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Contact Details

Phone
+64 27 230 1522
Email
pauline.dawson@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Women's and Children's Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
PhD MMid RM
Research summary
Maternal health equity, social determinants of health, health geography, rural maternity care
Teaching
  • Convener of ALM4 Pregnancy Longcase
  • Have taught at many levels within DSM including convening ALM6 / trainee intern year and ELM3 integrated cases
  • Interest in interprofessional learning and rural health education
Memberships
  • New Zealand College of Midwives
  • Perinatal Society of New Zealand
  • Public Health Association of New Zealand
Clinical
I maintain my clinical practice by working as a core midwife, in the community and locum work

Research

Pauline is a practising midwife whose aim is to improve outcomes and experiences for families through their childbearing journey. She centres equity in all her work.

Her PhD examined the barriers to equitable maternal health in Aotearoa and her master's thesis looked at birth place choices made in the Southern DHB, particularly by those in rural areas.

Pauline has experience in large data set analysis and inferential modelling and is committed to data sovereignty principles and ethics. She also has experience in Foucauldian analysis of healthcare and data.

Alongside teaching and research, Pauline is a research analyst for the NZ Mortality Review Data Group specialising in perinatal and maternal mortality.

Publications

Young, A., Hobbs, M., Willing, E., McDonald, G., Dawson, P., Marek, L., Fangupo, L., & McIntyre, P. (2024). Protecting hapu māmā and newborn babies through immunisation during pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Briefing, (9 April). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/protecting-hapu-mama-and-newborn-babies-through-immunisation-during-pregnancy-aotearoa-new Journal - Research Other

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

Dawson, P. (2023, September). The relationship of Tauiwi to research in Aotearoa. LiFePATH Clinical Trials Research Group Meeting, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand,. [Department Seminar]. Other Research Output

Hobbs, M., Marek, L., Young, A., Willing, E., Dawson, P., & McIntyre, P. (2023). Examining spatial variation for immunisation coverage in pregnant women: A nationwide and geospatial retrospective cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand. Social Science & Medicine, 335, 116228. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116228 Journal - Research Article

Young, A., Willing, E., Gauld, N., Dawson, P., Charania, N. A., Norris, P., & Turner, N. (2023). Midwives' perceptions of enablers and barriers to pertussis and influenza vaccination in pregnancy and information sharing. New Zealand College of Midwives Journal, 59, 29-38. doi: 10.12784/nzcomjnl59.2023.4.29-38 Journal - Research Article

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