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List of works by Virginia Schmied

"A patchwork of services"--caring for women who sustain severe perineal trauma in New South Wales--from the perspective of women and midwives

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"The right help at the right time": Positive constructions of peer and professional support for breastfeeding

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

'Be our guest': challenges and benefits of using 'family conversations' to collect qualitative data about infant feeding and parenting

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'Being the bridge and the beacon': a qualitative study of the characteristics and functions of the liaison role in child and family health services in Australia

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'Big build': hidden depression in men.

scientific article published in October 2005

'Chatting': an important clinical tool in facilitating mothering in neonatal nurseries

scientific article published on 01 March 2001

'I only give advice if I am asked': examining the grandmother's potential to influence infant feeding decisions and parenting practices of new mothers

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'Lost and confused': parent representative groups' perspectives on child and family health services in Australia

scientific article published on 29 November 2017

'Modelling a Secure-Base' for Women with Complex Needs: Attachment-Based Interventions Used by Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Clinicians

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

'My special time': Australian women's experiences of accessing a specialist perinatal and infant mental health service

scientific article published on 13 November 2013

'This little piranha': a qualitative analysis of the language used by health professionals and mothers to describe infant behaviour during breastfeeding

scientific article published on 9 June 2015

'We just ask some questions…' the process of antenatal psychosocial assessment by midwives

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A description of the relationship between breastfeeding experiences, breastfeeding satisfaction, and weaning in the first 3 months after birth

scientific article published in May 2003

A juxtaposition of birth and surgery: Providing skin-to-skin contact in the operating theatre and recovery

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A meta-ethnographic study of health care staff perceptions of the WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly Health Initiative

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A meta-ethnographic synthesis of fathers' experiences of complicated births that are potentially traumatic

scientific article published on 30 September 2015

A meta-ethnographic synthesis of midwives' and nurses' experiences of adverse labour and birth events

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A meta-ethnographic synthesis of women's experience of breastfeeding

scientific article published on July 2010

A mixed methods study of collaboration between perinatal and infant mental health clinicians and other service providers: Do they sit in silos?

scientific article published on 11 August 2015

A qualitative study of innovations implemented to improve transition of care from maternity to child and family health (CFH) services in Australia

scientific article published on 23 September 2014

A systematic review of structured compared with non-structured breastfeeding programmes to support the initiation and duration of exclusive and any breastfeeding in acute and primary health care settings

scientific article published on 20 December 2011

Addressing barriers to health: Experiences of breastfeeding mothers after returning to work

scientific article published on 9 January 2017

Against all odds: Australian women’s experiences of recovery from breast cancer

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An evaluation of strategies to improve the quality and content of hospital-based postnatal care in a metropolitan Australian hospital

scientific article published on July 2009

An exploration of influences on women's birthplace decision-making in New Zealand: a mixed methods prospective cohort within the Evaluating Maternity Units study

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An exploration of the relationship between postnatal distress and maternal role attainment, breast feeding problems and breast feeding cessation in Australia

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Antenatal psychosocial risk status and Australian women's use of primary care and specialist mental health services in the year after birth: a prospective study.

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Australian general practitioners' perspectives on their role in well-child health care

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Australian parents' use of universal child and family health services: A consumer survey

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Australian parents’ experiences with universal child and family health services

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Australian women's stories of their baby-feeding decisions in pregnancy

scientific article published in December 2003

Autonomy Support and Recovery Practice at a Psychosocial Clubhouse

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

Benefits of psychosocial intervention and continuity of care by child and family health nurses in the pre- and postnatal period: process evaluation

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Between life and death: women's experiences of coming close to death, and surviving a severe postpartum haemorrhage and emergency hysterectomy

scientific article published on 19 January 2011

Birth centres and the national maternity services review: response to consumer demand or compromise?

scientific article published on 16 December 2010

Birthing outside the system: Perceptions of risk amongst Australian women who have freebirths and high risk homebirths

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Blurring reality with fiction: Exploring the stories of women, madness, and infanticide

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Breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes of health professional students: a systematic review.

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Capturing clinician-client interaction: development of the 4D&4R observational tool

scientific article published on May 2013

Child and family health nurses working with families of preschool-aged children

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Child and family outcomes of a long-term nurse home visitation programme: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 23 March 2011

Clubhouse model of psychiatric rehabilitation: how is recovery reflected in documentation?

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Collaboration and integrated services for perinatal mental health: an integrative review

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Commonalities and challenges: a review of Australian state and territory maternity and child health policies

scientific article published on December 2011

Complex decisions: theorizing women’s infant feeding decisions in the first 6 weeks after birth

article by Athena Sheehan et al published February 2010 in Journal of Advanced Nursing

Connecting, learning, leaving: supporting young parents in the community

scientific article published on 15 September 2012

Contemporary breast-feeding policy and practice: implications for midwives.

