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MCHR research is published in a range of ways: in refereed national and international journals, books, systematic reviews, conference papers and abstracts, invited commentaries and letters; as well as in reports and pamphlets designed for research stakeholders and participants.

Please find below a listing of our 2011-2013 publications.
For a list of publications of past years, please click here or scroll down this page.

Agius P. Basic statistics and epidemiology: a practical guide [Book Review]. Aust N Z J Public Health 2011;35(4):397. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00751.x/full

Ali H, Donovan B, Liu B, Hocking J, Agius P, Ward J, Bourne C, Kaldor J, Guy RJ. Chlamydia prevention indicators for Australia: review of the evidence from New South Wales. Sex Health. 2012;9:399–406. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH11183

Amir L. Health promotion in medical education: from rhetoric to action [Book Review]. Aust N Z J Public Health [Book review]. 2011;35(1):96-7. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00676.x/full

Amir LH. Social theory and infant feeding. Int Breastfeed J 2011;6:7. Available from: http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/6/1/7

Amir LH, Cullinane M, Garland SM, Tabrizi SN, Donath SM, Bennett CM, et al. The role of micro-organisms (Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans) in the pathogenesis of breast pain and infection in lactating women: study protocol. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2011;11:54. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/11/54

Amir LH, Donath SM. Maternal diet and breastfeeding: A case for rethinking physiological explanations for breastfeeding determinants. Early Hum Dev 2012;88(7):467-71. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378378211003409

Amir LH, James JP, Kelso G, Moorhead AM. Accreditation of midwife lactation consultants to perform infant tongue-tie release. Int J Nurs Pract 2011;17(6):541-7. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-172X.2011.01969.x/full

Amir LH, Pirotta MV, Raval M. Breastfeeding--evidence based guidelines for the use of medicines. Aust Fam Physician 2011;40(9):684-90. Available from: http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/201109/44172

Amir L, Ryan K, Jordan S. Avoiding risk at what cost? Putting use of medicines for breastfeeding women into perspective. Int Breastfeed J 2012; 7: 14. Available from: http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/7/1/14

Bandyopadhyay M, Small R, Davey MA, Oats JJ, Forster DA, Aylward A. Lived experience of gestational diabetes mellitus among immigrant South Asian women in Australia. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2011;51(4):360-4. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01322.x/full

Bandyopadhyay M. Tackling complexities in understanding the social determinants of health: the contribution of ethnographic research. BMC Public Health 2011;11(Suppl 5):S6. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/S5/S6

Bandyopadhyay M. Reproductive health and gender equality: method, measurement, and implications [book review]. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2011;35(5). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00767.x

Biro MA, Davey M-A, Carolan M, Kealy M. Advanced maternal age and obstetric morbidity for women giving birth in Victoria, Australia: A population-based study. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2012;52(3):229-34. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01427.x

Blandthorn J, Forster DA, Love V. Neonatal and maternal outcomes following maternal use of buprenorphine or methadone during pregnancy: findings of a retrospective audit. Women Birth 2011;24(1):32-9. Available from: http://www.womenandbirth.org/article/S1871-5192(10)00057-0/fulltext

Bruinsma FJ, Rayner J-A, Venn AJ, Pyett P, Werther G. Looking back in time: conducting a cohort study of the long-term effects of treatment of adolescent tall girls with synthetic hormones. BMC Public Health 2011; 11(Suppl 5): S7. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/S5/S7

Carolan M, Davey M-A, Biro MA, Kealy M. Older maternal age and intervention in labor: A population-based study comparing older and younger first-time mothers in Victoria, Australia. Birth 2011;38(1):24-9. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00439.x/full

Carolan M, Davey MA, Biro MA, Kealy M. Maternal age, ethnicity and gestational diabetes mellitus. Midwifery 2012;28(6):778-83. Available from: http://www.midwiferyjournal.com/article/S0266-6138(11)00130-6/abstract

Davey M-A, Flood MM. Perinatal mortality and planned home birth [Letter to the Editor]. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011;204(4):e18. Available from: http://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378%2811%2900076-7/fulltext.

