Donna Hartz is an Aboriginal Australian midwife, academic and member of the Kamilaroi peoples of north eastern New South Wales.[1] She grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney.[citation needed]
Hartz is currently[when?] an associate professor of midwifery at Charles Darwin University.[2]
Hartz is best known for her work on the "Birthing on Country" project, focused on Aboriginal maternal health. She is an investigator on an NHMRC Partnership Grant, ‘BOOSt: Building on Our Strengths’.[2] Hartz has focused on developing and implementing community-controlled, holistic, continuity of midwifery care models and birth centres.[2] She has been an advocate for women-centred continuity of care through caseload midwifery models.[3]
Hartz is a registered nurse and midwife. She has been an academic leader at the University of Sydney’s National Centre of Cultural Competence,[4] an adjunct associate professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University[5] and a casual academic at the University of Technology Sydney. Hartz was on the Board of Trustees at the Rhodanthe Lipsett Indigenous Midwifery Charitable Fund.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ "More Indigenous midwives equals strong cultural connection for mothers and babies: expert". SBS News. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "Introducing: Associate Professor Donna Hartz". Charles Darwin University.
- ^ "Midwife care: Demand for birth program soars as study gives a tick". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Dr Donna Hartz The University of Sydney". The University of Sydney.
- ^ "Doctor Donna Hartz". University of Western Sydney.