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Contradictions and conflict: a meta-ethnographic study of migrant women's experiences of breastfeeding in a new country

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Craving closeness: a grounded theory analysis of women's experiences of mothering in the Special Care Nursery

scientific article published on 6 May 2008

Defining social support in context: a necessary step in improving research, intervention, and practice

scientific article published in September 2004

Digging over that old ground: an Australian perspective of women's experience of psychosocial assessment and depression screening in pregnancy and following birth

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Discontinuities between maternity and child and family health services: health professional's perceptions

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Effective casework practice with adolescents: perspectives of statutory child protection practitioners

Embodying Transgender: An Analysis of Trans Women in Online Forums

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Engaging women at risk for poor perinatal mental health outcomes: a mixed-methods study

scientific article published on 17 December 2014

Evaluating Maternity Units: a prospective cohort study of freestanding midwife-led primary maternity units in New Zealand-clinical outcomes

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

Expectations and experiences of nursing students in supporting new mothers to breastfeed: A descriptive qualitative study

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

Experiences of neonatal nurses and parents working collaboratively to enhance family centred care: The destiny phase of an appreciative inquiry project

Exploring breastfeeding support on social media.

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Exploring the process of women's infant feeding decisions in the early postbirth period

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Facilitating closeness between babies with congenital abnormalities and their parents in the NICU: A qualitative study of neonatal nurses' experiences

scientific article published on 08 May 2019

Going up, going down: the experience, control and management of gestational diabetes mellitus among Southeast Asian migrant women living in urban Australia

scientific article published on 13 October 2016

Home birth and the National Australian Maternity Services Review: too hot to handle?

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Hope amidst judgement: the meaning mothers accessing opioid treatment programmes ascribe to interactions with health services in the perinatal period

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Immediate or early skin-to-skin contact after a Caesarean section: a review of the literature

scientific article published on 10 April 2014

Implementing a national approach to universal child and family health services in Australia: professionals' views of the challenges and opportunities

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Implementing the 4D cycle of appreciative inquiry in health care: a methodological review

scientific article published on 14 January 2013

Interprofessional collaboration at transition of care: perspectives of child and family health nurses and midwives

scientific article published on 18 June 2014

Interviewing people about potentially sensitive topics

scientific article published on January 2011

It's okay to breastfeed in public but….

scientific article published on 11 June 2019

Jordanian women's experiences and constructions of labour and birth in different settings, over time and across generations: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

Key components of a service model providing early childhood support for women attending opioid treatment clinics: an Australian state health service review

scientific article published on September 2012

Liquid gold from the milk bar: constructions of breastmilk and breastfeeding women in the language and practices of midwives

scientific article published on 8 August 2012

Maternal and perinatal outcomes amongst low risk women giving birth in water compared to six birth positions on land. A descriptive cross sectional study in a birth centre over 12 years

scientific article published on 11 August 2012

Maternal deaths in NSW (2000-2006) from nonmedical causes (suicide and trauma) in the first year following birth

scientific article published on 19 August 2013

Maternal mental health in Australia and New Zealand: a review of longitudinal studies

scientific article published on 12 April 2013

Migrant women's experiences, meanings and ways of dealing with postnatal depression: A meta-ethnographic study

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Miller Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH) trial: design, method and sample description

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Mining for liquid gold: midwifery language and practices associated with early breastfeeding support

scientific article published on 09 March 2012

Mothers' experiences of facilitated peer support groups and individual child health nursing support: a comparative evaluation

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Moxibustion for cephalic version: a feasibility randomised controlled trial

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Nature and frequency of services provided by child and family health nurses in Australia: results of a national survey

scientific article published in May 2014

Negotiating policy in practice: child and family health nurses' approach to the process of postnatal psychosocial assessment

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Neonatal nurses' perspectives of family-centred care: a qualitative study

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Not addressing the root cause: An analysis of submissions made to the South Australian Government on a Proposal to Protect Midwifery Practice

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Opening the door: midwives' perceptions of two models of psychosocial assessment in pregnancy- a mixed methods study

scientific article published on 07 August 2020

PARTNER INVOLVEMENT: NEGOTIATING THE PRESENCE OF PARTNERS IN PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT AS CONDUCTED BY MIDWIVES AND CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH NURSES.

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Physical activity in pregnancy: women's perceptions, practices, and influencing factors

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Place of sanctuary: an appreciative inquiry approach to discovering how communities support breastfeeding and parenting.

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Postnatal care - current issues and future challenges

scientific article published on June 2014

Postnatal post-traumatic stress: An integrative review

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Preparing expectant couples for new-parent experiences: a comparison of two models of antenatal education

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Rates of obstetric intervention during birth and selected maternal and perinatal outcomes for low risk women born in Australia compared to those born overseas

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Ready for practice: what child and family health nurses say about education

scientific article published on 12 November 2014

Reflexivity in midwifery research: The insider/outsider debate

scientific article published on 04 December 2010

Researching with Families: Ethical Issues and Situations

Risk of recurrence, subsequent mode of birth and morbidity for women who experienced severe perineal trauma in a first birth in New South Wales between 2000-2008: a population based data linkage study

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Self-determination theory: a framework for clubhouse psychosocial rehabilitation research

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Separation, failure and temporary relinquishment: women's experiences of early mothering in the context of emergency hysterectomy

scientific article published on 17 December 2011

Sexual violence and safety: the narratives of transwomen in online forums

scientific article published on 09 July 2019

Smoothing out the transition of care between maternity and child and family health services: perspectives of child and family health nurses and midwives'.

