Professor Hannah Dahlen

Professor Hannah Dahlen

Professor,
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Personal

Qualifications

  • BNurs University of Technology, Sydney
  • MComN University of Sydney
  • BNurs University of Technology, Sydney

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • School of Nursing and Midwifery

Contact

Email:H.Dahlen@uws.edu.au
Extension:9118
Mobile:0407643943
Location:EB.LG.34
Parramatta
Website:

Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Dahlen, H., Schmied, V. and Tracy, S. (2011), 'Bringing it all together: an application of the research process to the field of practice', Navigating the Maze of Research. Enhancing Nursing and Midwifery Practice, Elsevier 9780729540902.
  • Dahlen, H. (2010), 'Perineal care and repair', Midwifery Preparation for Practice, Elsevier 9780729539289.
  • Leap, N., Dahlen, H., Brodie, P., Tracy, S. and Thorpe, J. (2010), 'Relationships - the glue that holds it all together', Sustainability, Midwifery and Birth, Routledge 9780415563338.

Journal Articles

  • Mills, A., Schmied, V., Taylor, C., Dahlen, H., Shuiringa, W. and Hudson, M. (2013), 'Someone to talk to: young mothers' experiences of participating in a young parents support programme.', Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, .
  • Dahlen, H. and Schmied, V. (2013), 'Women's experiences following severe perineal trauma : a meta-ethnographic synthesis', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 12.
  • George, A., Johnson, M., Dahlen, H., Duff, M., Duff, M., Ajwani, S., Blinkhorn, A., Ellis, S. and Bhole, S. (2012), 'Development of an Online Education Program for Midwives in Australia to Improve Perinatal Oral Health', The Journal of Perinatal Education, 11.
  • Betts, D., Smith, C. and Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Acupuncture as a therapeutic treatment option for threatened miscarriage', BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, .
  • Betts, D., Smith, C. and Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Acupuncture as a therapeutic treatment option for threatened miscarriage', BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, .
  • Harvey, S., Schmied, V., Nicholls, D. and Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Key components of a service model providing early childhood support for women attending opioid treatment clinics: an Australian state health service review', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10.
  • Mills, A., Schmied, V., Taylor, C., Dahlen, H., Schuiringa, W. and Hudson, M. (2012), 'Connecting, learning, leaving: supporting young parents in the community', Health and Social Care in the Community, 10.
  • George, A., Shamim, S., Johnson, M., Dahlen, H., Ajwani, S., Bhole, S. and Yeo, A. (2012), 'How Do Dental and Prenatal Care Practitioners Perceive Dental Care During Pregnancy? Current Evidence and Implications', Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 10.
  • Taylor, C., Mills, A., Schmied, V., Dahlen, H., Shuiringa, W. and Hudson, M. (2012), 'What works to engage young parents into services? Findings from an appreciative inquiry workshop.', Contemporary Nurse, 14.
  • Jackson, M., Dahlen, H. and Schmied, V. (2012), 'Birthing outside the system : perceptions of risk amongst Australian women who have freebirths and high risk homebirths', Midwifery, 7.
  • Dahlen, H. and Homer, C. (2012), 'Web-based news reports on midwives compared with obstetricians : a prospective analysis', Birth, 9.
  • George, A., Shamim, S., Johnson, M., Dahlen, H., Ajwani, S., Bhole, S. and Yeo, A. (2012), 'How do dental and prenatal care practitioners perceive dental care during pregnancy? Current evidence and implications', Birth, 10.
  • Mills, A., Schmied, V., Taylor, C., Dahlen, H., Schuiringa, W. and Hudson, M. (2012), 'Connecting, learning, leaving : supporting young parents in the community', Health and Social Care in the Community, 10.
