Ms Alexa McArthur

Ms Alexa McArthur
 Position Grant-Funded Researcher (C)
 Org Unit JBI
 Email alexa.mcarthur@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone 831 33893
 Location

  • Biography/ Background

    Alexa is currently working within the Joanna Briggs Institute, as a Research Fellow in the Translation Science team. Her research interests particularly relate to midwifery issues, and helping clinician's transfer evidence into practice.

    Alexa has clinical midwifery experience in South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, New South Wales, Nepal and Somalia. She has also worked with Divisions of General Practice on immunisation issues.

  • Qualifications

    Master of Clinical Science (Adelaide ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥)

    Master of Primary Health Care (Flinders ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥)

    Diploma of Applied Science (Nursing) (SACAE)

  • Research Interests

    - Midwifery issues

    - Maternal and Child Health

    - Evidence based healthcare and translation

    - Evidence implementation and clinical audit

    - Clinical decision support systems

    - Systematic review

  • Research Funding

    2013/14 HCF Health and Medical Research Foundation. A multi-site audit of current in-hospital falls prevention practices and assessment of the effectiveness of best practice implementation strategies; co-investigator ($265,000)

    2011/12 Northern Communities Health Foundation. Promoting interventions designed to improve communications between General Practitioners and patients from a Non-English Speaking Background (NESB); Research Fellow ($20,000)

  • Publications

    Stern C, Jordan Z, McArthur A. Developing the review question and inclusion criteria. American Journal of Nursing, 2014;114:4.

    Attard M, McArthur A, Riitano D, Aromataris E, Bollen C, Pearson A. Improving communication between healthcare professionals and patients with limited English proficiency in the general practice setting. ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Journal of Primary Health, November 2013.

    Kaguongo RK, McArthur A. Implementation of central line bundle guidelines in insertion of central venous catheters at a pediatric critical care unit in Nairobi, Kenya: a best practice implementation project. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports. 2013;11(11): 469-483.

    McArthur A, Lockwood C. Maternal mortality in Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Sri Lanka: a systematic review of local and national policy and practice initiatives. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports. 2013;11(4): 115-186.

  • Professional Associations

    ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n College of Midwives

    Registered ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Health Practitioner (Midwifery and General)

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Entry last updated: Friday, 15 Apr 2022

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