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Professor Jyai Allen

Professor

Staff Member Details
Email: jyai.allen@ecu.edu.au

Dr Jyai Allen is a part-time research-focused Midwifery Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Her research program is focused on health engagement and models of care for vulnerable groups and embedding midwifery innovations to optimise women's outcomes and experiences in maternity care.

Jyai's role will include:

  • leading research projects; including sharing research findings through publication and conference presentation
  • pursuing external collaboration and funding opportunities
  • supervising midwifery research student projects

Jyai plans to support ECU, and the Midwifery profession as a whole, through her various roles on relevant boards and committees whilst developing the capability of the midwifery research team as Chair of the Midwifery Research Group.

Background

Jyai is a direct-entry midwife who has worked in various clinical, policy, and academic roles through her >20-year midwifery career. She has worked primarily in midwifery models of care with vulnerable populations, as well as birth centres and a midwifery-led unit. Jyai has held previous academic positions at universities including Associate Professor of Translational Research and Senior Lecturer in Midwifery.

Jyai holds a concurrent 0.5 FTE role as Assistant Director of Midwifery in Queensland Health.

Professional Associations

  • Member, Australian College of Midwives
  • Associate Editor, Women and Birth Editorial Board (2017 – 2021)
  • Member, Low-Risk Ethics Committee
  • Member, Research & Research Training Committee
  • Chair, Midwifery Research Group

Research Areas and Interests

Jyai is committed to delivering impactful research, in collaboration maternity consumers and health service partners, to explore challenges, implement changes, and evaluate outcomes to optimise women’s outcomes and experiences.

Jyai has expertise in systematic reviews, randomised trials, cohort studies, mixed methods evaluation; and critical qualitative methodologies including Critical Ethnography and Participatory Action Research

