Dr Kimberly Jamie's Outputs (2)

"I just don't think it's that natural": Adolescent mothers' constructions of breastfeeding as deviant (2020)
Journal Article
Jamie, K., Hackshaw-McGeagh, L., Bows, H., & O'Neill, R. (2020). "I just don't think it's that natural": Adolescent mothers' constructions of breastfeeding as deviant. Sociology of Health & Illness, 42(7), 1689-1708. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13157

Breastfeeding is recognised globally as the optimal method of infant feeding. For Murphy (1999) Sociology of Health & Illness, 21, 187–208 its nutritional superiority positions breastfeeding as a moral imperative where mothers who formula‐feed are op... Read More about "I just don't think it's that natural": Adolescent mothers' constructions of breastfeeding as deviant.

Healthcare Practitioner Relationships, Cultural Health Capital and Breastfeeding Support for Adolescent Mothers (2020)
Journal Article
Jamie, K., O'Neill, R., Bows, H., & Hackshaw-McGeagh, L. (2020). Healthcare Practitioner Relationships, Cultural Health Capital and Breastfeeding Support for Adolescent Mothers. Health Education Journal, 79(8), 901-913. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896920915945

Objectives: Breastfeeding is the optimal method of infant nutrition. Despite this, rates of breastfeeding in high-income countries are low and mirror wider health inequalities with women from under-served populations being least likely to breastfeed.... Read More about Healthcare Practitioner Relationships, Cultural Health Capital and Breastfeeding Support for Adolescent Mothers.