Associate Professor Christine Roberts

Associate Professor & NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, Northern Clinical School
Kolling Institute of Medical Research

Building 52 Royal North Shore Hospital
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Publications

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

2009

  
  • Titaley, C., Dibley, M., Roberts, C. Factors associated with non-utilization of postnatal care services in Indonesia. Journal of epidemiology and community health. 2009; 63:827-31. [Abstract]
  • Hadfield, R., Lain, S., Raynes-Greenow, C., Morris, J., Roberts, C. Is there an association between endometriosis and the risk of pre-eclampsia? A population based study. Human reproduction (Oxford, England). 2009; 24:2348-52. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Ford, J., Thompson, J., Morris, J. Population rates of haemorrhage and transfusions among obstetric patients in NSW: a short communication. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2009; 49:296-298. [Abstract]
  • Hadfield, R., Lain, S., Simpson, J., Ford, J., Raynes-Greenow, C., Morris, J., Roberts, C. Are babies getting bigger? An analysis of birthweight trends in New South Wales, 1990-2005. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2009; 190:312-315. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Bell, J., Ford, J., Morris, J. Monitoring the quality of maternity care: how well are labour and delivery events reported in population health data?. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2009; 23:144-152. [Abstract]
  • Lain, S., Algert, C., Tasevski, V., Morris, J., Roberts, C. Record linkage to obtain birth outcomes for the evaluation of screening biomarkers in pregnancy: a feasibility study. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2009; 9:48. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Ford, J., Algert, C., Bell, J., Simpson, J., Morris, J. Trends in adverse maternal outcomes during childbirth: a population-based study of severe maternal morbidity. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2009; 9:7. [Abstract]

2008

  
  • Roberts, C., Lain, S., Morris, J. Variation in adherence to recommendations for management of the third stage of labor. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2008; 103:172-3. [Abstract]
  • Algert, C., Morris, J., Simpson, J., Ford, J., Roberts, C. Labor before a primary cesarean delivery: reduced risk of uterine rupture in a subsequent trial of labor for vaginal birth after cesarean. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2008; 112:1061-1066. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Algert, C., Ford, J., Morris, J. Reporting of routinely collected data by public and private hospitals. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2008; 48:521-522. [Abstract]
  • Lain, S., Roberts, C., Hadfield, R., Bell, J., Morris, J. How accurate is the reporting of obstetric haemorrhage in hospital discharge data? A validation study. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2008; 48:481-484. [Abstract]
  • Lain, S., Ford, J., Hadfield, R., Blyth, F., Giles, W., Roberts, C. Trends in the use of epidural analgesia in Australia. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2008; 102:253-8. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Cameron, C., Bell, J., Algert, C., Morris, J. Measuring Maternal Morbidity in Routinely Collected Health Data: Development and Validation of a Maternal Morbidity Outcome Indicator. Medical Care. 2008; 46:786-794. [Abstract]
  • Bell, J., Ford, J., Cameron, C., Roberts, C. The accuracy of population health data for monitoring trends and outcomes among women with diabetes in pregnancy. Diabetes research and clinical practice. 2008; 81:105-9. [Abstract]
  • Shand, A., Bell, J., McElduff, A., Morris, J., Roberts, C. Outcomes of pregnancies in women with pre-gestational diabetes mellitus and gestational diabetes mellitus; a population-based study in New South Wales, Australia, 1998-2002. Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association. 2008; 25:708-715. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Ford, J., Kelman, C., Morris, J. Monitoring severe maternal morbidity in Australia. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2008. p. 355-355. [Abstract]
  • Algert, C., Bowen, J., Hadfield, R., Olive, E., Morris, J., Roberts, C. Birth at hospitals with co-located paediatric units for infants with correctable birth defects. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2008; 48:273-279. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Ford, J., Lain, S., Algert, C., Sparks, C. The accuracy of reporting of general anaesthesia for childbirth: a validation study. Anaesthesia and intensive care. 2008; 36:418-424. [Abstract]
  • Raynes-Greenow, C., Nassar, N., Roberts, C. Residential mobility in a cohort of primiparous women during pregnancy and post-partum. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2008; 32:131-134. [Abstract]
  • Hadfield, R., Lain, S., Cameron, C., Bell, J., Morris, J., Roberts, C. The prevalence of maternal medical conditions during pregnancy and a validation of their reporting in hospital discharge data. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2008; 48:78-82. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Bell, J., Ford, J., Hadfield, R., Algert, C., Morris, J. The accuracy of reporting of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in population health data. Hypertension in pregnancy : official journal of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. 2008; 27:285-297. [Abstract]
  • Titaley, C., Dibley, M., Agho, K., Roberts, C., Hall, J. Determinants of neonatal mortality in Indonesia. BMC Public Health. 2008; 8:0. [Abstract]
  • Raynes-Greenow, C., Roberts, C., Nassar, N. Enabling Pregnant Women to Participate in Informed Decision-Making Regarding their Labour Analgesia. In: Pain Management: New Research. United States: Nova Science Publishers 2008. p. 219-229.
  • Raynes-Greenow, C., Roberts, C., Nassar, N. Enabling Pregnant Women to Participate in Informed Decision-Making Regarding their Labour Analgesia. In: Psychology of Decision Making. United States: Nova Science Publishers 2008. p. 0.

