Associate Professor Elaine Jefford

Associate Professor in Midwifery UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

City East Campus (C6-45)
tel +61 8 830 22388

email Elaine.Jefford@unisa.edu.au

About me

Her research focus is within the field of midwifery decision-making. and abdicating one’s professional accountability, the impacts of this in relation to risk, safety and quality of care provision. A program of research has led to strong collaborations in national and international research, service development work and practitioner training initiatives. Other research interests include birth trauma, continence and perinatal mental well-being. She has also been involved in national and international midwifery curriculum development and is a member of the Midwifery Accreditation Committee, which is part of ANMAC

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Research

Research focus

Nursing
Public Health and Health Services
Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
Psychology
Medical and Health Sciences

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Books

Year	Output
2019	Jefford, E & Jomeen, J 2019, Empowering decision-making in midwifery: a global perspective, Routledge, UK.
2014	Jefford, E 2014, The midwife and decision-making processes: integration into midwifery practice, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.

Chapters

Year	Output
2020	Burleigh, A & Jefford, E 2020, 'Third stage of labour and optimal cord clamping: implications for midwives decision-making', in E Jefford & J Jomeen (eds), Empowering Decision-Making in Midwifery: A Global Perspective, Routledge, UK, ch. 15, pp. 163-171.
2020	Jefford, E & Jomeen, J 2020, 'Midwifery abdication', in E Jefford & J Jomeen (eds), Empowering Decision-Making in Midwifery: A Global Perspective, Routledge, UK, ch. 6, pp. 53-63.
2020	Jefford, E 2020, 'Midwifery and decision-making theories', in E Jefford & J Jomeen (eds), Empowering Decision-Making in Midwifery: A global perspective, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, UK, ch. 1, pp. 5-17.
2020	Jefford, E, Adair, R, Morrison, T & Dahlen, HG 2020, 'The doula-midwife partnership: friend or foe - how to work collaboratively', in E Jefford & J Jomeen (eds), Empowering Decision-Making in Midwifery : A Global Perspective, Routledge, UK, ch. 21, pp. 228-238.
2020	Jefford, E, Davies, L, Neville, C, Donaghy, M & McDonald, S 2020, 'Helping parents make decisions', in L Davies & S McDonald (eds), Examination of the Newborn and Neonatal Health: A Multidimensional Approach, Elsevier Health Sciences, UK, ch. 15, pp. 257-277.
2020	Provost, S, Smyth, A, Rupnarain, T, Mailey, S, Ward, H & Jefford, E 2020, 'Do personality traits impact upon midwives decision-making and practice?', in E Jefford & J Jomeen (eds), Empowering Decision-Making in Midwifery: A Global Perspective, Routledge, UK, ch. 23, pp. 249-262.
2020	Zhai, JH & Jefford, E 2020, 'Stress urinary incontinence in pregnancy and collaborative decision-making', in E Jefford & J Jomeen (eds), Empowering Decision-Making in Midwifery: A Global Perspective, Routledge, UK, ch. 10, pp. 103-110.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2022	Ebert, L, Massey, D, Flenady, T, Nolan, S, Dwyer, T, Reid-Searl, K, Ferguson, B & Jefford, E 2022, 'Midwives' recognition and response to maternal deterioration: a national cross-sectional study', Birth, online, pp. 1-11. Open access 5
2022	Jefford, E, Charmer, L, Stulz, V, Jomeen, J, Hawley, G & Davis, D 2022, 'Pandemic changes to maternity services-short- and long-term consequences', International Journal of Childbirth, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 1-3.
2022	Jefford, E, Nolan, S, Jomeen, J & Maier, B 2022, 'Giving midwives a voice - qualitative perspectives of an 'empowering decision-making workshop'', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol. 31, no. 5-6, pp. 592-600. 1 1 5
2021	Charmer, L, Jefford, E & Jomeen, J 2021, 'A scoping review of maternity care providers experience of primary trauma within their childbirthing journey', Midwifery, vol.102, article no. 103127, pp. 1-6. 6
