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The Possums Infant Sleep Program: parents' perspectives on a novel parent-infant sleep intervention in Australia (2018)
Journal Article
Ball, H. L., Douglas, P. S., Kulasinghe, K., Whittingham, K., & Hill, P. (2018). The Possums Infant Sleep Program: parents' perspectives on a novel parent-infant sleep intervention in Australia. Sleep Health, 4(6), 519-526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2018.08.007

Aim: To evaluate parental perspectives on the acceptability and usefulness of a ‘cued-care’ approach to infant sleep implemented in an Australian primary care setting. The Possums Infant Sleep Program aims to empower parents to better understand thei... Read More about The Possums Infant Sleep Program: parents' perspectives on a novel parent-infant sleep intervention in Australia.

Discrepancies in maternal reports of infant sleep vs. actigraphy by mode of feeding (2018)
Journal Article
Rudzik, A. E., Robinson-Smith, L., & Ball, H. L. (2018). Discrepancies in maternal reports of infant sleep vs. actigraphy by mode of feeding. Sleep Medicine, 49, 90-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.06.010

Objectives: Many studies of infant sleep rely solely on parentally-reported data, assuming that parents accurately report their infant’s sleep parameters. The objective of this paper is to examine whether night-time sleep parameters of exclusively br... Read More about Discrepancies in maternal reports of infant sleep vs. actigraphy by mode of feeding.

Breastfeeding, Antidepressants and Depression in the Mercy Pregnancy and Emotional Well-being Study (2018)
Journal Article
Watson, S., Ball, H., Lewis, A., & Galbally, M. (2019). Breastfeeding, Antidepressants and Depression in the Mercy Pregnancy and Emotional Well-being Study. Journal of Human Lactation, 35(1), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890334418758658

Background: Depression is consistently shown to predict lower rates of breastfeeding. In a handful of studies, breastfeeding has predicted lower depression symptoms. However, studies demonstrating the latter are limited in their measurement of both d... Read More about Breastfeeding, Antidepressants and Depression in the Mercy Pregnancy and Emotional Well-being Study.