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Infant Sleep Development: Location, Feeding and Expectations in the Postnatal Period (2013)
Journal Article
Russell, C., Robinson, L., & Ball, H. (2013). Infant Sleep Development: Location, Feeding and Expectations in the Postnatal Period. The Open sleep journal, 6(Suppl 1), 68-76. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874620901306010068

Coping with sleep disruption is a common difficulty faced by new parents. Here we take a critical, contextual and evolutionary perspective on recent evidence surrounding the development of normal infant sleep in the postnatal period, its relationship... Read More about Infant Sleep Development: Location, Feeding and Expectations in the Postnatal Period.

Could parental rules play a role in the association between short sleep and obesity in young children? (2013)
Journal Article
Jones, C. H., Pollard, T. M., Summerbell, C., & Ball, H. L. (2014). Could parental rules play a role in the association between short sleep and obesity in young children?. Journal of Biosocial Science, 46(3), 405-418. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932013000291

Short sleep duration is associated with obesity in young children. This study develops the hypothesis that parental rules play a role in this association. Participants were 3-year-old children and their parents, recruited at nursery schools in socioe... Read More about Could parental rules play a role in the association between short sleep and obesity in young children?.

Misrecognition of need : women's experiences of and explanations for undergoing cesarean delivery (2013)
Journal Article
Tully, K., & Ball, H. (2013). Misrecognition of need : women's experiences of and explanations for undergoing cesarean delivery. Social Science & Medicine, 85, 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.02.039

International rates of operative delivery are consistently higher than the World Health Organization determined is appropriate. This suggests that factors other than clinical indications contribute to cesarean section. Data presented here are from in... Read More about Misrecognition of need : women's experiences of and explanations for undergoing cesarean delivery.

Napping in English preschool children and the association with parents’ attitudes (2013)
Journal Article
Jones, C., & Ball, H. (2013). Napping in English preschool children and the association with parents’ attitudes. Sleep Medicine, 14(4), 352-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2012.12.010

Background: Age-independent variability in childrens’ napping duration may be influenced by parental preference and attitudes and childrens’ availability or lack of opportunity to nap. Our study examined English preschool childrens’ napping duration,... Read More about Napping in English preschool children and the association with parents’ attitudes.

Nighttime parenting strategies and sleep-related risks to infants (2013)
Journal Article
Volpe, L., Ball, H., & McKenna, J. (2013). Nighttime parenting strategies and sleep-related risks to infants. Social Science & Medicine, 79, 92-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.043

A large social science and public health literature addresses infant sleep safety, with implications for infant mortality in the context of accidental deaths and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). As part of risk reduction campaigns in the USA, par... Read More about Nighttime parenting strategies and sleep-related risks to infants.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) risk reduction and infant sleep location: Moving the discussion forward (2013)
Journal Article
Ball, H., & Volpe, L. (2013). Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) risk reduction and infant sleep location: Moving the discussion forward. Social Science & Medicine, 79, 84-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.025

The notion that infant sleep environments are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and that parents who receive appropriate instruction will modify their infant-care habits has been fundamental to SIDS reduction campaigns. However infant sleep location recommendations ha... Read More about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) risk reduction and infant sleep location: Moving the discussion forward.

Trade-offs underlying maternal breastfeeding decisions: a conceptual model (2013)
Journal Article
Tully, K., & Ball, H. (2013). Trade-offs underlying maternal breastfeeding decisions: a conceptual model. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 9(1), 90-98. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00378.x

This paper presents a new conceptual model that generates predictions about breastfeeding decisions and identifies interactions that affect outcomes. We offer a contextual approach to infant feeding that models multi-directional influences by expandi... Read More about Trade-offs underlying maternal breastfeeding decisions: a conceptual model.