2021	Jefford, E, Nolan, S, Munn, J & Ebert, L 2021, 'What matters, what is valued and what is important in mentorship through the Appreciative Inquiry process of co-created knowledge', Nurse Education Today, vol. 99, pp. 1-8. 2 1 16
2020	Cornelius, J, Doran, F, Jefford, E & Salehi, N 2020, 'Patient decision aids in clinical practice for people with diabetes: a scoping review', Diabetology International, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 344-359. Open access 1 1
2020	Ebert, L, Mollart, L, Nolan, SJ & Jefford, E 2020, 'Nurses and midwives teaching in the academic environment: an appreciative inquiry', Nurse Education Today, vol. 84, article no. 104263, pp. 1-5. 2 1 7
2020	Ebert, LM, Guilhermino, M, Flenady, T, Dwyer, T & Jefford, E 2020, 'Australian midwives' recognition of and response to maternal deterioration: a literature review', International Journal of Childbirth, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 92-103. 1
2020	Jefford, E, Nolan, SJ & Jomeen, J 2020, 'Is the concept of midwifery abdication evident in Australian case law? A systematic review of legal literature, court/tribunal decisions, and coronial findings', International Journal of Childbirth, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 1-17. 3 2
2020	Jefford, E, Nolan, SJ, Sansone, H & Provost, SC 2020, ''A match made in midwifery': women's perceptions of student midwife partnerships', Women and Birth, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 193-198. 11 7 4
2020	Martin, CR, Jefford, E & Hollins Martin, CJ 2020, 'Crisis, what crisis? Replicability of the key measurement characteristics of the Australian version of the birth satisfaction scale--revised', International Journal of Childbirth, vol.10, no. 3, pp.140-150. 1 1 4
2020	Mathews, SB, Mozolic-Staunton, B, Jefford, E & Salehi, N 2020, 'Canadian Occupational Performance Measure and early intervention: a scoping review', Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools and Early Intervention: Innovations in Practice, Theory, and Research, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 353-373. Open access 2 2 1
2020	Zhai, J, Jefford, E, Tyer-Viola, L, Joseph, H & Ebert, L 2020, 'Comparing differences and similarities between chinese and american women's experiences of stress urinary incontinence and health-seeking behaviors during pregnancy', International Journal of Childbirth, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 198-205.
2019	Jefford, E, Alonso, C & Stevens, JR 2019, 'Call us midwives: critical comparison of what is a midwife and what is midwifery', International Journal of Childbirth, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 39-50. 4 4
2018	Jefford, E, Jomeen, J & Wallin, M 2018, 'Midwifery abdication - is it acknowledged or discussed within the midwifery literature: an integrative review', European Journal of Midwifery, vol.2, pp. 1-9. Open access
2018	Jefford, E, Jomeen, J, Guy, F, Newcombe, B & Martin, C 2018, 'Applying a midwifery-specific decision-making tool to midwives' clinical reasoning and midwifery practice when managing a woman's perineum in labor: an exploratory study', International Journal of Childbirth, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 54-66. Open access 11
2018	Jefford, E, Martin, CJH & Martin, CR 2018, 'Development and validation of the Australian version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R)', Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 42-58. Open access 20 19 18
2016	Jefford, E, Jomeen, J & Martin, CR 2016, 'Determining the psychometric properties of the Enhancing Decision-making Assessment in Midwifery (EDAM) measure in a cross cultural context', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol. 16, no. 95, pp. 1-11. Open access 8 6 6
2015	Jefford, E & Fahy, K 2015, 'Midwives' clinical reasoning during second stage labour: report on an interpretive study', Midwifery, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 519-525. 12 3
2015	Jefford, E & Jomeen, J 2015, ''Midwifery abdication': a finding from an interpretive study', International Journal of Childbirth, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 116-125. 1

