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
Cook, F, Conway, LJ, Giallo, R, Gartland, D, Sciberras, E, Brown, S.
Infant sleep and child mental health: a longitudinal investigation..
Arch Dis Child
105(7)
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655 -660
2020
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Yelland, J, Mensah, F, Riggs, E, McDonald, E, Szwarc, J, Dawson, W, Vanpraag, D, Casey, S, East, C, Biro, MA, et al.
Evaluation of systems reform in public hospitals, Victoria, Australia, to improve access to antenatal care for women of refugee background: An interrupted time series design..
PLoS Med
17(7)
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e1003089
2020
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Riggs, E, Yelland, J, Szwarc, J, Duell-Piening, P, Wahidi, S, Fouladi, F, Casey, S, Chesters, D, Brown, S.
Afghan families and health professionals' access to health information during and after pregnancy..
Women Birth
33(3)
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e209 -e215
2020
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Clark, Y, Gee, G, Naomi, R, Caroline, A, Stephanie, B, Glover, K, Helen, M, Tanja, H, Gartland, D, Catherine, C, et al.
The Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future: Cultural and emotional safety framework.
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing. Te Mauri-Pimatisiwin
5(1)
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38 -57
2020
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Valpied, J, Hegarty, K, Brown, S, O'doherty, L.
Self-efficacy and doctor support as mediators of depression outcomes following counselling by family doctors for intimate partner violence..
Fam Pract
37(2)
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255 -262
2020
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