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Night-time on a postnatal ward: experiences of mothers, infants, and staff (2015)
Book Chapter
Taylor, C. E., Tully, K. P., & Ball, H. L. (2015). Night-time on a postnatal ward: experiences of mothers, infants, and staff. In F. C. Dykes, & R. Flacking (Eds.), Ethnographic research in maternal and child health (117-140). Routledge

This chapter illustrates an alternative approach to video ethnography, in which video case studies are described alongside semi-structured interview responses to detail night-time challenges of mothers, newborns, and hospital staff on a postnatal war... Read More about Night-time on a postnatal ward: experiences of mothers, infants, and staff.

Exploring maternal perceptions of infant sleep and feeding method among mothers in the United Kingdom: A qualitative focus group study (2015)
Journal Article
Rudzik, A. E., & Ball, H. L. (2016). Exploring maternal perceptions of infant sleep and feeding method among mothers in the United Kingdom: A qualitative focus group study. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 20(1), 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-015-1798-7

Background In a context with strong rhetorical support for breastfeeding in the health system, yet extremely low rates of breastfeeding after hospital discharge, UK women’s decisions about infant feeding reflect the reality of competing priorities in... Read More about Exploring maternal perceptions of infant sleep and feeding method among mothers in the United Kingdom: A qualitative focus group study.

Infant sleep-related deaths: why do parents take risks? (2015)
Journal Article
Volpe, L. E., & Ball, H. L. (2015). Infant sleep-related deaths: why do parents take risks?. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100(7), 603-604. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-307745

Despite significant reductions in infant sleep-related deaths, they continue to be a leading cause of infant mortality and further reductions have proven difficult to achieve compared with the initial dramatic reductions brought about by Back to Slee... Read More about Infant sleep-related deaths: why do parents take risks?.

The relationship between early life modifiable risk factors for childhood obesity, ethnicity and body mass index at age 3 years: findings from the Born in Bradford birth cohort study (2015)
Journal Article
Fairley, L., Santorelli, G., Lawlor, D. A., Bryant, M., Bhopal, R., Petherick, E. S., …Wright, J. (2015). The relationship between early life modifiable risk factors for childhood obesity, ethnicity and body mass index at age 3 years: findings from the Born in Bradford birth cohort study. BMC obesity, 2(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40608-015-0037-5

Background: Many modifiable risk factors in early infancy have been shown to be associated with childhood overweight and obesity. These risk factors have not been studied within children of South Asian origin in the UK. The aims of this paper are to... Read More about The relationship between early life modifiable risk factors for childhood obesity, ethnicity and body mass index at age 3 years: findings from the Born in Bradford birth cohort study.

Bed-sharing, co-sleeping and parent education--a time for change (2015)
Journal Article
Russell, C. K., & Ball, H. L. (2015). Bed-sharing, co-sleeping and parent education--a time for change. International Journal of Birth and Parent Education, 2(2), 19-20

The past 18 months have seen several notable developments in the world of co-sleeping research, some of which will have far-reaching implications for parents, health-care professionals, policy makers, and volunteers working with parents. This article... Read More about Bed-sharing, co-sleeping and parent education--a time for change.