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Someone to talk to: young mothers' experiences of participating in a young parents support programme

scientific article published on 11 September 2012

Splitting bodies/selves: women's concepts of embodiment at the moment of birth

scientific article published on 24 October 2012

Staff Perceptions and Experiences of Implementing the Baby Friendly Initiative in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Australia

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Study protocol for a comparative effectiveness trial of two models of perinatal integrated psychosocial assessment: the PIPA project

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Ten steps or climbing a mountain: a study of Australian health professionals' perceptions of implementing the baby friendly health initiative to protect, promote and support breastfeeding

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The ?Earlybird? gets the breastmilk: findings from an evaluation of combined professional and peer support groups to improve breastfeeding duration in the first eight weeks after birth

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

The Association Between Women’s Perceptions of Professional Support and Problems Experienced on Breastfeeding Cessation: A Western Australian Study

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The Imperative to Breastfeed: An Australian Perspective

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The barriers and facilitators to evidence-based episiotomy practice in Jordan

scientific article published on 30 January 2016

The contribution of case study design to supporting research on Clubhouse psychosocial rehabilitation

scientific article published on October 2015

The experience of women with an eating disorder in the perinatal period: a meta-ethnographic study.

scientific article published on 2 May 2018

The experiences of Burmese healthcare interpreters (Iam) in maternity services in Thailand

scientific article published on 29 September 2017

The nature and impact of collaboration and integrated service delivery for pregnant women, children and families

scientific article published on 14 October 2010

The professionalising of breast feeding--where are we a decade on?

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The professionalising of breast feeding—Where are we a decade on?

article by Lesley M. Barclay et al published June 2012 in Midwifery

The relationship between intimate partner violence reported at the first antenatal booking visit and obstetric and perinatal outcomes in an ethnically diverse group of Australian pregnant women: a population-based study over 10 years.

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

The use of social environment in a psychosocial clubhouse to facilitate recovery-oriented practice

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Therapeutic interventions in perinatal and infant mental health services: a mixed methods inquiry

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Time to listen: Strategies to improve hospital-based postnatal care

Transfer from primary maternity unit to tertiary hospital in New Zealand - timing, frequency, reasons, urgency and outcomes: Part of the Evaluating Maternity Units study

scientific article published on 5 May 2015

Trends and risk factors for severe perineal trauma during childbirth in New South Wales between 2000 and 2008: a population-based data study

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Uncovering psychosocial needs: perspectives of Australian child and family health nurses in a sustained home visiting trial

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Using appreciative inquiry to bring neonatal nurses and parents together to enhance family-centred care: A collaborative workshop.

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Using appreciative inquiry to transform health care.

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Western Australian women's perceptions of the style and quality of midwifery postnatal care in hospital and at home

scientific article published on 25 July 2009

What are the facilitators, inhibitors, and implications of birth positioning? A review of the literature

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

What works to engage young parents into services? Findings from an appreciative inquiry workshop

scientific article published in October 2012

Who owns the baby? A video ethnography of skin-to-skin contact after a caesarean section.

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

Women's experiences following severe perineal trauma: a meta-ethnographic synthesis

scientific article published on 12 October 2012

Women's experiences following severe perineal trauma: a qualitative study.

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Women's experiences of childbirth in Middle Eastern countries: A narrative review

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Women's experiences of infant feeding support in the first 6 weeks post-birth.

scientific article published in April 2009

Women's experiences of transfer from primary maternity unit to tertiary hospital in New Zealand: part of the prospective cohort Evaluating Maternity Units study

scientific article published on 18 December 2015

Women's perceptions and experiences of a traumatic birth: a meta-ethnography

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Women's perceptions and experiences of breastfeeding support: a metasynthesis

scientific article published on 23 December 2010

Women's reasons for, and experiences of, choosing a homebirth following a caesarean section

scientific article published on 3 September 2015

Women׳s birthplace decision-making, the role of confidence: Part of the Evaluating Maternity Units study, New Zealand

scientific article published on 24 February 2015

Working with complexity: experiences of caring for mothers seeking residential parenting services in New South Wales, Australia

scientific article published on 27 July 2016

‘Get alongside us’, women's experiences of being overweight and pregnant in Sydney, Australia

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‘It looks good on paper’: Transitions of care between midwives and child and family health nurses in New South Wales

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‘Not waving but drowning’: a study of the experiences and concerns of midwives and other health professionals caring for obese childbearing women

scientific article published on 08 April 2010

“The right way of doing it all”: First-time Australian mothers' decisions about paid employment

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