Senior Research Fellow

Maggie is a psychologist whose research has been conducted in multi-disciplinary environments. She has applied her expertise in qualitative methods, including narrative theory, to the investigation of psychosocial aspects of reproduction such as infertility, donor-assisted conception, elective abortion, teenage pregnancy, and parent-adolescent communication about sexuality, as well as to children’s experiences of homelessness with their families. Her current research includes an NHMRC-funded project on women’s experience of a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment during the reproductive years and an ARC-funded project on fertility management in contemporary Australia.

2011 Publications

Kirkman M, Rowe H, Hardiman A, Rosenthal D. Abortion is a difficult solution to a problem: A discursive analysis of interviews with women considering or undergoing abortion in Australia. Women's Studies International Forum 2011; 34 (2): 121-129.

McDonald K,  Kirkman M. HIV-positive women in Australia explain their use and non-use of antiretroviral therapy in preventing mother-to-child transmission. AIDS Care 2011, 23 (5), 578-584. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.482124 (Published online 6 September 2010)

Garrett CC, Kirkman M, Chen M, Cummings R, Fuller C, Hocking J, Tomnay J, Fairley CK. Clients' views on a piloted telemedicine sexual health service for rural youth. Sexual Health (in press 21.06.2011)

Garrett CC, Hocking J, Chen MY, Fairley CK, Kirkman M. Young people's views on the potential use of telemedicine consultations for sexual health: results of a national survey. BMC Infectious Diseases. www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/11/285

2010 Publications

Kirkman M, Rowe H, Rosenthal D, Mallett S, Hardiman A. Reasons women give for contemplating or undergoing abortion: A qualitative investigation in Victoria, Australia. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare 2010; 1 (4): 149-155.

Kashif M, Murtaza K, Kirkman M. Violence against women during pregnancy in some Asian countries: A review of the literature. Italian Journal of Public Health 2010, 7(2), 6-11.

Kirkman M, Keys D, Bodzak D, & Turner A. "Are we moving again this week?" Children's experiences of homelessness in Victoria, Australia. Social Science & Medicine 2010, 70(7), 994-1001. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.004.

Content updated 24 February 2011