Dr Mary-Ann Davey
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Nursing and Midwifery Mother and Child Health Research CentreMelbourne (City)
- T: +61 3 8341 8537
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- W: Mother & Child Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Nursing and Midwifery Mother and Child Health Research CentreMelbourne (City)
RN, RM, DipAppSc, BEd, PGDipSoc, DPH, MEpi
Mary-Ann came to health research from senior clinical roles in nursing, midwifery, and maternal and child health. She worked as a senior research officer at the Royal Children's Hospital Research Institute (now Murdoch) from 1993-99, primarily as an investigator on community-based infant vaccine trials. She has worked at MCHR since 1999 on a number of projects including COSMOS, the 2000 Survey of Recent Mothers, Early Births and PinC. She was awarded an Australian Postgraduate Award to undertake a Doctor of Public Health program in 2002, investigating the events that follow induction of labour in otherwise uncomplicated first births.
She currently fulfils an epidemiology/biostatistics support role at the centre in addition to pursuing her own research interests. Mary-Ann also works part-time as an epidemiologist at the Victorian Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity.
- breastfeeding
- consequences of intrapartum interventions
- pregnancy and birth
Coleman T, Chamberlain C, Davey MA, Cooper SE, Leonardi-Bee J. Efficacy of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy. BJOG. 2013;120(3):373-4. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.12064.
Morrow J, Forster D, McLachlan H, Davey M-A, Newton M. Redesigning postnatal care: exploring the views and experiences of midwives. Midwifery. Epub 2012 Feb 18. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266613811001859.
Davey M-A. Review of "Epidemiology - Petra Buttner and Reinhold Muller (Oxford University Press, 2011). Aust N Z J Public Health [Book Review]. 2012 (in press).
McLachlan HL, Forster DA, Davey MA, Farrell T, Gold L, Biro MA, et al. Effects of continuity of care by a primary midwife (caseload midwifery) on caesarean section rates in women of low obstetric risk: the COSMOS randomised controlled trial. BJOG. 2012;119(12):1483–92. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03446.x.
McLachlan H, Forster D, McKay H, Small R, Davey M-A, Cullinane F, et al. Evaluation of Victorian homebirthing pilots: service impact of homebirthing services. Confidential Report. Melbourne: Victorian Department of Health, La Trobe University / Mother & Child Health Research;2012.
Horey D, Davey M-A, Small R, Kealy M, Crowther CA. Interventions for supporting women with decisions about mode of birth in a pregnancy after caesarean birth [Intervention Protocol]. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012; (8): Art. No.: CD010041. Available from: http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD010041/frame.html.
Coleman T, Chamberlain C, Cooper S, Davey MA, Leonardi-Bee J. Pharmacological interventions for promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy (Review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012; (9): Art. No.: CD010078. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD010078/full.
Carolan M, Davey MA, Biro MA, Kealy M. Maternal age, ethnicity and gestational diabetes mellitus. Midwifery. 2012;28(6):778-83. Available from: http://www.midwiferyjournal.com/article/S0266-6138(11)00130-6/abstract.
Biro MA, Davey M-A, Carolan M, Kealy M. Advanced maternal age and obstetric morbidity for women giving birth in Victoria, Australia: A population-based study. Aust NZJ Obstet Gynaecol. 2012;52(3):229-34. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01427.x.
McDonald K, Amir LH, Davey M-A. Maternal bodies and medicines: a commentary on risk and decision-making of pregnant and breastfeeding women and health professionals. BMC Public Health 2011; 11(Suppl 5): S5. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/S5/S5.
Davey M-A, Watson L, Rayner Jo A, Rowlands S. Risk scoring systems for predicting preterm birth with the aim of reducing associated adverse outcomes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011; (11): Art. No.: CD004902. Available from: http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD004902/frame.html.
Davey M-A, Flood MM. Perinatal mortality and planned home birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol [Letter to the Editor]. 2011;204(4):e18. Available from: http://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378%2811%2900076-7/fulltext.
Carolan M, Davey M-A, Biro MA, Kealy M. Older maternal age and intervention in labor: A population-based study comparing older and younger first-time mothers in Victoria, Australia. Birth. 2011;38(1):24-9. Epub 2010 Dec 23. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00439.x/full.
Bandyopadhyay M, Small R, Davey MA, Oats JJ, Forster DA, Aylward A. Lived experience of gestational diabetes mellitus among immigrant South Asian women in Australia. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2011;51(4):360-4. Epub 2011 Jun 9. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01322.x/full.
Davey M-A, Watson L, Rayner Jo A, Rowlands S. Risk scoring systems for predicting preterm birth with the aim of reducing associated adverse outcomes [Protocol]. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010; (11): Art. No.: CD004902. Available from: http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD004902/frame.html.
Watson LF, Davey MA, Biro MA, King JF. Adverse outcomes of labour in public and private hospitals in Australia. Med J Aust [Letter]. 2009;190(9):519. Available from: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2009/190/9/adverse-outcomes-labour-public-and-private-hospitals-australia-0.
Rayner JA, Forster D, McLachlan H, Yelland J, Davey MA. A state-wide review of hospital postnatal care in Victoria, Australia: The views and experiences of midwives. Midwifery. 2008;24(3):310-20. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2006.10.008.
McLachlan HL, Forster DA, Davey MA, Lumley J, Farrell T, Oats J, et al. COSMOS: COmparing Standard Maternity care with one-to-one midwifery support: A randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2008; 8: 35. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/8/35.
Davey MA, King JF. Perinatal outcomes in birth centers [2]. Birth [Letter]. 2008;35(1):85-6. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-536X.2007.00219_2.x/abstract.
Watson LF, Brown SJ, Davey MA. Use of periconceptional folic acid supplements in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2006;30(1):42-9. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00085.x/abstract.
Forster DA, McLachlan HL, Yelland J, Rayner J, Lumley J, Davey MA. Staffing in postnatal units: Is it adequate for the provision of quality care? Staff perspectives from a state-wide review of postnatal care in Victoria, Australia. BMC Health Serv Res 2006; 6: 83. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/6/83.
Davey MA, Brown S, Bruinsma F. What is it about antenatal continuity of caregiver that matters to women? Birth. 2005;32(4):262-71. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0730-7659.2005.00384.x.
Brown SJ, Davey MA, Bruinsma FJ. Women's views and experiences of postnatal hospital care in the Victorian Survey of Recent Mothers 2000. Midwifery. 2005;21(2):109-26. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2004.09.006.