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List of works by Athena Sheehan

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

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'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

A comparison of two methods of antenatal breast-feeding education

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

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 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 women's experience of breastfeeding

scientific article published on July 2010

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

scientific article published in December 2003

Birth room images: what they tell us about childbirth. A discourse analysis of birth rooms in developed countries.

scientific article published on 10 February 2016

Birthplace in Australia: Processes and interactions during the intrapartum transfer of women from planned homebirth to hospital.

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Childbirth Supporters' Experiences in a Built Hospital Birth Environment: Exploring Inhibiting and Facilitating Factors in Negotiating the Supporter Role

scientific article published on 20 January 2016

Collaboration in maternity care: a randomised controlled trial comparing community-based continuity of care with standard hospital care

article by Caroline S.E. Homer et al published January 2001 in British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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

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

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

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It's okay to breastfeed in public but….

scientific article published on 11 June 2019

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

Media Representations of Breech Birth: A Prospective Analysis of Web-Based News Reports

scientific article published on 13 July 2017

Messages to new mothers: an analysis of breast pump advertisements.

scientific article published on 22 April 2016

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

scientific article published on 09 March 2012

Reflexivity in midwifery research: The insider/outsider debate

scientific article published on 04 December 2010

Simulation workshops with first year midwifery students.

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

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

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

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 Imperative to Breastfeed: An Australian Perspective

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The fact and the fiction: A prospective study of internet forum discussions on vaginal breech birth

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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

Using video in childbirth research

scientific article published on 24 July 2015

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

scientific article published in April 2009

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

scientific article published on 23 December 2010