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Australian Doula College	AUSTRALIA
Baylor College of Medicine	UNITED STATES
Bendigo Health	AUSTRALIA
Buckinghamshire New University	UNITED KINGDOM
Central Queensland University	AUSTRALIA
Coffs Harbour Health Campus	AUSTRALIA
CQ University	AUSTRALIA
Edinburgh Napier University	UNITED KINGDOM
Gold Coast University Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Grafton Base Hospital	AUSTRALIA
North Mid Coast Local Health District	AUSTRALIA
Queensland Nursing and Midwifery Union	AUSTRALIA
Southern Cross University	AUSTRALIA
Southern Medical University	CHINA
Southern Medical University China	CHINA
University of Hull	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
Western Sydney University	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Chair, Scientific Review Advisory Committee Australian College of Midwives (ACM)	2021
Honorary Senior Fellow Faculty of Health and Social Care University of Hull UK	2021
Keynote Speaker Australian Doula College : Purpose, Pride and Passion retreat	2021
Member Gold Coast Nursing & Midwifery Leaders Strategic Council	2021
Member NSW branch Australian College of Midwives	2021
Member, Research Advisory Group Mid North Coast Local Health District	2021
Member, Research Advisory Network International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)	2021
Peer Reviewer Journal of Midwifery	2021
Peer Reviewer BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth	2021
Peer Reviewer Journal of Childbirth and Psychology	2021
Peer Reviewer Journal of Nursing Practice	2021
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Childbirth	2021
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Nursing Practice	2021
Peer Reviewer Women and Birth Journal	2021
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology	2021
Member NSW branch Australian College of Midwives	2020
Peer Reviewer Journal of Midwifery	2020
Peer Reviewer BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth	2020
Peer Reviewer Journal of Childbirth and Psychology	2020
Peer Reviewer Journal of Nursing Practice	2020
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Childbirth	2020
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Nursing Practice	2020
Peer Reviewer Women and Birth Journal	2020
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology	2020
Keynote Speaker Southern Medical University, Shenzhen China	2019
Keynote Speaker on midwifery decision-making Southern Medical University, Shenzhen China	2019
Member NSW branch Australian College of Midwives	2019
Peer Reviewer Journal of Midwifery	2019
Peer Reviewer BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth	2019
Peer Reviewer Journal of Childbirth and Psychology	2019
Peer Reviewer Journal of Nursing Practice	2019
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Childbirth	2019
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Nursing Practice	2019
Peer Reviewer Women and Birth Journal	2019
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology	2019
Margaret Lambert Scholarship Australian College of Midwives (ACM)	2018
Member NSW branch Australian College of Midwives	2018
Peer Reviewer Journal of Midwifery	2018
Peer Reviewer BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth	2018
Peer Reviewer Journal of Childbirth and Psychology	2018
Peer Reviewer Journal of Nursing Practice	2018
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Childbirth	2018
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Nursing Practice	2018
Peer Reviewer Women and Birth Journal	2018
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology	2018
Member NSW branch Australian College of Midwives	2017
Peer Reviewer Journal of Midwifery	2017
Peer Reviewer BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth	2017
Peer Reviewer Journal of Childbirth and Psychology	2017
Peer Reviewer Journal of Nursing Practice	2017
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Childbirth	2017
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Nursing Practice	2017
Peer Reviewer Women and Birth Journal	2017
Peer Reviewer Journal of Systematic Reviews	2017
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology	2017
Member NSW branch Australian College of Midwives	2016
Peer Reviewer Journal of Midwifery	2016
Peer Reviewer BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth	2016
Peer Reviewer Journal of Childbirth and Psychology	2016
Peer Reviewer Journal of Nursing Practice	2016
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Childbirth	2016
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Nursing Practice	2016
Peer Reviewer Women and Birth Journal	2016
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology	2016
Member NSW branch Australian College of Midwives	2015
Member, Scientific and Review Advisory Committee Australian College of Midwives (ACM)	2015
Peer Reviewer Journal of Nurse Education in Practice	2015
Peer Reviewer Journal of Midwifery	2015
Peer Reviewer BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth	2015
Peer Reviewer Journal of Childbirth and Psychology	2015
Peer Reviewer Journal of Nursing Practice	2015
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Childbirth	2015
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Nursing Practice	2015
Peer Reviewer Women and Birth Journal	2015
Member NSW branch Australian College of Midwives	2014
Peer Reviewer BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth	2014
Peer Reviewer Journal of Childbirth and Psychology	2014
Peer Reviewer Journal of Nursing Practice	2014
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Childbirth	2014
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Nursing Practice	2014
Peer Reviewer Women and Birth Journal	2014
Peer Reviewer Journal of Childbirth and Psychology	2013
Peer Reviewer Journal of Nursing Practice	2013
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Childbirth	2013
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Nursing Practice	2013
Peer Reviewer Women and Birth Journal	2013
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Childbirth	2012
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Nursing Practice	2012
Peer Reviewer Women and Birth Journal	2012
Australian Capital Territory Branch Educational Award Australian College of Midwives (ACM)	2011
Peer Reviewer International Journal of Nursing Practice	2011
Peer Reviewer Women and Birth Journal	2011
Peer Reviewer Women and Birth Journal	2010

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Associate Professor Elaine Jefford

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