2007

  
  • Ford, J., Roberts, C., Bell, J., Algert, C., Morris, J. Postpartum haemorrhage occurrence and recurrence: a population-based study. The Medical journal of Australia. 2007; 187:391-393. [Abstract]
  • Ford, J., Roberts, C., Simpson, J., Vaughan, J., Cameron, C. Increased postpartum hemorrhage rates in Australia. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2007; 98:237-43. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Lain, S., Hadfield, R. Quality of population health data reporting by mode of delivery. Birth (Berkeley, Calif.). 2007; 34:274-275. [Abstract]
  • Cameron, C., Roberts, C., Bell, J., Fischer, W. Getting an evidence-based post-partum haemorrhage policy into practice. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2007; 47:169-175. [Abstract]
  • Raynes-Greenow, C., Roberts, C., McCaffery, K., Clarke, J. Knowledge and decision-making for labour analgesia of Australian primiparous women. Midwifery. 2007; 23:139-45. [Abstract]
  • Nassar, N., Roberts, C., Raynes-Greenow, C., Barratt, A. Development and pilot-testing of a decision aid for women with a breech-presenting baby. Midwifery. 2007; 23:38-47. [Abstract]
  • Nassar, N., Roberts, C., Raynes-Greenow, C., Barratt, A., Peat, B., , D. Evaluation of a decision aid for women with breech presentation at term: a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN14570598]. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. 2007; 114:325-333. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Algert, C., Ford, J. Methods for dealing with discrepant records in linked population health datasets: a cross-sectional study. BMC health services research. 2007; 7:0. [Abstract]
  • Ford, J., Roberts, C., Algert, C., Bowen, J., Bajuk, B., Henderson-Smart, D. How well do hospital discharge data report neonatal morbidity and mortality?. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2007; 165:S16-S16. [Abstract]
  • Raynes-Greenow, C., Roberts, C., McCaffery, K., Clarke, J. Knowledge and decision-making for labour analgesia of Australian primiparous women. Midwifery. 2007; 23:139-145.
  • Nassar, N., Roberts, C., Raynes-Greenow, C., Barratt, A. Development and pilot-testing of a decision aid for women with a breech-presenting baby. Midwifery. 2007; 23:38-47.
  • Ford, J., Roberts, C., Algert, C., Bowen, J., Bajuk, B., Henderson-Smart, D., , N. Using hospital discharge data for determining neonatal morbidity and mortality: a validation study. BMC health services research. 2007; 7:1-8. [Abstract]

