This study was a collaboration between researchers and obstetricians and midwives at Curtin University, Deakin University, Burnet Institute and The University of Melbourne. The study contributed to the evidence around the process and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of maternity care in Australia.
The study was led by Dr Zoe Bradfield from Curtin University.
2020 (Completed)
CovMat was a national collaborative study that aimed to explore the experiences of receiving or providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. A second arm of the study also examined the COVID-19 vaccine perceptions and intentions in women and health care providers.
Publications:
2022
- Receiving maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of women's partners and support persons.
Vasilevski V, Sweet L, Bradfield Z, Wilson AN, Hauck Y, Kuliukas L, Homer CSE, Szabo RA, Wynter K
Women Birth. 2022 Jan; 35(3):298-306 - Midwives' experiences of providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
Bradfield Z, Hauck Y, Homer CSE, Sweet L, Wilson AN, Szabo RA, Wynter K, Vasilevski V, Kuliukas L
Women Birth. 2022 Jan; 35(3):262-271
2021
- Experiences of receiving and providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A five-cohort cross-sec1onal comparison.
Bradfield Z, Wynter K, Hauck Y, Vasilevski V, Kuliukas L, Wilson AN, Szabo RA, Homer CSE, Sweet L
PLoS One. 2021 Mar; 16(3):e0248488 - Becoming a mother in the 'new' social world in Australia during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sweet L, Bradfield Z, Vasilevski V, Wynter K, Hauck Y, Kuliukas L, Homer CSE, Szabo RA, Wilson AN
Midwifery. 2021 Mar; 98:102996 - A cross sectional study of midwifery students' experiences of COVID-19: Uncertainty and expendability.
Kuliukas L, Hauck Y, Sweet L, Vasilevski V, Homer C, Wynter K, Wilson A, Szabo R, Bradfield Z Nurse Educ Pract. 2021 Feb; 51:102988 - Covid-19 changes to maternity care: Experiences of Australian doctors.
Szabo RA, Wilson AN, Homer C, Vasilevski V, Sweet L, Wynter K, Hauck Y, Kuliukas L, Bradfield Z
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2021 Feb; 61(3):408-415
Partners + Collaborators
- Dr Zoe Bradfield Lead Investigator, Curtin University, Western Australia
- Prof Yvonne Hauck, Curtin University, Western Australia,
- Dr Lesley Kuliukas, Curtin University, Western Australia,
- Prof Linda Sweet, Deakin University, Victoria,
- Dr Vidanka Vasilevski, Deakin University, Victoria,
- Dr Karen Wynter, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety and Research, Western Health Partnership, Victoria,
- Dr Rebecca Szabo, The University of Melbourne, Victoria
Project
Team
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