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Touran Shafiei
Bachelor of Midwifery

BM, PhD
 
Email: t.shafiei@latrobe.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 8341 8564
 

Touran joined MCHR in 2006 as a full time student in a Master of Applied Science and upgraded to a PhD in September 2007. Touran explored the maternity care experiences of Afghan and Iranian women, birth outcomes, and also their experiences of postnatal depression. Her PhD titled ‘Maternity care and health after birth: the experiences of Afghan and Iranian women in Melbourne, Australia’ was passed in early 2010.

Currently Touran is a research officer on the SILC and LaCE studies.
 
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
 
Women’s health, maternal health and well-being, maternity care
 
CURRENT PROJECTS
 

SILC: Supporting breastfeeding In Local Communities – a cluster randomised trial (ACTRN12611000898954)
Team: Helen McLachlan, Lisa Amir, Della Forster, Rhonda Small, Meabh Cullinane, Touran Shafiei
Funding: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Status: Ethics approvals sought, project development in progress
 
LaCE: Labour Companion Evaluation – a feasibility study for a randomised trial
Team:

Rhonda Small, Della Forster, Touran Shafiei and Tanya Farell
Funding: Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University Research Grant
Status:

Ethics approvals sought
 

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:

PhD awarded in 2010, one paper submitted, others in preparation
 
Referred Journal Articles
 

Shafiei T, Small R, McLachlan H. (2011) Women’s views and experiences of maternity care: a study of immigrant Afghan women in Melbourne, Australia, Midwifery (in press)

Shafiei T, Gaynor N, Farrell G. (2011) The characteristics, management and outcomes of people identified with mental health issues in an Emergency Department, Melbourne, Australia, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18 (1), 9-16.

Nicholls D, Gaynor N, Shafiei T, Bosnac P, Farrell G. (2011) Mental health nursing in emergency departments: The case for a nurse practitioner role, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20 (3-4), 530-36

Farrell G, Shafiei T, Salmon P. (2010) Facing up to ‘challenging behaviour’: a model for training in staff-client interaction, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66 (7), 1644-55
Conference Abstracts

March 2008: Shafiei T, Small R, McLachlan H. 3rd Congress on Women’s Mental Health, Melbourne; The experience of postnatal depression and use of primary care services after birth among women from Afghanistan.

May 2010: Shafiei T, Small R, McLachlan H. 6th Australian Women’s Health Conference, Hobart; Maternal health and the use of health services after childbirth: a study of immigrant women from Afghanistan

March 2011: Shafiei T, Small R, McLachlan H. 4th Congress on Women’s Mental Health, Madrid; Maternal emotional well-being and the use of health services after childbirth: a study of immigrant women from Afghanistan
 
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Last Updated: September 12, 2011