Davey M-A, Watson L, Rayner J A, Rowlands S. Risk scoring systems for predicting preterm birth with the aim of reducing associated adverse outcomes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011;(11): Art. No.: CD004902. Available from: http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD004902/frame.htm

de Jager E, Skouteris H, Broadbent J, Amir L, Mellor K. Psychosocial correlates of exclusive breastfeeding: a systemativ review. Midwifery  Forthcoming  2013. Epub: 2012, Oct 23. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2012.04.009

Doyle LW, Roberts G, Anderson PJ, Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group. Changing long-term outcomes for infants 500-999 g birth weight in Victoria, 1979-2005. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2011;96(6):F443-F447. Available from: http://fn.bmj.com/content/96/6/F443

East CE, Sherburn M, Nagle C, Said J, Forster D. Perineal pain following childbirth: Prevalence, effects on postnatal recovery and analgesia usage. Midwifery. 2012;28(1):93-7. Available from: http://www.midwiferyjournal.com/article/S0266-6138(10)00188-9/abstract

Edvardsson K, Garvare R, Ivarsson A, Eurenius E, Mogren I, Nystrom M. Sustainable practice change: Professionals' experiences with a multisectoral child health promotion programme in Sweden. BMC Health Serv Res 2011;11(1). Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/61

Edvardsson K, Ivarsson A, Eurenius E, Garvare R, Nystrom M, Small R, et al. Giving offspring a healthy start: parents' experiences of health promotion and lifestyle change during pregnancy and early parenthood. BMC Public Health 2011;11(1):936. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/936

Edvardsson K, Ivarsson A, Garvare R, Eurenius E, Lindkvist M, Mogren I, Small R, Nystrom, M. Improving child health promotion practices in multiple sectors -- outcomes of the Swedish Salut Programme. BMC Public Health 2012; 12: 920. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/920

Farrell GA, Shafiei T. Workplace aggression, including bullying in nursing and midwifery: A descriptive survey (the SWAB study). Int J Nurs Stud 2012;49(11):1423-31. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020748912001903

Fleming PF, Forster D, Savage T, Sudholz H, Jacobs SE, Daley AJ. Evaluating suspected sepsis in term neonates. J Neonatal Nurs 2012;18(3):98-104. Available from: http://www.journalofneonatalnursing.com/article/S1355-1841(11)00108-6/abstract

Forster D. Changing attitudes. International Innovation Forthcoming 2012. Pdf [319 Kb]

Forster DA, McEgan K, Ford R, Moorhead A, Opie G, Walker S, et al. Diabetes and antenatal milk expressing: a pilot project to inform the development of a randomised controlled trial. Midwifery 2011;27(2):209-14. Available from: http://www.midwiferyjournal.com/article/S0266-6138(09)00071-0/abstract

Forster DA, Newton M, McLachlan HL, Willis K. Exploring implementation and sustainability of models of care: can theory help? BMC Public Health 2011;11(Suppl 5):S8. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/S5/S8

Forster DA, Moorhead A, Jacobs S, Amir LH, Walker S, McEgan K, et al. Is not testing a major change in clinical practice an ethical dilemma? [Invited Letter] Midwifery 2011;27(6). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2010.03.003

Gagnon AJ, McDermott S, Rigol-Chachamovich J, Bandyopadhyay M, Stray-Pedersen B, Stewart D, et al. International migration and gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2011;25(6):575-92. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3016.2011.01230.x/abstract

Gartland D, Lansakara N, Flood M, Brown SJ. Assessing obstetric risk factors for maternal morbidity: congruity between medical records and mothers' reports of obstetric exposures. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2012;206(2):152.e1-.e10. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2011.10.863

Gold L, Norman R, Devine A, Feder G, Taft AJ, Hegarty KL. Cost effectiveness of health care interventions to address intimate partner violence: What do we know and what else should we look for? Violence Against Women 2011;17(3):389-403. Available from: http://vaw.sagepub.com/content/17/3/389

Gong L, Cullinane M, Treerat P, Ramm G, Prescott M, Adler B, et al. The Burkholderia pseudomallei Type III Secretion System and BopA are required for evasion of LC3-associated phagocytosis. PLoS ONE 2011;6(3):e17852. Available from: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017852

Hobbs MK, Taft AJ, Amir LH, Stewart K, Shelley JM, Smith AM, et al. Pharmacy access to the emergency contraceptive pill: a national survey of a random sample of Australian women. Contraception 2011;83(2):151-8. Available from: http://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824(10)00356-2/abstract

Horey D, Davey M-A, Small R, Kealy M, Crowther CA. Interventions for supporting women with decisions about mode of birth in a pregnancy after caesarean birth [Protocol]. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012; (8): Art. No.: CD010041. Available from: http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD010041/frame.html

