Professor Stephanie Brown is a social epidemiologist, health services researcher and Head of the Intergenerational Health Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is Director of the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence, Co-Convenor of the Aboriginal Health Program at MCRI and Honorary Professor in the Department of General Practice and Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne.
Stephanie has two decades of experience working at the interface of policy, health services and community to co-design and implement policy relevant epidemiological and intervention research focusing on the beginning of life, when change is most likely to lead to reduction of health inequalities across the life course. A major focus of her work is improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and families, women and children of refugee background and women and children experiencing family violence.
Professor Stephanie Brown is a social epidemiologist, health services researcher and Head of the Intergenerational Health Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is Director of the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence,...
Professor Stephanie Brown is a social epidemiologist, health services researcher and Head of the Intergenerational Health Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is Director of the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence, Co-Convenor of the Aboriginal Health Program at MCRI and Honorary Professor in the Department of General Practice and Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne.
Stephanie has two decades of experience working at the interface of policy, health services and community to co-design and implement policy relevant epidemiological and intervention research focusing on the beginning of life, when change is most likely to lead to reduction of health inequalities across the life course. A major focus of her work is improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and families, women and children of refugee background and women and children experiencing family violence.
Top Publications
Yelland, J, Riggs, E, Wahidi, S, Fouladi, F, Casey, S, Szwarc, J, Duell-Piening, P, Chesters, D, Brown, S.
How do Australian maternity and early childhood health services identify and respond to the settlement experience and social context of refugee background families?.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
14(1)
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348
2014
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Biro, MA, Yelland, JS, Brown, SJ.
Why are Young Women Less Likely to Breastfeed? Evidence From an Australian PopulationāBased Survey.
Birth
41(3)
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245 -253
2014
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Myers, J, Thorpe, S, Browne, J, Gibbons, K, Brown, S.
Early childhood nutrition concerns, resources and services for Aboriginal families in Victoria.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
38(4)
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370 -376
2014
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Woolhouse, H, Gartland, D, Perlen, S, Donath, S, Brown, SJ.
Physical health after childbirth and maternal depression in the first 12 months post partum: Results of an Australian nulliparous pregnancy cohort study.
Midwifery
30(3)
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378 -384
2014
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Brown, SJ, Sutherland, GA, Gunn, JM, Yelland, JS.
Changing models of public antenatal care in Australia: Is current practice meeting the needs of vulnerable populations?.
Midwifery
30(3)
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303 -309
2014
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