ Open. 2018 Nov; 8(11):e024175
 Updated clinical practice guidelines on pregnancy care.
Homer CS, Oats J, Middleton P, Ramson J, Diplock S
Med J Aust. 2018 Nov; 209(9):409-412
 Birthplace in Australia: Antenatal preparation for the possibility of transfer from planned
home birth.
Deborah Fox, Athena Sheehan, Caroline Se Homer
Midwifery. 2018 Nov; 66:134-140
 "My job is to get pregnant women to the hospital": a qualitative study of the role of
traditional birth attendants in the distribution of misoprostol to prevent post-partum
haemorrhage in two provinces in Mozambique.
Hobday K, Hulme J, Homer C, Zualo Wate P, Belton S, Prata N
Reprod Health. 2018 Oct; 15(1):174
 Short-term and long-term effects of caesarean section on the health of women and
children.
Sandall J, Tribe RM, Avery L, Mola G, Visser GH, Homer CS, Gibbons D, Kelly NM,
Kennedy HP, Kidanto H, Taylor P, Temmerman M
Lancet. 2018 Oct; 392(10155):1349-1357
 Enabling new graduate midwives to work in midwifery continuity of care models: A
conceptual model for implementation.
Allison M Cummins, Christine Catling, Caroline S E Homer
Women Birth. 2018 Oct; 31(5):343-349
 Multiple morbidities in pregnancy: Time for research, innovation, and action.
Beeson JG, Homer CSE, Morgan C, Menendez C
PLoS Med. 2018 Sep; 15(9):e1002665
 Asking different questions: A call to action for research to improve the quality of care for
every woman, every child. (Longer Version)
Holly P Kennedy, Melissa Cheyney, Hannah G Dahlen, Soo Downe, Maralyn J Foureur,
Caroline S E Homer, Elaine Jefford, Alison McFadden, Michaela Michel-Schuldt, Jane
 Sandall, Hora Soltani, Anna M Speciale, Jennifer Stevens, Saraswathi Vedam, Mary J
Renfrew
Birth. 2018 Sep; 45(3):222-231
 Why ARRIVE should not thrive in Australia.
Davies-Tuck M, Wallace EM, Homer CSE
Women Birth. 2018 Aug; 31(5):339-340
 Asking different questions: A call to action for research to improve the quality of care for
every woman, every child.
Kennedy HP, Cheyney M, Dahlen HG, Downe S, Foureur MJ, Homer CSE, Jefford E,
McFadden A, Michel-Schuldt M, Sandall J, Soltani H, Speciale AM, Sevens J, Vedam S,
Renfrew MJ.
Women Birth. 2018 Aug; 31(4):242-243
 Woman and Birth (June 2018).
Caroline S E Homer
Women Birth. 2018 Aug; 31(4):241
 Community-based misoprostol for the prevention of post-partum haemorrhage: A
narrative review of the evidence base, challenges and scale-up.
Hobday K, Hulme J, Belton S, Homer CS, Prata N
Glob Public Health. 2018 Aug; 13(8):1081-1097
 Anaemia and depression before and after birth: a cohort study based on linked population
data.
Fenglian Xu, Lynette Roberts, Colin Binns, Elizabeth Sullivan, Caroline S E Homer
BMC Psychiatry. 2018 Jul; 18(1):224
 Midwifery pre-registration education and mid-career workforce participation and
experiences.
Annabel Sheehy, Rachel M Smith, Joanne E Gray, Caroline S E Homer
Women Birth. 2018 Jul; Epub ahead of print
 Maternal and perinatal outcomes by planned place of birth among women with low-risk
pregnancies in high-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Vanessa L Scarf, Chris Rossiter, Saraswathi Vedam, Hannah G Dahlen, David Ellwood,
Della Forster, Maralyn J Foureur, Helen McLachlan, Jeremy Oats, David Sibbritt,
Charlene Thornton, Caroline S E Homer
Midwifery. 2018 Jul; 62:240-255
 Maternity care experiences and health needs of migrant women from female genital
mutilation-practicing countries in high-income contexts: A systematic review and meta-
synthesis.
Sabera Turkmani, Caroline S E Homer, Angela Dawson
Birth. 2018 Jun; 46(1):3-14
 The implementation of the free maternal health policy in rural Northern Ghana:
synthesised results and lessons learnt.
Philip Ayizem Dalinjong, Alex Y Wang, Caroline S E Homer
BMC Res Notes. 2018 May; 11(1):341
 Cesarean section and diabetes during pregnancy: An NSW population study using the
Robson classification.
Reem Zeki, Jeremy J N Oats, Alex Y Wang, Zhuoyang Li, Caroline S E Homer,
Elizabeth A Sullivan
J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2018 May; 44(5):890-898
 Barriers to and strategies for addressing the availability, accessibility, acceptability and
quality of the sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health workforce:
addressing the post-2015 agenda.
Caroline S E Homer, Sofia Castro Lopes, Andrea Nove, Michaela Michel-Schuldt,
Frances McConville, Nester T Moyo, Martha Bokosi, Petra Ten Hoope-Bender
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 Feb; 18(1):55
 Has the free maternal health policy eliminated out of pocket payments for maternal
health services? Views of women, health providers and insurance managers in Northern
Ghana.
Philip Ayizem Dalinjong, Alex Y Wang, Caroline S E Homer
PLoS One. 2018 Feb; 13(2):e0184830
2017 (1)
 The 'Dream Team' for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health: an
adjusted service target model to estimate the ideal mix of health care professionals to
cover population need.
Petra Ten Hoope-Bender, Andrea Nove, Laura Sochas, Zoe Matthews, Caroline S E
Homer, Francisco Pozo-Martin
Hum Resour Health. 2017 Jul; 15(1):46
News Articles (20)
2019 (11)
 AAHMS Fellowship for Professor Caroline Homer
 Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Update
 Maternity emergency training in Bhutan
 Burnet helps build WHO maternal health guidelines
 New Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies study begins
 Maternity emergency training kicks off in PNG
 Burnet moves to create Reconciliation Action Plan
 This Mother’s Day, help us save mothers' lives
 Helping Burnet's lifesaving work
 International Women's Day event focuses on young women most-at-risk
 A conversation on breastfeeding
2018 (9)
 Exploring challenges in global health
 Updated clinical guidelines for pregnancy care
 Alastair Lucas Prize for Professor Caroline Homer
 Increase in caesarean section births since 2000
 Burnet appointments to NHMRC
 Solutions for maternal mortality
 New appointment for Professor Caroline Homer AO
 Maternal and child health challenges
 Trailblazer in maternal health joins Burnet