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Caroline S.E. Homer
Researcher at Burnet Institute
Publications - 435
Citations - 12167
Caroline S.E. Homer is an academic researcher from Burnet Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 372 publications receiving 9284 citations. Previous affiliations of Caroline S.E. Homer include University of New South Wales & University of Oxford.
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Short-term and long-term effects of caesarean section on the health of women and children
Jane Sandall,Rachel M. Tribe,Lisa Avery,Glen Mola,Gerard H. A. Visser,Caroline S.E. Homer,Deena L. Gibbons,Niamh M. Kelly,Holly Powell Kennedy,Hussein Kidanto,Paul D. Taylor,Marleen Temmerman,Marleen Temmerman +12 more
TL;DR: Understanding potential mechanisms that link CS with childhood outcomes, such as the role of the developing neonatal microbiome, has potential to inform novel strategies and research for optimising CS use and promote optimal physiological processes and development.
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Improvement of maternal and newborn health through midwifery
Petra ten Hoope-Bender,Luc de Bernis,James Campbell,Soo Downe,Vincent Fauveau,Helga Fogstad,Caroline S.E. Homer,Holly Powell Kennedy,Zoe Matthews,Alison McFadden,Mary J. Renfrew,Wim Van Lerberghe +11 more
TL;DR: This report proposes three priority research areas and outlines how national investment in midwives and in their work environment, education, regulation, and management can improve quality of care.
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A comparative review of nurse turnover rates and costs across countries
Christine Duffield,Christine Duffield,Michael Roche,Caroline S.E. Homer,James Buchan,Sofia Dimitrelis +5 more
TL;DR: A significant proportion of turnover costs are attributed to temporary replacement, highlighting the importance of nurse retention, and a minimum dataset is suggested to eliminate potential variability across countries, states, hospitals and departments.
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The projected effect of scaling up midwifery.
Caroline S.E. Homer,Ingrid K. Friberg,Marcos Augusto Bastos Dias,Petra ten Hoope-Bender,Jane Sandall,Anna Maria Speciale,Linda Bartlett +6 more
TL;DR: Midwifery care has the greatest effect when provided within a functional health system with effective referral and transfer mechanisms to specialist care, meaning that midwifers can avert 83% of all maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths.
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Caseload midwifery care versus standard maternity care for women of any risk: M@NGO, a randomised controlled trial
Sally Tracy,Donna Hartz,Mark Tracy,Jyai Allen,Amanda Forti,Bev Hall,Jan White,Anne Lainchbury,Helen Stapleton,Michael Beckmann,Andrew Bisits,Caroline S.E. Homer,Maralyn Foureur,Alec W. Welsh,Sue Kildea +14 more
TL;DR: The results show that for women of any risk, caseload midwifery is safe and cost effective, and the proportion of women who had a caesarean section was the main primary outcome.