The Australian Doula College
Research on Doulas
Doula research in collaboration with the ADC
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The Value of Care Provided by Student Doulas: An Examination of the Perceptions of Women in Their Care
By Amie Steel, Helene Diezel, Kate Johnstone, David Sibbritt, Jon Adams and Renee Adair
This paper is the first Australian research on Doulas and primary data was collected from the Australian Doula College’s feedback forms, specifically associated with our student doulas. This paper was written in collaboration with our founder and director, Renee Adair. Published in the Journal of Perinatal Education, 2013.
Further research and readings published in relation to Doulas
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A qualitative study of volunteer doulas working alongside midwives at births in England: Mothers’ and doulas’ experiences. By Jenny McLeish & Maggie Redshaw
By Amie Steel, Jane Frawley, Jon Adams & Helene Diezel
By Courtney Everson, Melissa Cheyney & Martin Bovbjerg
By Zoe Darwin, Josephine Green, Jenny McLeish, Helen Willmot & Helen Spiby