2006

  
  • Olive, E., Roberts, C., Nassar, N., Algert, C. Test characteristics of placental location screening by transabdominal ultrasound at 18-20 weeks. Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2006; 28:944-9. [Abstract]
  • Ngo, A., Taylor, R., Roberts, C., Nguyen, T. Association between Agent Orange and birth defects: systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2006; 35:1220-1230. [Abstract]
  • Nassar, N., Roberts, C., Cameron, C., Olive, E. Diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination for detection of non-cephalic presentation in late pregnancy: cross sectional analytic study. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2006; 333:578-80. [Abstract]
  • Robson, S., Cameron, C., Roberts, C. Birth outcomes for teenage women in New South Wales, 1998-2003. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2006; 46:305-310. [Abstract]
  • Ford, J., Roberts, C., Taylor, L. Characteristics of unmatched maternal and baby records in linked birth records and hospital discharge data. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology. 2006; 20:329-37. [Abstract]
  • Cameron, C., Roberts, C., Olive, E., Ford, J., Fischer, W. Trends in postpartum haemorrhage. Australian and New Zealand journal of public health. 2006; 30:151-6. [Abstract]
  • Nassar, N., Roberts, C., Barratt, A., Bell, J., Olive, E., Peat, B. Systematic review of adverse outcomes of external cephalic version and persisting breech presentation at term. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology. 2006; 20:163-71. [Abstract]
  • Morris, J., Roberts, C., Crowther, C., Buchanan, S., Henderson-Smart, D., Salkeld, G. Protocol for the immediate delivery versus expectant care of women with preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes close to term (PPROMT) Trial [ISRCTN44485060]. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2006; 6:9. [Abstract]
  • Nassar, N., Roberts, C., Cameron, C., Peat, B. Outcomes of external cephalic version and breech presentation at term, an audit of deliveries at a Sydney tertiary obstetric hospital, 1997-2004. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 2006; 85:1231-1238. [Abstract]
  • Torvaldsen, S., Roberts, C., Simpson, J., Thompson, J., Ellwood, D. Intrapartum epidural analgesia and breastfeeding: a prospective cohort study. International Breastfeeding Journal. 2006; 1:24. [Abstract]

2005

  
  • Olive, E., Roberts, C., Algert, C., Morris, J. Placenta praevia: maternal morbidity and place of birth. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2005; 45:499-504. [Abstract]
  • Taylor, L., Simpson, J., Roberts, C., Olive, E., Henderson-Smart, D. Risk of complications in a second pregnancy following caesarean section in the first pregnancy: a population-based study. Medical Journal of Australia. 2005; 183:515-9. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Algert, C., Cameron, C., Torvaldsen, S. A meta-analysis of upright positions in the second stage to reduce instrumental deliveries in women with epidural analgesia. Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. 2005; 84:794-8. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Algert, C., Morris, J., Ford, J., Henderson-Smart, D. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: a population-based study. Medical Journal of Australia. 2005; 182:332-5. [Abstract]

2004

  
  • Roberts, C., Nassar, N., Barratt, A., Raynes-Greenow, C., Peat, B., Henderson-Smart, D. Protocol for the evaluation of a decision aid for women with a breech-presenting baby [ISRCTN14570598]. BMC pregnancy and childbirth [electronic resource]. 2004; 4:26. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Raynes-Greenow, C., Nassar, N., Trevena, L., McCaffery, K. Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a decision aid for the management of pain in labour and childbirth [ISRCTN52287533]. BMC pregnancy and childbirth [electronic resource]. 2004; 4:24. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Torvaldsen, S., Cameron, C., Olive, E. Delayed versus early pushing in women with epidural analgesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. 2004; 111:1333-40. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Algert, C., Olive, E. Impact of first-stage ambulation on mode of delivery among women with epidural analgesia. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2004; 44:489-94. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Cameron, C., Nassar, N., Raynes-Greenow, C. A simple patient-initiated intervention to increase antenatal detection of breech presentation at term. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology. 2004; 18:371-6. [Abstract]
  • Raynes-Greenow, C., Roberts, C., Barratt, A., Brodrick, B., Peat, B. Pregnant women''s preferences and knowledge of term breech management, in an Australian setting. Midwifery. 2004; 20:181-7. [Abstract]
  • Cameron, C., Roberts, C., Peat, B. Predictors of labor and vaginal birth after cesarean section. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2004; 85:267-9. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Algert, C., Peat, B., Henderson-Smart, D. Trends in place of birth for preterm infants in New South Wales, 1992-2001. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 2004; 40:139-43. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Olive, E., Taylor, L. Cesarean delivery in the first birth increased the risk of unexplained stillbirth in the second pregnancy. Evidence-based Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2004; 6:171-172.
  • Torvaldsen, S., Roberts, C., Bell, J., Raynes-Greenow, C. Discontinuation of epidural analgesia late in labour for reducing the adverse delivery outcomes associated with epidural analgesia. Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online : Update Software). 2004; N/A:CD004457. [Abstract]