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University, 2016.
  • Bachelor of Midwifery, New Zealand, 2002.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Roe, Y., Allen, J., Haora, P., Hickey, S., Briggs, M., Wilkes, L., Nelson, C., Watego, K., Coddington, R., Ireland, S., Kruske, S., Gao, Y., Kildea, S. (2024). Enabling the context for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Birthing on Country services: Participatory action research. Women and Birth, 37(2), 368-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.11.007.
  • Lee, N., Allen, J., Jenkinson, B., Hurst, C., Gao, Y., Kildea, S. (2024). A pre-post implementation study of a care bundle to reduce perineal trauma in unassisted births conducted by midwives. Women and Birth, 37(1), 159-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.08.003.
  • Hu, Y., Gamble, J., Allen, J., Creedy, D., Toohill, J., Callander, E. (2024). A cost analysis of upscaling access to continuity of midwifery carer: Population-based microsimulation in Queensland, Australia. Midwifery, 133(TBD), article number 103998. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2024.103998.
  • Hu, Y., Allen, J., Ellwood, D., Slavin, V., Gamble, J., Toohill, J., Callander, E. (2024). The financial impact of offering publicly funded homebirths: A population-based microsimulation in Queensland, Australia. Women and Birth, 37(1), 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.07.129.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Wang, N., Wang, M., Huang, J., Allen, J., Elder, E., Fu, L., Lu, H., Creedy, D., Gamble, J. (2023). Effects of the STress-And-coping suppoRT (START) intervention on depression and coping of Chinese women seeking a first-trimester abortion: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Affective Disorders, 324(TBD), 121-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.086.
  • Allen, J., Creedy, D., Mills, K., Gamble, J. (2023). Health engagement: A systematic review of tools modifiable for use with vulnerable pregnant women. BMJ Open, 13(3), article number e065720. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065720.
  • Haora, P., Roe, Y., Hickey, S., Gao, Y., Nelson, C., Allen, J., Briggs, M., Worner, F., Kruske, S., Watego, K., Maidment, S., Hartz, D., Sherwood, J., Barclay, L., Tracy, S., Tracy, M., Wilkes, L., West, R., Grant, N., Kildea, S. (2023). Developing and evaluating Birthing on Country services for First Nations Australians: the Building On Our Strengths (BOOSt) prospective mixed methods birth cohort study protocol. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23(1), article number 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05277-8.
  • Wang, N., Creedy, D., Zhang, M., Lu, H., Elder, E., Allen, J., Guo, L., Xiao, Q., Gamble, J. (2023). Designing a Needs-Oriented Psychological Intervention for Chinese Women Undergoing an Abortion. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(1), article number 782. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010782.
  • Allen, J., Gao, Y., Germain, J., O'Connor, M., Hurst, C., Kildea, S. (2023). Impact of the Thompson method on breastfeeding exclusivity and duration: Multi-method design. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 141(TBD), article number 104474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104474.
  • Mills, K., Sunderland, N., Allen, J., Creedy, D., Carter, A. (2023). Stories from the river: thematic analysis of non-Indigenous health students’ free-text survey responses about Australian cultural safety education. AlterNative: an international journal of indigenous peoples, 19(1), 32-41. https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801221137834.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Allen, J., Gao, Y., Dahlen, H., Reynolds, M., Beckmann, M., Cooper, C., Kildea, S. (2022). Is a randomized controlled trial of waterbirth possible? An Australian feasibility study. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 49(4), 697-708. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12635.
  • Mills, K., Creedy, D., Sunderland, N., Allen, J., Carter, A., Corporal, S. (2022). Evaluation of a First Peoples-led, emotion-based pedagogical intervention to promote cultural safety in undergraduate non-Indigenous health professional students. Nurse Education Today, 109(TBD), article number 105219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105219.
  • Allen, J., Toohill, J., Creedy, D., Callander, E., Gamble, J. (2022). Development of a co-designed, evidence-based, multi-pronged strategy to support normal birth.. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 62(5), 790-794. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13529.
  • Wang, N., Zhu, X., Gamble, J., Elder, E., Allen, J., Creedy, D. (2022). The STress-And-Coping suppoRT Intervention (START) for Chinese Women Undergoing Abortion: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(11), article number 6611. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116611.
  • Allen, J., Small, K., Lee, N. (2022). How a perineal care bundle impacts midwifery practice in Australian maternity hospitals: A critical, reflexive thematic analysis. Women and Birth, 35(1), e1-e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2021.01.012.
  • Sapkota, D., Dennison, S., Allen, J., Gamble, J., Williams, C., Malope-Rwodzi, N., Baar, L., Ransley, J., Renae, MT. (2022). Navigating pregnancy and early motherhood in prison: a thematic analysis of mothers’ experiences. Health and Justice, 10(1), article number 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-022-00196-4.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Newnham, E., Small, K., Allen, J. (2021). Critical ethnography in maternity care research: bridging creativity and rigour - a discussion paper. Midwifery, 99(August 2021), article number 103014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.103014.
  • Mills, K., Creedy, D., Sunderland, N., Allen, J. (2021). Examining the transformative potential of emotion in education: A new measure of nursing and midwifery students' emotional learning in first peoples' cultural safety. Nurse Education Today, 100(TBD), 104854-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104854.
  • Creedy, D., Gamble, J., Boorman, R., Allen, J. (2021). Midwives’ self-reported knowledge and skills to assess and promote maternal health literacy: A national cross-sectional survey. Women and Birth, 34(2), e188-e195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2020.02.018.
  • Mills, K., Creedy, D., Sunderland, N., Allen, J., Corporal, S. (2021). A critique of measures of emotion and empathy in First Peoples’ cultural safety in nursing education: A systematic literature review. Contemporary Nurse, 57(5), 338-355. https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2021.1991413.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Wang, N., Allen, J., Gamble, J., Creedy, D. (2020). Nonpharmacological interventions to improve the psychological well-being of women accessing abortion services and their satisfaction with care: A systematic review. Nursing and Health Sciences, 22(4), 854-867. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12779.
  • Williams, L., Jenkinson, B., Lee, N., Gao, Y., Allen, J., Morrow, J., Kildea, S. (2020). Does introducing a dedicated early labour area improve birth outcomes? A pre-post intervention study. Women and Birth, 33(3), 259-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2019.05.001.
  • Allen, J., Jenkinson, B., Tracy, S., Hartz, D., Tracy, M., Kildea, S. (2020). Women's unmet needs in early labour: Qualitative analysis of free-text survey responses in the M@NGO trial of caseload midwifery. Midwifery, 88(TBD), article number 102751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2020.102751.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Kildea, S., Hickey, S., Barclay, L., Kruske, S., Nelson, C., Sherwood, J., Allen, J., Gao, Y., Blackman, R., Roe, Y. (2019). Implementing Birthing on Country services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families: RISE Framework. Women and Birth, 32(5), 466-475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2019.06.013.
  • Allen, J., Kildea, S., Tracy, M., Hartz, D., Welsh, A., Tracy, S. (2019). The impact of caseload midwifery, compared with standard care, on women's perceptions of antenatal care quality: Survey results from the M@NGO randomized controlled trial for women of any risk. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 46(3), 439-449. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12436.
  • Allen, J., Parratt, J., Rolfe, M., Hastie, C., Saxton, A., Fahy, K. (2019). Immediate, uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding after birth: A cross-sectional electronic survey. Midwifery, 79(TBD), article number 102535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2019.102535.