Hussainy SY, Stewart K, Chapman CB, Taft AJ, Amir LH, Hobbs MK, et al. Provision of the emergency contraceptive pill without prescription: attitudes and practices of pharmacists in Australia. Contraception 2011;83(2):159-66. Available from: http://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824(10)00398-7/abstract

Kune G, Watson L. Lowering the Risk of Rectal Cancer among Habitual Beer Drinkers by Dietary Means. Adv Prev Med 2011: Article ID 874048. Available from: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/apm/2011/874048/

Lee A, Karpavicius J, Gasparini E, Forster D. Implementing a diet and exercise program for limiting maternal weight gain in obese pregnant women: A pilot study. Aust NZJ Obstet Gynaecol 2012;52(5):427–32. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01436.x

Mazza D, Harrison C, Taft A, Brijnath B, Britt H, Hobbs M, Stewart K, Hussainy SY. Current contraceptive management in Austalian general practice: an analysis of BEACH data. Med J Aust 2012;197(2):110-4. Available from: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2012/197/2/current-contraceptive-management-australian-general-practice-analysis-beach-data

McDonald K, Amir LH, Davey M-A. Maternal bodies and medicines: a commentary on risk and decision-making of pregnant and breastfeeding women and health professionals. BMC Public Health 2011;11(Suppl 5):S5. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/S5/S5

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):578-84. Available from: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09540121.2010.482124

McDonald K. 'The old-fashioned way': Conception and sex in serodiscordant relationships after ART. Cult Health Sex 2011;13(10):1119-33. Available from: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691058.2011.607242

McDonald K. Do you tell?... What do you tell? … When do you tell? … How do you tell? HIV-positive mothers, disclosure and stigma. In: Liamputtong P, editor. Women, motherhood and Living with HIV/AIDS: A cross-cultural perspective. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer; Forthcoming 2013

McIntyre MJ, Patrick AM, Jones LK, Newton M, McLachlan H, Morrow J, Morton H. Managing projected midwifery workforce deficits through collaborative partnerships. Australian Health Review 2012;36(1):75-8. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH11020

McLachlan HL, Forster DA, Davey MA, Farrell T, Gold L, Biro MA, Albers L, Flood M, Oats J, Waldenström U. Effects of continuity of care by a primary midwife (caseload midwifery) on caesarean section rates in women of low obstetric risk: the COSMOS randomised controlled trial. BJOG 2012 (in press). Epub 2012 Jul 25. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03446.x

McLachlan HL, Forster DA, Collins R, Gunn J, Hegarty K. Identifying and supporting women with psychosocial issues during the postnatal period: evaluating an educational intervention for midwives using a before-and-after survey. Midwifery 2011;27(5):723-30. Available from: http://www.midwiferyjournal.com/article/S0266-6138(10)00011-2/abstract

McLachlan HL, Forster DA, Ford RL, Farrell T. Addressing the midwifery workforce crisis: Evaluating an employment model for undergraduate midwifery students at a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Women Birth 2011;24(4):173-9. Available from: http://www.womenandbirth.org/article/S1871-5192%2810%2900087-9/abstract

McLachlan HL, Forster DA. Infant feeding following migration: attitudes and practices of women born in Turkey and Vietnam after migration to Australia. In: Liamputtong P, editor. Infant Feeding Practices A Cross-Cultural Perspective. New York: Springer-Verlag; 2011. p. 337-56

McLachlan HL, Forster DA, Davey MA, Farrell T, Gold L, Biro MA, Albers L, Flood M, Oats J, Waldenström U. Effects of continuity of care by a primary midwife (caseload midwifery) on caesarean section rates in women of low obstetric risk: the COSMOS randomised controlled trial. BJOG Forthcoming 2012. Epub 2012 Jul 25. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03446.x

McNair RP, Hegarty K, Taft A. From silence to sensitivity: A new Identity Disclosure model to facilitate disclosure for same-sex attracted women in general practice consultations. Soc Sci Med 2012;75(1):208-16. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953612002237

Moorhead AM, Amir LH, O'Brien PW, Wong S. A prospective study of fluconazole treatment for breast and nipple thrush. Breastfeed Rev 2011;19(3)

Morrow J, Forster D, McLachlan H, Davey M-A, Newton M. Redesigning postnatal care: exploring the views and experiences of midwives. Midwifery Forthcoming 2012. Epub 2012 Feb 18. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266613811001859

