Karin Hammarberg, RN, BSc Sweden , M Women's Health Melb,PhD Melb
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Background
Karin Hammarberg was born in Sweden where she became a Registered Nurse in 1977 and was awarded a BSc in Midwifery in 1982. Between 1984 and 2000 Karin worked as clinical co-ordinator of IVF programs in Sweden and Australia. In 1999 she completed a Master of Women’s Health by research examining women's experience of IVF treatment. In 2006 she was awarded a PhD for her thesis which investigated the experience of childbirth and early mothering after assisted conception.
Karin is currently working on three research projects with A/Professor Jane Fisher. She is the project manager for the Melbourne arm of an ARC Linkage Grant funded study entitled “Parental Age and Transition to Parenthood Australia” . She is also researching the health and development of ART conceived adolescents and the long term psychosocial impact of a diagnosis of male infertility on men.
Research Interests
- psychosocial aspects of infertility and assisted reproductive technology (ART)
- long-term effects of ART on women, men and children
- The links between reproductive and mental health
Key publications
HAMMARBERG K, Fisher J, Wynter K, Psychological and social aspects of pregnancy, childbirth and the first postpartum year after assisted conception, Human Reproduction Update, (in press)HAMMARBERG K, Fisher J, Rowe H, Women’s experiences of birth and childbirth and postnatal health care after assisted conception: a systematic review. Human Reproduction, (in press)
Fisher J, HAMMARBERG K, Baker G, Antenatal mood and foetal attachment after assisted conception. Fertility and Sterility 2007, doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.022
HAMMARBERG K and Tinney L, 2006, “Deciding the fate of supernumerary frozen embryos: a survey of couples' decisions and the factors influencing their choice”, Fertility and Sterility, 86, 1, 86-91
Fisher J, HAMMARBERG K, Baker G, 2005, “Assisted conception: a risk factor for perinatal mood disturbance and early parenting difficulties?”, Fertility and Sterility, 84, 2, 426-430
HAMMARBERG K and Clarke V, 2005, “Reasons for delaying childbearing: A survey of women aged over 35 seeking assisted reproductive technology”, The Australian Family Physician, 34, 3, 187-189
HAMMARBERG K, 2003, “Stress in assisted reproductive technology: implications for nursing practice”, Human Fertility, 6, 30-33