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Felicity Roux

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Researcher, Curtin University

Felicity Roux is a researcher at Curtin University who developed and trial an ovulatory menstrual health literacy program called "My Vital Cycles". The program’s Whole Person approach recognises that biologically the cycle is the “5th Vital Sign” (according to the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists) which also extends into the emotional, social and meaning-making dimensions of human being. The program portrays the cycle positively whilst addressing challenges such as pain, irregular periods and heavy bleeding. The research demonstrated how the World Health Organization's "Health Promoting School" framework is best practice for schools to deliver ovulatory menstrual health education. This framework ensures that formal curriculum teaching is supported through the school's parent-body, their own healthcare professionals and engagement with healthcare providers in the community. Together these elements work in educating tomorrow's women today.

Experience

  • –present
    Researcher, Curtin University

Education

  • 2024 
    Curtin University, PhD Public Health

Publications

  • 2023
    An ovulatory menstrual health literacy program within a Health Promoting School framework: Reflections from school staff. , Frontiers in Education
  • 2023
    “What’s going on in my body?”: gaps in menstrual health education and face validation of My Vital Cycles®, an ovulatory menstrual health literacy program. , Australian Educational Researcher
  • 2023
    Mixed Method Evaluation of My Vital Cycles®: A Holistic School-Based Ovulatory Menstrual Health Literacy Program, IJERPH
  • 2022
    The use of a two-phase Delphi Panel methodology to inform the concurrent development of a school-based ovulatory menstrual health literacy intervention and questionnaire, Frontiers in Global Women's Health
  • 2021
    Progressing towards adolescent ovulatory menstrual health literacy: a systematic literature review of school-based interventions, Women's Reproductive Health
  • 2020
    Potential process improvements to increase coverage of human papillomavirus vaccine in schools , Vaccine
  • 2020
    Influences to HPV completion via a school-based immunisation program, Sex Education
  • 2019
    Developing and trialling a school-based ovulatory-menstrual health literacy programme for adolescent girls, BMJ Open

Grants and Contracts

  • 2020
    Research Training Program Scholarship
    Role:
    Stipend
    Funding Source:
    Australian Government
  • 2020
    Research Seed Fund
    Role:
    Pilot trial of My Vital Cycles
    Funding Source:
    Curtin Medical School
  • 2019
    Accelerate Grant
    Role:
    Commercialisation
    Funding Source:
    Curtin Business School

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Association for Adolescent Health
  • Positive Education Schools Association
  • Western Australian Institute of Educational Research
  • Western Australian Health Promoting Schools Association
  • Australian Association for Research in Education
  • Australiasian Institute for Restorative Reproductive Medicine