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.
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Brown, SJ, Gartland, D, Donath, S, MacArthur, C.
Fecal Incontinence During the First 12 Months Postpartum.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
119(2, Part 1)
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240 -249
2012
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Hartley, S, Sutherland, G, Brown, S, Yelland, J.
‘You’re more likely to tell the GP if you’re asked’: women’s views of care from general practitioners in the first postpartum year.
Australian Journal of Primary Health
18(4)
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308 -312
2012
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Biro, MA, Yelland, JS, Sutherland, GA, Brown, SJ.
Women’s experience of domiciliary postnatal care in Victoria and South Australia: a population-based survey.
Australian Health Review
36(4)
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448 -456
2012
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Brown, SJ, Yelland, JS, Sutherland, GA, Baghurst, PA, Robinson, JS.
Stressful life events, social health issues and low birthweight in an Australian population-based birth cohort: challenges and opportunities in antenatal care.
BMC Public Health
11(1)
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196
2011
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Biro, MA, Sutherland, GA, Yelland, JS, Hardy, P, Brown, SJ.
In‐Hospital Formula Supplementation of Breastfed Babies: A Population‐Based Survey.
Birth
38(4)
:
302 -310
2011
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