2018

Journal Articles

  • O'Connor, M., Allen, J., Kelly, J., Gao, Y., Kildea, S. (2018). Predictors of breastfeeding exclusivity and duration in a hospital without Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative accreditation: A prospective cohort study. Women and Birth, 31(4), 319-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2017.10.013.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Allen, J., Kildea, S., Hartz, D., Tracy, M., Tracy, S. (2017). The motivation and capacity to go ‘above and beyond’: Qualitative analysis of free-text survey responses in the M@NGO randomised controlled trial of caseload midwifery. Midwifery, 50(TBD), 148-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2017.03.012.
  • Teis, R., Allen, J., Lee, N., Kildea, S. (2017). So you want to conduct a randomised trial? Learnings from a ‘failed’ feasibility study of a Crisis Resource Management prompt during simulated paediatric resuscitation. Australasian Emergency Care, 20(1), 37-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aenj.2016.12.001.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Allen, J., Kildea, S., Stapleton, H. (2016). How optimal caseload midwifery can modify predictors for preterm birth in young women: Integrated findings from a mixed methods study. Midwifery, 41(TBD), 30-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.07.012.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Allen, J., Kildea, S., Stapleton, H. (2015). How does group antenatal care function within a caseload midwifery model? A critical ethnographic analysis. Midwifery, 31(5), 489-497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2015.01.009.
  • Allen, J., Gibbons, K., Beckmann, M., Tracy, M., Stapleton, H., Kildea, S. (2015). Does model of maternity care make a difference to birth outcomes for young women? A retrospective cohort study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52(8), 1332-1342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.04.011.

2013

Journal Articles

  • Tracy, S., Hartz, D., Tracy, M., Allen, J., Forti, A., Hall, B., White, J., Lainchbury, A., Stapleton, H., Beckmann, M., Bisits, A., Homer, C., Foureur, M., Welsh, A., Kildea, S. (2013). Caseload midwifery care versus standard maternity care for women of any risk: M@NGO, a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 382(9906), 1723-1732. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61406-3.
  • Allen, J., Stapleton, H., Tracy, S., Kildea, S. (2013). Is a randomised controlled trial of a maternity care intervention for pregnant adolescents possible? An Australian feasibility study. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 13(1), article number 138. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-13-138.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Allen, J., Gamble, J., Stapleton, H., Kildea, S. (2012). Does the way maternity care is provided affect maternal and neonatal outcomes for young women? A review of the research literature. Women and Birth, 25(2), 54-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2011.03.002.

2011

Journal Articles

  • Tracy, S., Hartz, D., Hall, B., Allen, J., Forti, A., Lainchbury, A., White, J., Welsh, A., Tracy, M., Kildea, S. (2011). A randomised controlled trial of caseload midwifery care: M@NGO (Midwives @ New Group practice Options). BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 11(TBD), article number 82. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-11-82.

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