  • Harvey, S., Schmied, V., Nicholls, D. and Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Key components of a service model providing early childhood support for women attending opioid treatment clinics : an Australian state health service review', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10.
  • Betts, D., Smith, C. and Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Acupuncture as a therapeutic treatment option for threatened miscarriage', BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, .
  • George, A., Johnson, M., Dahlen, H., Duff, M., Ajwani, S., Blinkhorn, A., Ellis, S. and Bhole, S. (2012), 'Development of an online education program for midwives in Australia to improve perinatal oral health', The Journal of Perinatal Education, 11.
  • Taylor, C., Mills, A., Schmied, V., Dahlen, H., Shuiringa, W. and Hudson, M. (2012), 'What works to engage young parents into services? Findings from an appreciative inquiry workshop', Contemporary Nurse, 14.
  • Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Homebirth : ten tips for safety and survival', British Journal of Midwifery, 5.
  • George, A., Shamim, S., Johnson, M., Dahlen, H., Ajwani, S., Bhole, S. and Yeo, A. (2012), 'How do dental and prenatal care practitioners perceive dental care during pregnancy? Current evidence and implications', Birth, 10.
  • Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Routine vaginal examinations for assessing progress of labour to improve outcomes for women and babies at term (Protocol)', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Online), 17.
  • Dahlen, H. and Thornton, C. (2012), 'Rates of obstetric intervention among low-risk women giving birth in private and public hospitals in NSW : a population-based descriptive study', BMJ Open, 8.
  • Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain : listening to Australian women', Nursing Research and Practice, 10.
  • Schmied, V., Burns, E., Duff, M. and Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Contradictions and conflict : a meta-ethnographic study of migrant women's experiences of breastfeeding in a new country', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15.
  • Dahlen, H. and Schmied, V. (2012), 'What makes episiotomy rates change? : a systematic review of the literature', International Journal of Childbirth, 11.
  • Dahlen, H., Jackson, M. and Stevens, J. (2011), 'Homebirth, freebirth and doulas: Casualty and consequences of a broken maternity system', Women and Birth, 4.
  • Schmied, V., Duff, M., Dahlen, H., Mills, A. and Kolt, G. (2011), ''Not waving but drowning':A study of the experiences and concerns of midwives and other health professionals caring for obese childbearing women', Midwifery, 7.
  • George, A., Johnson, M., Dahlen, H., Bhole, S., Blinkhorn, A. and Ellis, S. (2011), 'New role for midwives promoting dental health', Australian Nursing Journal, 1.
  • Stevens, J., Dahlen, H., Peters, K. and Jackson, D. (2011), 'Midwives' and doulas' perspectives of the role of the doula in Australia: A qualitative study', Midwifery, 8.
  • Catling-Paull, C., Dahlen, H. and Homer, C. (2011), 'Multiparous women's confidence to have a publicly-funded homebirth: A qualitative study', Women and Birth, 7.
  • Dahlen, H., Jackson, M., Schmied, V., Tracy, S. and Priddis, H. (2011), 'Birth centres and the National Maternity Services Review: Response to consumer demand or compromise?', Women and Birth, 8.
  • Do, C., Smith, C., Dahlen, H., Bisits, A. and Schmied, V. (2011), 'Moxibustion for cephalic version: A feasibility randomised controlled trial', BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, .
  • Dahlen, H., Homer, C., Leap, N. and Tracy, S. (2011), 'From social to surgical: Historical perspectives on perineal care during labour and birth', Women and Birth, 7.
  • Dahlen, H., Schmied, V., Tracy, S., Jackson, M., Cummings, J. and Priddis, H. (2011), 'Home birth and the National Australian Maternity Services Review: Too hot to handle?', Women and Birth, 8.
