Fran Boyle

Assoc Prof Fran Boyle is a social scientist and health services researcher at the Institute for Social Sciences Research. Fran's background is in psychology and public health and her research focuses on people's lived experiences of health, health services and the health system. Fran's research expertise is in the application of social sciences methods (including the integration quantitative and qualitative approaches) and health systems thinking to guide policy and practice. Fran is a Principal Investigator with the Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth where she co-leads the Care after Stillbirth program. Her research addresses the psychosocial impacts of perinatal loss and is committed to improving outcomes for women and families through the implementation and evaluation of best practice parent-centred perinatal bereavement care in hospital and community settings. Health Sciences, Sociology

[2023] Parents' descriptions of labouring with an antepartum fetal death: Findings from the Birthing in Grief study. Warland, Jane, Pollock, Danielle, Collier, Ashleigh, Horey, Dell and Boyle, Frances (2023). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 64 (2), 133-140. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13759 [2023] Scoping review of nature-based interventions in bereavement care: what are the implications for perinatal loss?. Dean, Julie, Cleary, Anne, Ma, Tianyi, McDaid, Lisa, Pollock, Danielle and Boyle, Frances (2023). Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 8 (1) 100690, 100690. doi: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100690 [2023] Adverse childhood experiences, the risk of pregnancy complications and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Mamun, Abdullah, Biswas, Tuhin