A5052230791- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Family Support in Illness
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Pregnancy-related medical research
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Child Welfare and Adoption
Western Sydney University
2016-2025
Translational Research Institute
2020-2022
University of Technology Sydney
2001-2022
La Trobe University
2016-2022
Northern Sydney Local Health District
2022
Central Coast Local Health District
2022
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2022
Kaye Academic College of Education
2021
Petersfield Community Hospital
2021
St. Gregory's University
2021
This paper presents the results of a qualitative study conducted by midwife researchers into women's experience new motherhood. Data were collected using focus groups involving 55 first‐time mothers and analysed grounded theory method. The analysis produced six categories: ‘realizing’, ‘unready’, ‘drained’, ‘aloneness’, ‘loss’ ‘working it out’. core category, ‘becoming mother’, integrates all other categories encapsulates process change experienced women. Also explained are factors mediating...
Objective: To investigate men's experience of depression. Method: A sample ofmale and female teachers students was recruited from four sites a tertiary education institution to series focus groups. grounded theory approach qualitative data analysis used elucidate Content applied the women's examine similarities contrasts with men. Standard measures mood dispositional optimism confirmed non-clinical status group. Results: The findings suggest that some men who are depressed can trajectory...
Aim This paper explores the challenges of interviewing people about sensitive topics. It uses existing literature and first author's experience women traumatised by having an emergency hysterectomy following a severe postpartum haemorrhage. also highlights strategies that can assist interviews. Background Interviewing participants topics requires skill special techniques. Certain research have potential to cause researchers distress discomfort. Identifying ways prevent vicarious...
Contemporary medical and public health discourses represent breastfeeding as vital to infant development the mother‐infant bond. Little research from a or sociological perspective has sought investigate qualitative experiences of women. This article draws on range feminist perspectives body subjectivity, together with empirical data series interviews 25 Australian first‐time mothers, theorise experience breastfeeding. These women’s accounts revealed that, although nearly all them subscribed...
<h3>Objective</h3> To investigate the impact of a long-term nurse home visiting programme, embedded within universal child health system, on health, development and well-being child, mother family. <h3>Design</h3> Randomised controlled trial. <h3>Setting/participants</h3> 208 (111 intervention, 97 comparison) eligible at-risk mothers living in socioeconomically disadvantaged area Sydney, booking into local public hospital for confinement. <h3>Intervention</h3> A sustained structured...
Australia has a well-accepted system of universal child and family health (CFH) services. However, government reports research indicate that these services vary across states territories, many children families do not receive The aim this paper was to explore professionals' perceptions the challenges opportunities in implementing national approach CFH Australia. Qualitative data were collected between July 2010 April 2011 first phase three-phase study designed investigate feasibility In...
Lack of breastfeeding support is often cited by mothers as one the key reasons for premature weaning. The experiences and perceptions in a range contexts their needs have been studied, but there has little exploration specific topics that women are investigating via social networking sites (SNSs) such Facebook, how peer supporters respond to queries about concerns on SNS.This online ethnography took place Australian Breastfeeding Association's (ABA) closed Facebook groups. These groups...
To reduce transmission risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, 'telehealth' (health care delivered via telephone/video-conferencing) was implemented into Australian maternity services. Whilst some reports on telehealth implementation ensued, there scant evidence women and midwives' perspectives regarding use. A qualitative study conducted in Australia 2020–2021 using two data sources from Birth Time of (BITTOC) study: i) interviews ii) surveys (open-text responses). Content analysis utilised to...
Interview data collected in a recent study of first time motherhood were used to explore the experience breastfeeding. Twenty-five Australian women participated series semistructured interviews begun during late pregnancy and continuing until 6 months postpartum. Discourse analysis was examine transcribed data. The revealed that breastfeeding central these women's motherhood. majority strongly committed Their decision breastfeed influenced by range public professional discourses....
‘Chatting’: an important clinical tool in facilitating mothering neonatal nurseries Aim. This paper explores the use of ‘chat’ or ‘social talk’ as that can assist nurses achieve family‐centred care nurseries. Background. The study was undertaken to increase knowledge women’s experiences nursery and relationship they share with nurses. Method. discussion presented is elicited from a grounded theory analysis over 60 hours interview data 28 women, thematic 50 interviews 20 content 398...
This paper reports on one aspect of a grounded theory study women's experiences mothering in the nursery. Over 60 hours interview data with 28 Australian women were analyzed. The analysis revealed that nursery was three-way interaction. "Struggling to mother" label given major category represented how responded unsatisfactory nursing encounters. findings illuminate inhibitive interactions relegate periphery care and engender an array negative emotional responses leave feeling inconsequential...