  • Dahlen, H. (2011), 'Home Birth: A story of "Infinite Love and Enormous Rejection"', International Journal of Childbirth, 9.
  • Schmied, V., Schmied, V., Duff, M., Duff, M., Dahlen, H., Dahlen, H., Mills, A., Mills, A. and Kolt, G. (2011), ''Not waving but drowning': A study of the experiences and concerns of midwives and other health professionals caring for obese childbearing women', Midwifery, 7.
  • Laws, P., Lim, C., Tracy, S., Dahlen, H., Dahlen, H. and Sullivan, E. (2011), 'Changes to booking, transfer criteria and procedures in birth centres in Australia from 1997-2007: A national survey', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10.
  • Dahlen, H. and Homer, C. (2010), 'Infant feeding in the first 12 weeks following birth: A comparison of patterns seen in Asian and non-Asia women in Australia', Women and Birth, 7.
  • Dahlen, H., Barclay, M. and Homer, C. (2010), 'The novice birthing: theorising first-time mothers' experiences of birth at home and in hospital in Australia', Midwifery, 11.
  • Dahlen, H. (2010), 'Undone by fear? Deluded by trust?', Midwifery, 7.
  • Dahlen, H., Barclay, L. and Homer, C. (2010), ''Reacting to the unknown': experiencing the first birth at home or in hospital in Australia', Midwifery, .
  • Cioffi, J., Schmied, V., Dahlen, H., Mills, A., Thornton, C., Duff, M., Cummings, J. and Kolt, G. (2010), 'Physical Activity in Pregnancy: Women's Perceptions, Practices, and Influencing Factors', Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 7.
  • Dahlen, H., Barclay, L. and Homer, C. (2010), 'Processing the First birth: journeying into 'motherland'', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 9.
  • Smith, C. and Dahlen, H. (2009), 'Caring for the pregnant woman and her baby in a changing maternity service environment: the role of acupuncture', Acupuncture in Medicine, 3.
  • Dahlen, H. (2009), 'The relationship between maternal birth positions and perineal outcomes in women giving birth in a birth centre over 12 years', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 1.
  • Dahlen, H., Homer, C., Cooke, M., Upton, A., Nunn, R. and Brodrick, B. (2009), ''Soothing the ring of fire': Australian women's and midwives' experiences of using perineal warm packs in the second stage of labour. Midwifery', Midwifery, 10.
  • Dahlen, H. and Homer, C. (2008), 'Perineal trauma and postpartum perineal morbidity in Asian and non-Asian primiparous women giving birth in Australia', JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 9.
  • Dahlen, H. and Homer, C. (2008), 'What are the views of midwives in relation to perineal repair?', Women and Birth, 9.
  • Dahlen, H., Barcley, L. and Homer, C. (2008), 'Preparing for the first birth: mothers' experiences at home and in hospital in Australia', Journal of Perinatal Education, 12.
  • Dahlen, H., Ryan, M., Homer, C. and Cooke, M. (2007), 'An Australian prospective cohort study of risk factors for severe perineal trauma during childbirth', Midwifery, 8.
  • Homer, C. and Dahlen, H. (2007), 'Obstetric-induced incontinence: A black hole of preventable morbidity? An 'alternative' opinion', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 5.
  • Dahlen, H., Homer, C., Cooke, M., Upton, A., Nunn, R. and Brodrick, B. (2007), 'Perineal outcomes and maternal comfort related to the application of perineal warm packs in the second stage of labor: A randomized controlled trial', Birth, 9.
  • Tracy, S., Dahlen, H., Caplice, S., Laws, P., Wang, Y., Tracy, M. and Sullivan, E. (2007), 'Birth centers in Australia: A national population-based study of perinatal mortality associated with giving birth in a birth center', Birth, 8.
  • Tracy, S., Sullivan, E., Dahlen, H., Black, D., Wang, Y. and Tracy, M. (2006), 'Does size matter? A population-based study of birth in lower volume maternity hospitals for low risk women', BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 11.
  • Dahlen, H. (2006), 'Midwifery: "At the edge of history"', Women and Birth, 8.

