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Hazel Keedle

Dr Hazel Keedle

Senior Lecturer of Midwifery, Western Sydney University
Dr. Hazel Keedle is a Senior Lecturer of Midwifery at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University. She has over two decades of experience as a clinician in nursing and midwifery, educator, and researcher. Her research interests are vaginal birth after caesarean, birth trauma, and maternity experiences, which she explores primarily using feminist mixed methodologies.
Dr. Keedle’s work is recognised nationally and internationally. She has made many invited conference and seminar presentations, and her research has been widely published in academic journals and books. She is the author of the book “Birth after Caesarean: Your Journey to a Better Birth,” which is based on her PhD findings. Dr. Keedle is also the lead researcher on the largest maternity experiences survey, The Birth Experience Study.
Dr Keedle is passionate about improving the experiences of women during childbirth. She is committed to using her research to advocate for women’s rights and to ensure that all women have access to respectful, supportive maternity care.

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