Completed Projects

An Investigation of the Relationships among Women’s Experiences of the 2015 Earthquakes, Mental Health Status and Pregnancy Outcomes in Nepal

Goma Khatri (PhD candidate), Fisher J, Tran T (Supervisors)

Elucidating the increasing demand for genital cosmetic surgery among girls and women in Australia

Kirkman M, Fisher K, Souter K, Dobson AS

Funded by the Australian Research Council with the Australian Federation of Medical Women, Family Planning Victoria, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health, Monash Health, and Women’s Health Victoria

Partner organisations: Australian Federation of Medical Women, Family Planning Victoria, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health, Monash Health, and Women’s Health Victoria.

Health capability in a rural Swazi community caring for children affected by AIDS

Brear M (PhD candidate), Fisher J, Hammarberg K (Supervisors)

Bilateral Primary Care Professional Exchange to Build Health Promotion Capacity

Honda T, Fisher J, Rowe H

Funded by Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs

Partner organisations: Juntendo University Japan

Service Capacity Review – Contraception, Pregnancy Support and Termination of Pregnancy Services in Victoria

Rowe H, Kirkman M, Fisher J, Holton S

Funded by Family Planning Victoria

Partner organisations: Family Planning Victoria, Women’s Health Victoria, Royal Women’s Hospital

Knowledge, attitudes and social norms about healthy lifestyle behaviours among disadvantaged communities in Victoria: Findings of the Adult and Child Preventive Health Surveys

Wynter K, Tran TD, Fisher J, Nguyen H, Gualano R, & DHHS staff

Funded by Victorian Department of Health & Human Services

Partner organisations: Victorian Department of Health and Human Services

Fatherhood aspirations, expectations and outcomes: an interdisciplinary investigation

Hammarberg K, Mills C, Holton S

Funded by Monash University

Dissemination of findings: Risk and protective factors for father-infant attachment at 6 months postpartum

Wynter K

Funded by Jack Brockhoff Foundation

Preventive Health Survey – Child Analyses

Fisher J, Tran TD, Wynter K

Funded by Victorian Government, Department of Health & Human Services

Partner organisations: Victorian Department of Health and Human Services

Male fertility research and policy

Hammarberg K

Funded by Andrology Australia

Partner organisations: Andrology Australia

Further evaluation of the MyTime program

Fisher J, Hammarberg K

Parenting Research Centre (PRC)

Partner organisations: PRC

The impact of Care Transfer Video (CareTV) on patients in General Medicine, The Alfred Hospital

Holton S, Newnham H

Funded by Alfred Health

Partner Organisation: Alfred Health

Prostate cancer in regional, remote and metropolitan areas in Victoria and South Australia: Understanding the experiences and perspectives of patients, partners, men with no history of prostate cancer, Urologists, and General Practitioners to inform comprehensive care

Ruseckaite R, Evans S, Millar J, Kirkman M, Fisher J

Funded by the Movember Foundation

Understanding women’s experiences of egg freezing to inform health care

Fisher J, Hammarberg K, Kirkman M, McBain J, Agresta F, Hickey M, Bayly C

Funded by Melbourne IVF Research Sponsorship