Conference Papers

  • Betts, D., Smith, C. and Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Current Practice amonst acupuncturists treating threatened miscarriage in Australia and new Zealan', Internation Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health, Portland oregon.
  • Betts, D., Smith, C. and Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Current practice amongst acupuncturists treating threatened miscarriage in Australia and New Zealand.', International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health, Portland Oregon (USA.
  • Betts, D., Smith, C. and Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Exploring health professionals perception of best practice for women presenting with Threatened Miscarriage', FAOPS & PSANZ, Sydney.
  • Smith, C. and Dahlen, H. (2012), 'Current practice amongst acupuncturists treating threatened miscarriage in Australia and New Zealand', International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health, Portland, Oregon.
  • Do, C., Smith, C., Dahlen, H., Schmied, V. and Schmeid, V. (2011), 'Moxibustion for cephalic version: a feasibility study', 15th Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, Hobart.
  • Schmied, V., Cioffi, J., Dahlen, H., Kolt, G., Duff, M. and Thornton, C. (2008), 'Caring for obese women: Midwives experiences and concerns', Proceedings of the Women's Hospitals Australasia Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Research

Current Projects

Title:MIOH-DS (Midwife Initiated Oral Health-Dental Service)
Years:2012-01-01 - 2014-12-31
ID:P00020214
UWS Researchers:Ajesh George, Maree Johnson, Hannah Dahlen and Anthony Yeo
Funding:
  • National Health and Medical Research Council (ACRG)
Title:Birthplace in Australia: A prospective Cohort Study [via UTS - no funding to UWS]
Years:2012-01-01 - 2015-12-31
ID:P00020611
UWS Researchers:Hannah Dahlen
Funding:
  • National Health and Medical Research Council (ACRG)
Title:Developing perinatal oral health guidelines for dentists and prenatal care providers in Australia
Years:2013-02-19 - 2014-01-31
ID:P00021176
UWS Researchers:Ajesh George, Maree Johnson, Hannah Dahlen, Jennifer Reath and Andrew Korda
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
  • NSW Ministry of Health
  • Philips Electronics Australia Ltd
  • Australian Dental Association (NSW Branch) Ltd
Title:Antenatal interactions between midwives working in continuity of care models and midwives working in fragmented maternity care models: An ethnographic study
Years:2012-03-02 - 2013-09-30
ID:P00020548
UWS Researchers:Hannah Dahlen, Virginia Schmied and Elaine Burns
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney

Previous Projects

Title:Facilitating physiological birth positioning in three different birth settings: An exploration into facilitators and inhibitors
Years:2008-12-18 - 2009-12-17
ID:P00016481
UWS Researchers:Hannah Dahlen and Virginia Schmied
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Improving the quality of midwifery care for women experiencing a normal pregnancy and birth
Years:2008-11-21 - 2009-11-20
ID:P00016428
UWS Researchers:Hannah Dahlen and Virginia Schmied
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Perinatal Mental Health: Understanding pathways, client journeys and outcomes for immigrant and refugee women
Years:2011-11-09 - 2012-11-08
ID:P00020497
UWS Researchers:Virginia Schmied, Maree Johnson and Hannah Dahlen
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:A study of service engagement and outcomes for infants and their young mothers
Years:2009-08-18 - 2010-08-17
ID:P00017133
UWS Researchers:Virginia Schmied, Hannah Dahlen and Christine Taylor
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
  • The Benevolent Society
Title:Piloting of a Midwife Initiated Oral Health-Dental Service (MIOH-DS) to improve the oral health of pregnant women
Years:2010-12-03 - 2012-05-31
ID:P00019322
UWS Researchers:Ajesh George, Maree Johnson and Hannah Dahlen
Funding:
  • Australian Dental Association
Title:Piloting of a Midwife Initiated Oral Health-Dental Service (MIOH-DS) to improve the oral health of pregnant women
Years:2010-09-22 - 2012-06-30
ID:P00019324
UWS Researchers:Ajesh George, Maree Johnson and Hannah Dahlen
Funding:
  • NSW Department of Health

Supervision

Professor Dahlen is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Title:The Role of Acupuncture with the Management of Threatened Miscarriage
Field of Research:
Title:Understanding the Role and Scope of the Doula in Australia from the Perspective of Women and Doulas
Field of Research:
Title:Designing Strategies to Introduce Evidence Based Practice around the use of Episiotomy in Jordan
Field of Research:

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