Heather D’Antoine
Distinguished Honorary Fellow
Qualifications:
Master of Health Economics (Aboriginal Health), Curtin University, 2006; Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Science), Curtin University, 1990; Diploma in Midwifery, Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, Edinburgh, 1978; Diploma in Nursing, Western Australia School of Nursing, 1987.
Approved level of HDR supervision at Charles Darwin University:
Associate Supervisor for PhD
Location:
Darwin – Charles Darwin University, Casuarina campus
Biography:
Heather has 25 years of experience in health services as a registered nurse and midwife and as a health service manager in both Aboriginal health services and general health services across Western Australia.
Heather has worked extensively in health research: at the Institute for Child Health Research and at Menzies School of Health Research. She has clinical qualifications in general nursing and midwifery and academic qualifications in health economics.
Heather’s research interest is in maternal and child health. She is particularly focused on the area of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and other birth defects. Heather has worked with a research team on a number of projects in this area including describing what health professionals and women know and do about alcohol and pregnancy and FASD. She has been involved with developing and evaluating resources for health professionals and developing a model of care for FASD in Western Australia.
In 2022, Heather was appointed as a Commissioner to the National Mental Health Commission Advisory Board.
Research Themes
- Bower, C., D’Antoine, H. & Stanley, F. (2009). Neural tube defect in Australia: Trends in encephalceles and other neural tube defects before and after promotion of folic acid supplementation and voluntary food fortification. Birth Defects Research Part A-clinical and Molecular Teratology, 85(4), 269-273.
- France, K., Nadine, H., Payne, J., D'Antoine, H., Elliott, E., Bartu, A., et al. (2010). Health professionals addressing alcohol use with pregnant women in Western Australia: barriers and strategies for communication. Substance Use and Misuse, 45(10), 1474-1490.
- Peadon, E., Payne, J., Henley, N., D’Antoine, H., Bartu, A., O’Leary, C., et al. (2010). Women’s knowledge and attitudes regarding alcohol consumption in pregnancy: A national survey. BMC Public Health, 10(510).
- Payne, J., France, K., Henley, N., D’Antoine, H., Bartu, A., Mutch, R., Elliott, E. & Bower, C. (2011). Paediatricians’ knowledge, attitudes and practice following provision of educational resources about prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(10), 704-710.
- Stanley, F., Langridge, A. & D’Antoine, H. (2011). Variability in paediatric outcomes within wealthy countries. Acta Paediatricia International Journal of Paediatrics, 100(1), 26-28.
- Payne, J., France, K., Henley, N., D’Antoine, H., Bartu, A., O’Leary, C., et al. (2011). Changes in health professionals’ knowledge, attitudes and practice following provision of educational resources about prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 25(4), 316-327.
- Peadon, E., Payne, J., Henley, N., D’Antoine, H., Bartu, A., O’Leary, C., et al. (2011). Attitudes and behaviour predict women’s intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy: The challenge for health professionals. BMC Public Health, 11(584).
- Watkins, R.E., Elliott, E.J., Mutch, R.C., Payne, J.M., Jones, H.M., Latimer, J., Russell, E., Fitzpatrick, J.P., Hayes, L., Burns, L., Halliday, J., D’Antoine, H., et al. (2012). Consensus diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia: A modified Delphi study. BMJ Open, 2(5), e001918.
- Maxwell, S.J., Brameld, K.J., Bower, C., D’Antoine, H., Hickling, S., Marley, J. & O’Leary, P. (2013). Baseline investigations of folate status in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal West Australians prior to the introduction of mandatory fortification. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 53(1), 26-31.
- O’Leary, C., Leonard, H., Bourke, J., D’Antoine, H., Bartu, A. & Bower, C. Intellectual disability: population-based estimates of the proportion attributable to maternal alcohol use disorder during pregnancy. Developmental medicine and child neurology, 55(3), 271-277.
