School for Social and Policy Research
Institute of Advanced Studies
Charles Darwin University
Darwin NT 0909
Australia

• Research interests
• Publications
• Current projects
• Recent completions supervised

Research Interests

• Focus is on health, particularly primary health care, maternal child health and health services research and systems improvement.
• Lesley is also acknowledged as a leader in educational systems reform for improvement of health worker education in the Pacific, Melanesia and Indonesia.

Recent Publications

Books

1. Barclay, L. M., Fenwick, J., Alavao, F., Tooloa Papula, K., Enoka, I. and Lees, T. (2004). Midwives Tales: Stories of social and professional midwives in Samoa. (Accepted for publication 2004 and winner of the Goldberg cash prize of $US1,000 as the best medical health book of the year).
2. Barclay, L. M., Fenwick, J., Nielsen, F., Poston-Anderson, B., Stowers, P. and Wilkinson, J. (eds). (1998). Samoan Nursing: The story of women developing a profession. Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, Sydney.
3. Lupton, D. and Barclay, L. M. (1997). Constructing Fatherhood: Discourses and experiences. Sage Publications, London.
4. Barclay, L. M. and Jones, L. (eds). (1996). Midwifery: Trends and practices in Australia. Churchill Livingstone.

Book chapters

• Donovan, J., Barclay, L. M., England, J. and Ramsay, A. (eds). (1998). Men’s Transition to Parenthood. In: Laws, T. Promoting Men’s Health. Ausmed, Richmond.
• Barclay, L. M. and Jones, L. (1996). Where to Now? Issues for Australian Midwives. In: Barclay, L. M. and Jones, L. (eds). Midwifery: Future directions. Churchill Livingstone, Melbourne.
• Barclay, L. M. and Jones, L. (1995). The Education of Midwives in Australia: Current trends and future directions. In: Murphy-Black, T. (ed). Issues in Midwifery. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
• Barclay, L. M. (1989). Sexuality and Nursing Practice in Issues. In: Gray, G. and Pratt, R. Australian Nursing. Churchill Livingstone, Melbourne.
• Barclay, L. M. (1988). Australian Midwifery Training and Practice. In: Kitzinger, S. (ed). The Midwife Challenge. Pandora Books, London.

