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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Reid, C, McKenzie, JE, Brennan, SE, Bennetts, SK, Clark, Y, Mensah, F, Hokke, S, Ralph, N, Brown, SJ, Gee, G, et al.
Interventions during pregnancy or up to two years after birth for parents who are experiencing complex trauma or have experienced maltreatment in their childhood (or both) to improve parenting capacity or socio‐emotional well‐being.
2021(7)
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2023
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Brown, S, Mensah, F, Ah Kit, J, Stuart-Butler, D, Glover, K, Leane, C, Weetra, D, Gartland, D, Newbury, J, Yelland, J.
Aboriginal Families Study Policy Brief No 4: Improving the health of Aboriginal babies.
2023
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Batchelor, M, Brown, SJ, Glover, K, Gartland, D.
A Systematic Review of Child Health and Developmental Outcomes Associated with Low Birthweight and/or Small for Gestational Age in Indigenous Children from Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
18(23)
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12669
2023
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Hearn, F, Biggs, L, Brown, S, Tran, L, Shwe, S, Noe, TMP, Toke, S, Alias, MA, Essa, M, Hydari, S, et al.
Having a Say in Research Directions: The Role of Community Researchers in Participatory Research with Communities of Refugee and Migrant Background.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
19(8)
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4844
2023
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Bulford, E, Fogarty, A, Giallo, R, Brown, S, Szwarc, J, Riggs, E.
Risk and Protective Factors Experienced by Fathers of Refugee Background during the Early Years of Parenting: A Qualitative Study.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
19(11)
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6940
2023
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