Nicholls D, Gaynor N, Shafiei T, Bosanac P, Farrell G. Mental health nursing in emergency departments: The case for a nurse practitioner role. J Clin Nurs 2011;20(3-4):530-6. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03504.x/full

Palmer VJ, Yelland JS, Taft AJ. Ethical complexities of screening for depression and intimate partner violence (IPV) in intervention studies. BMC Public Health 2011;11(Suppl 5):S3. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/S5/S3

Rayner JA, Willis K, Burgess R. Women's use of complementary and alternative medicine for fertility enhancement: a review of the literature. J Altern Complement Med 2011;17(8):685-90. Available from: http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2010.0435

Rayner JA, Willis K, Pirotta M. What's in a name? Integrative medicine or simply good medical practice? Fam Pract 2011;28(6):655-60. Available from: http://fampra.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/6/655.full?sid=32e2fcba-77f4-45a5-a800-7e32f21866d6

Rayner J-A, McLachlan HL, Peters L, Forster DA. Care providers’ views and experiences of postnatal care in private hospitals in Victoria, Australia. Midwifery Forthcoming 2013. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266613812000770

Shafiei T, Gaynor N, Farrell G. The characteristics, management and outcomes of people identified with mental health issues in an emergency department, Melbourne, Australia. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2011;18(1):9-16. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01632.x/full

Shafiei T, Small R, McLachlan H. Women's views and experiences of maternity care: A study of immigrant Afghan women in Melbourne, Australia. Midwifery 2012;28(2):198-203. Available from: http://www.midwiferyjournal.com/article/S0266-6138(11)00025-8/abstract

Signorelli MC, Taft A, Pereira PPG. Intimate partner violence against women and healthcare in Australia: charting the scene. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva 2012;17(4):1037-48. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-81232012000400025

Small R, Taft AJ, Brown SJ. The power of social connection and support in improving health: lessons from social support interventions with childbearing women. BMC Public Health 2011;11(Suppl 5):S4. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/S5/S4

Sulaiman Z, Amir LH, Liamputtong P. Infant feeding practices: Rates, risks of not breastfeeding and factors influencing breastfeeding. In: Narvaez D, Panksepp J, Schore AN, Gleason TR, editors. Evolution, early experience and human development From research to practice and policy. New York: Oxford University Press; 2013

Taft A, Bandyopadhyay M. Introduction to COMPASS: navigating complexity in public health research. [Editorial] BMC Public Health 2011;11(Suppl 5):S1. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/S5/S1

Taft AJ, Hobbs MK, Hussainy SY, Amir LH, Stewart K, Smith AM, et al. Unintended pregnancy in Australia: what more can we do? Med J Aust [Editorial]. 2011;195(4):166-7. Available from: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/195_04_150811/taf10270_fm.html

Taft AJ, Small R, Hegarty KL, Watson LF, Gold L, Lumley JA. Mothers' AdvocateS In the Community (MOSAIC) -non-professional mentor support to reduce intimate partner violence and depression in mothers: a cluster randomised trial in primary care. BMC Public Health 2011;11:178. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/178

Taft A, Small R, Humphreys C, Hegarty K, Walter R, Adams C, Agius P. Enhanced maternal and child health nurse care for women experiencing intimate partner/family violence: protocol for MOVE, a cluster randomised trial of screening and referral in primary health care. BMC Public Health 2012;12(1): 811. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/811

Taft A. Primary care-based training and support interventions are successful in increasing identification and referral of women experiencing domestic violence. Evid Based Nurs [Commentary] 2012:100517. Epub 2012, May 6. Available from: http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2012/05/05/ebnurs-2012-100517.short

Watson L, Rayner J. Findings from the early births study. A case-control study of very preterm birth in singletons and twins [Pamphlet]. Melbourne: Mother & Child Health Research, La Trobe University; 2011

Watson LF, Rayner J-A, King J, Jolley D, Forster D. Intracervical procedures and the risk of subsequent very preterm birth: a case–control study. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2012;91(2):204-10. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01322.x

Watson LF, Rayner J-A, Forster D. Identifying risk factors for very preterm birth: a reference for clinicians. Midwifery Forthcoming 2012. Epub 2012 May 2. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2012.02.007

Watson L, Taft A. Intimate partner violence and the association with very preterm birth. Birth Forthcoming 2013

Willis K, Small R, Brown S. Using documents to investigate links between implementation and sustainability in a complex community intervention: The PRISM study. Soc Sci Med 2012;75(7):1222-9. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953612004534

 
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