2003

  
  • Roberts, C., Phipps, H., Nassar, N., Raynes-Greenow, C. The management of twin births in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2003. p. 397. [Abstract]
  • Phipps, H., Roberts, C., Nassar, N., Raynes-Greenow, C., Peat, B., Hutton, E. The management of breech pregnancies in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2003; 43:294-297; discussion 261. [Abstract]
  • Badawi, N., Adelson, P., Roberts, C., Spence, K., Laing, S., Cass, D. Neonatal surgery in New South Wales--what is performed where?. Journal of pediatric surgery. 2003; 38:1025-1031. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Nassar, N., Raynes-Greenow, C., Peat, B. Update on the management of term breech deliveries in New South Wales, Australia. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2003. p. 173. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Algert, C., Raynes-Greenow, C., Peat, B., Henderson-Smart, D. Delivery of singleton preterm infants in New South Wales, 1990-1997. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2003; 43:32-7. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Raynes-Greenow, C., Upton, A., Douglas, I., Peat, B. Management of labour among women with epidural analgesia. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. 2003; 43:78-81. [Abstract]
  • Roberts, C., Reynolds, M. Continuous sutures for perineal repair resulted in less perineal pain compared to interrupted sutures. Evidence-based Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2003; 5:70-71.
  • Roberts, C., Todd, A., Algert, C. Using routinely collected perinatal data to monitor evidence-based obstetric practice: restrictive use of episiotomy. Australasian Epidemiologist. 2003; Vol 10.1:10-14.
  • Roberts, C., Todd, A., Algert, C. Using routinely collected perinatal data to monitor evidence-based obstetric practice-Restrictive use of episiotomy. Australasian Epidemiologist. 2003; 10.1:10-14.

Current national competitive grants*

2010

Treatment of asymptomatic candidiasis in pregnant women for the prevention of preterm birth: a randomised trial
Giles W, Roberts C, Simpson J, Kotsiou G, Bowen J, Hirst J
NHMRC Project Grant ($1,070,126 over 4 years)

Evaluation of novel antenatal biomarkers for the detection of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a record linkage study
Roberts C, Nassar N, Hadfield R, Tasevski V, Lain S, Algert C
NHMRC Project Grant ($562,000 over 3 years)

2009

OSPREY: Building capacity for research to improve health services for mothers, babies and children.
Jorm L, Roberts C, Preen D, Simpson J, Moorin R, Haines M, Bambrick H, Holman C
NHMRC Capacity Building Grants in Population Health Research ($835,901 over 5 years)

Is infection an acute trigger for preeclampsia? A case-crossover study.
Ford J, Roberts C, Herbert R, Morris J, Raynes-Greenow C, Algert C
NHMRC Project Grants ($199,500 over 3 years)

2008

Identifying risk for second and subsequent pregnancies: a longitudinal record linkage study
Roberts C, Ford J, Simpson J, Giles W, Taylor L, Raynes-Greenow C
NHMRC Project Grant ($564,000 over 3 years)

2007

NHMRC - Research Fellowship
Roberts C
NHMRC Research Fellowships ($612,500 over 5 years)

Does place of birth influence a healthy start to life?
Roberts C, Simpson J, Ford J, Bowen J, Taylor L, Nassar N
NHMRC Project Grant ($329,625 over 3 years)

2006

Regionalised maternity care - is there room for improvement?
Roberts C, Simpson J, Nassar N, Taylor L, Morris J, Henderson-Smart D
NHMRC Project Grant ($453,250 over 4 years)

* Grants administered through the University of Sydney