Research in the Division of Nursing & Midwifery
Welcome to the Division of Nursing and Midwifery research information site. My name is Dr Susan Koch and I am the Director of Research and Higher Degrees in the Division of Nursing and Midwifery. My role is to assist you in enquires regarding your research interests or application to our higher degree courses. Please take the opportunity to browse through this web site and check out our research foci and see if there is anything that interests you.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me on 61 +3 9479 3597 or email: s.koch@latrobe.edu.au should you wish to discuss things further.
The Division is a leader in nursing and midwifery research. Our research is focussed on:
- Older people - issues of care: sexuality, pain assessment and management, family interactions
- Cancer and Palliative Care
- Community Nursing - including evidence based community nursing, health of veterans, quality of life and carer issues.
- Mental Health Nursing - including the management of aggression, staff relations in the workplace and psychological aspects of care.
- Midwifery - including clinical practice interventions in maternal, perinatal and neonatal care and women's reproductive health.
The Division has a research centre; and Research in Supportive Care (RISC). More information about these research centres is available from their web sites.
Staff within the division also work closely with:
- Australian Centre for Evidence-Based Aged Care (ACEBAC)
- Mother and Child Health Research Centre
- Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society;
- Australian Institute for Primary Care;
- Bouverie Centre, Victoria's Family Institute
For more information about research in the Division of Nursing & Midwifery please visit the appropriate areas of our web site:
- Current Grants & Tenders
- Recent Research Degrees
- Higher Degrees Supervisors
- Research Vignettes
- Research Posters
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