Recent examples of refereed journal articles

• Kruske, S. and Barclay, L. M. (2004). The Effect of Shifting Policies on Traditional Birth Attendant Training. Journal of Midwifery and Womens Health, 49 (4), pp 306-311.
• Williams, P., Barclay, L. M. and Schmied, V. (2004). Defining social support in context: A necessary step in improving research, intervention and practice. Journal of Qualitative Health Research, 14 (7), pp 942-960.
• Leap, N., Barclay, L. M. and Sheehan, A. (2003). Results of the Australian Midwifery Action Project Education Survey. Paper2: Barriers to effective midwifery education as identified by midwifery course coordinators. Australian Midwifery Journal of Australian College of Midwives, 16 (3).
• Leap, N., Barclay, L. M. and Sheehan, A. (2003). Results of the Australian Midwifery Action Project Education Survey. Paper 3: Workforce Issues. Australian Midwifery Journal of Australian College of Midwives, 16 (3).
• Fenwick, J., Barclay, L. M. and Schmied, V. (2003). Nurses roles in the special care nursery: What they consider their prime responsibility to be. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 9 (6), pp 6-11.
• Brownhill, S., Wilhelm, K., Barclay, L. M. and Parker, G. (2002). Detecting depression in men: A matter of guesswork. International Journal of Men’s Health, 1 (3), pp 259-280.
• Homer, C., Davis, G., Cooke, M. and Barclay, L. M. (2002). Women’s Experiences of Continuity of Midwifery care in a Randomised Controlled Trial in Australia. Midwifery, 18, pp 102-112.
• Fenwick, J., Barclay, L. M. and Schmied, V. (2002). Learning and Playing the Game: Women’s experiences of mothering in the Level II nursery. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 8 (2), pp 58-64.
• Fenwick, J., Barclay, L. M. and Schmied, V. (2001). Struggling to Mother: A consequence of inhibitive nursing interactions. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 15 (2), pp 49-64.
• Brodie, P. and Barclay, L. M. (2001). Contemporary Issues in Australian Midwifery Regulation. Australian Health Review, 24 (4), pp 103-118.
• Fenwick, J., Barclay, L. M. and Schmied, V. (2001). Chatting: An important clinical tool to facilitate mothering in the neonatal nursery. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 33 (5).
• Homer, C., Davis, G., Brodie, P., Sheehan, A., Barclay, L. M., Wills, J. and Chapman, M. (2001). Collaboration in Maternity Care: A randomised controlled trial comparing community-based continuity of care with standard hospital care. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 108, pp 16-22.
• Schmied, V., Sheehan, A. and Barclay, L. M. (2001). Contemporary Breastfeeding Policy and Practice: Implications for midwives. Midwifery, 17 (1), pp 44-54.
• Fenwick, J., Barclay, L. M., and Schmied, V. (2000). Interactions in Neonatal Nurseries: Women’s perceptions of nurses and nursing. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 6, pp 6-12.
• Homer, C., Davis, G., Petocz, P., Barclay, L. M., Matha, D. and Chapman, M. (2000). Birth Centre or Labour Ward? A comparison of the clinical outcomes of low-risk women. Australia Journal of Advanced Nursing, 18 (1), pp 8-12.
• Taggart, A., Short, S. and Barclay, L. M. (2000). She Has Made Me Feel Human Again: An evaluation of a volunteer home-based visiting project for mothers. Health and Social Care in the Community, 8 (1), pp 1-8.
• Tracy, S., Barclay, L. M. and Brodie, P. (2000). Contemporary Issues in the Workforce and Education of Australian Midwives. Australian Health Review, 23 (4), pp 78-88.
• Barclay, L. M. and Lupton, D. (1999). The Experiences of New Fatherhood: A socio-cultural analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 29 (4), pp 1013-1020.
• Cooke, M. and Barclay, L. M. (1999). Are We Providing Adequate Postnatal Services? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 23 (2), pp 210-212.
• Fenwick. J., Barclay, L. M. and Schmied, V. (1999). Activities and interactions in level II nurseries: A report of an ethnographic study. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 13 (1), pp 53-65.
• Schmied, V. and Barclay, L. M. (1999). Connection and pleasure, disruption and distress: Women’s experience of breastfeeding. Journal of Human Lactation, 15 (4), pp 325-334.
• Barclay, L. M. and Barclay, K. (1998). Strategic Planning in Perinatal Mental Health. Australian Journal of Primary Health – Interchange, 4 (1), pp 78-86.
• Barclay, L. M. and Kent, D. (1998). Recent Immigration and the Misery of Motherhood: A discussion of pertinent issues. Midwifery 14 (1): 4-9, 1998.
• Barclay, L. M. and Barclay, K. (1998). Increasing the Value: Health economics and qualitative methods. Social Sciences in Health, 4 (1), pp 15-24.
• Barclay, L. M. (1998). Midwifery in Australia and the Surrounding Region: Developments, debates and dilemmas. Reproductive Health Matters, 6 (11).

Current Projects

• China, ARC Linkages Project with 2 Provincial Governments- Improving Birth Outcomes in China, consequences and potentials of policy state and professional interactions
• ARC Networks project Named Investigator with 25 others, Improving the Health of Australian Children; $500,000; ARC network grant
• Other projects supervised include tendered work, for example on behalf of the NT Government investigating the ‘costs’ of premature self discharge of Indigenous clients from the health services.

Recent Completions Supervised

Current students

• Prof Lesley Page, UTS Doctorate by publication, Midwifery as relationship
• Noreen Murray, UTS Masters by Research (PT), A study in to the relationship between urinalysis for protein and the onset of raised blood pressure in pregnant women
• Jane Svensson, UTS PhD (PT), A needs analysis of couples’ for preparation for parenting to improve the quality of preparation of parenting services
• Margaret Duff, UTS PhD (PT), Research comparing the reliability of ‘labour behaviours and vaginal examination on the predictability of progress of labour
• Phillipa Williams, Adelaide Uni PhD (FT) (Co-supervision), Research into what parents needs for social support are after childbirth and how these can be best provided
• Sue Kruske, CDU PhD ( FT), Studying the role and effectiveness of early childhood nurses with families with special needs
• Sue Kildea, UTS PhD (FT), Improving maternity/midwifery in remote Australia
• Nicky Leap, UTS PhD (PT), Education for contemporary midwifery in Australia
• Insaf Ali Shaban UTS Professional Doctor of Midwifery (FT), Investigating midwifery as a primary health care practice in Jordan
• Reham Khresheh, CDU PhD (FT), Introduction of a consolidated birth record in Jordan