Dr Heather Rowe, BSc (Hons) LaTrobe PhD Melb
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Background
Dr Rowe is a health scientist with a background in genetics, psychology and health promotion. She has been on the academic staff at the Key Centre since 2000. Dr Rowe teaches in the Masters and Post Graduate Diploma of Women's Health and the Master of Public Health and coordinates Semester 3 of the Health Practice subject in the undergraduate medical course. She supervises student research in the PhD, Masters and Advanced Medical Science programs. She is the KCWHS Course Advisor.
Research Interests
Dr Rowe has broad research interests in mental health promotion for women in reproductive life, including for unplanned pregnancy, for women’s use of medical technology in pregnancy, and for prevention of mental health problems in mothers of infants. Dr Rowe’s research includes the evaluation of health services and mental health promotion programs.She is a co-investigator on major research projects including Mothers, Fathers and Newborns: Preventing Distress and Promoting Confidence (PEPP), funded by Australian Family and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Understanding women's experiences of unplanned pregnancy and abortion, an ARC linkage funded study in collaboration with the Royal Women’s Hospital and VicHealth, and a controlled trial of treatment for maternal mood disorder in residential early parenting centres, funded by NHMRC . Dr Rowe works with external health care agencies including The Royal Women's Hospital, Sunshine Hospital , Tweddle Child and Family Health Service, Masada Private Hospital, and with metropolitan and regional local governments in Victoria.
Key Publications
Leinweber J and ROWE HJ. The costs of `being with the woman`- Secondary Traumatic Stress in Midwifery Midwifery. 2008 in press.Hammarberg K, Fisher JRW and ROWE HJ. Women's experiences of childbirth and postnatal health care after assisted conception. Human Reproduction 2008 in press.
ROWE HJ, Fisher JRW and Loh WM. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale detects but does not distinguish diagnosable anxiety disorders from depression in mothers of infants. Archives of Women's Mental Health 2008 DOI:10.1007/s00737-008-0003-z.
Cooklin A, Fisher J and ROWE H. Employee entitlements during pregnancy and maternal psychological well-being. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2007; 47:483-490.
ROWE H. Miscarriage. In Astbury JA, Saxena S and Cabral de Mello M (editors). Mental Health in Reproductive Health: the evidence-base on selected aspects. Geneva. World Health Organization. 2007 in press.
ROWE H. Gynaecological conditions. In Astbury JA, Saxena S and Cabral de Mello M (editors). Mental Health in Reproductive Health: the evidence-base on selected aspects. Geneva. World Health Organization. 2007 in press.
Hammarberg K, Fisher J, ROWE H. Early parenting after assisted conception. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2006; 46, Supplement 2, A 13.
ROWE HJ, Fisher JRW, Quinlivan JA. Are pregnant Australian women well informed about prenatal genetic screening? A systematic investigation using the Multidimensional Measure of Informed Choice. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2006; 46: 433-439.
Fisher J, ROWE, H & Tattam A. Early parenting difficulties: Implications for health services policy. Health Issues 2005; 84: 18-21.
Fisher JRW, ROWE, HJ, Feekery CJ. Temperament and behaviour of infants aged 4 – 12 months on admission to a private mother baby unit and at one and six month follow up. The Clinical Psychologist 2004; 8(1): 15 – 21.
Fisher, J Feekery, C, and ROWE H. Treatment of maternal mood disorder and infant behaviour disturbance in an Australian private mothercraft unit: a follow-up study. Archives of Women's Mental Health 2003; 7 (Suppl 1): S1 – S5.
ROWE, HJ and Fisher, JRW. Baby Friendly Hospital Practices: cesarean section is a persistent barrier to early initiation of breastfeeding. Birth 2002; 29: 133-140.Reprinted in Breastfeeding Review 2003; 11: 21-27.
Reports
Fisher JRW and ROWE HJ. Koori Maternity Services Data Exploration Project. Department of Human Services Victoria. Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society, The University of Melbourne; 2008.ROWE HJ. Evaluation of the Pilot Social Work Service at Tweddle Child and Family Health Service 2006-2007. Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society, The University of Melbourne; 2007.
Fisher, JRW and ROWE, HJ, Building an evidence base for practice in early parenting centres, a systematic review of the literature and a report of an outcome study, The University of Melbourne, 2005.
Fisher, JRW, ROWE, HJ & Timoshanko, A. Physical Infrastructure and Evidence Based Maternity Care Project. Literature Review and Analysis. Commissioned by the Royal Women's Hospital. December 2003.