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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 474 0999 ext 58933
Email
helen.paterson@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Lecturer and Head of Section of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DSM)
Department
Department of Women's and Children's Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
BM MMedSc FRANZCOG DTM&H PhD
Research summary
Contraception, gestational weight gain
Teaching
Co-ordinator of Postgraduate Women’s Health papers
Clinical
Co-director of Te Waka Wahine Hauora: Woman’s Health Bus Gynaecologist

Research

Helen Paterson is a Senior Lecturer in Women’s Health.

She is passionate about improving pregnancy outcomes by optimising access to contraception, abortion and health during pregnancy.

Publications

Dawson, P., & Paterson, H. (2024, February). TI project: Beyond the blue lines: Understanding the dynamics of pregnancy confirmation and initial healthcare engagement. Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar]. Other Research Output

Bellamak, T., & Paterson, H. (2023). Reconsidering post 20-week abortion in Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 63(5), 421-724. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13697 Journal - Research Other

Thomas, C., Braund, R., Bowden, N., Hobbs, M., Kokaua, J., & Paterson, H. (2023). Disparities in utilisation of combined oral contraceptives in Aotearoa New Zealand: A cross-sectional whole-of-population study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 63(3), 441-447. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13672 Journal - Research Article

Macfarlane, E., Stitely, M., & Paterson, H. (2023). What skills do New Zealand clinicians have to provide first trimester abortion in primary care and are they willing? Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, 35, 100810. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2022.100810 Journal - Research Article

Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Edmonds, L., Berry, M., Cormack, D., and also Te Rōpū Kohi Pitopito Mōhiotanga mō te Take Mate | New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group, including Dawson, P., Burgess, W., Roy, M., Paterson, H., Crengle, S., McDonald, G., Hii, J., Szymanska, K., Wolfe, N., Lawrence Lodge, R., Rayner, C., & Chalmers, S. (2022). Fifteenth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te pūrongo ā-tau tekau mā rima o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea hoki: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2020 | Te tuku pūrongo mō te mate me te whakamate 2020. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 209p. Retrieved from https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/pmmrc/ Commissioned Report for External Body

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