Kirstie Balding

Kirstie has been a registered midwife for over 25 years, her initial midwifery qualification was gained in the UK but now lives inAustralia where she works as a midwifery academic. Her midwifery career has spanned the full scope of midwifery practicefrom working in as a coordinator on a tertiary hospital birth suite to working in low-risk models in the community and as a specialistmidwife. Kirstie’s PhD research was an exploration of emotional intelligence and its relevance to midwifery practice, highlightinghow attributes such as compassion, empathy and situational awareness are critical to the provision of maternity care Midwifery, Emotional intelligence, Public Health

[2026] Balding, K., Geraghty, S., Pezaro, S., McChlery, S., & Timler, A. (2026). “Learning to sip tea intelligently”: A phenomenographic exploration of midwifery students’ perceptions of emotional intelligence and its relationship to midwifery. Women and Birth, 39(2), 11 pages. DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2026.102188 [2026] Hill, M. G., Hopper, L., Flanagan, B., Hansen, S., Miles, A., Watson, J., . . . Mills, B. (2026). Neonatal assessment and VR: designing 3D simulation training for prehospital clinicians. Virtual Reality, 30(3). DOI: 10.1007/s10055-026-01382-7 [2026] Geraghty, S., Balding, K., Narayan, N., & Kane, F. (2026). Rubella and pregnancy: Implications for midwifery practice. British Journal of Midwifery, 34(3), 168-173. DOI: 10.12968/bjom.2025.0088 [2025] Geraghty, S., Balding, K., McC