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Prof Donna Hartz

Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife
Panellists have generously contributed to our CPD webinars. Please note that they are not employed by MHPN, and we are unable to contact them or provide referrals on your behalf. Please do not send us patient details.

Professor Donna Hartz has over 40 years of experience as a midwife, nurse, educator, lecturer, manager and researcher. She is the conjoint Chair of Midwifery at Western Sydney University and Western Sydney Local Health District, NSW, Australia. She is a descendant of the Kamilaroi people. Her main research foci include caseload midwifery care, Birthing on Country (BoC) models of care, First Nations breastfeeding education, midwifery education pathways, midwifery student clinical education models and smoking cessation in pregnancy.

She currently co-leads the BoC toolkit project and is an investigator on the BoC Best Start to Life  – Centre for Research Excellence, the Gomeroi Gaaynggal Breastfeeding support program and the BUBs Quit study examining midwifery smoking cessation counselling as an intervention.

The Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN) respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri and the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation, the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which our office is situated. We also acknowledge Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. Find out more.