Touran completed a Bachelor of Midwifery in 1994 and worked as a midwife for a number of years in Iran. She joined MCHR in 2006 as a full time student in a Master of Applied Science and upgraded to a PhD in September 2007. Touran is researching the maternity care experiences of Iranian and Afghan women, and also their experiences of depression after birth.
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
Women’s experiences of maternity care, maternal health
CURRENT PROJECTS
The experience of maternity care and depression after birth among women from Iran and Afghanistan in Melbourne
Team:
Rhonda Small, Helen McLachlan, Touran Shafiei
Funding:
PhD scholarship; Diamond Consortium Seed and Capacity Building Grant
Status:
Telephone interviews and face-to-face interviews completed, analysis in progress
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
Shafiei T, Small R, McLachlan H. “The experience of postnatal depression and use of primary care services after birth among women from Afghanistan”, International Congress on Women’s Mental Health, Melbourne, March 2008.
