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Articles on Mothers health

October 3, 2023

No, stress won’t dry up your milk. How to keep breastfeeding your baby in an emergency

Karleen Gribble, Western Sydney University; Michelle Hamrosi, Australian National University, and Nina Jane Chad, University of Sydney

Being caught up in an emergency like a bushfire can make breastfeeding more challenging – but there are ways to continue.

July 4, 2021

Okunola Alabi, Federal University of Technology, Akure

There is an urgent need for legislation dealing specifically with electronic waste in Nigeria.

July 24, 2019

Marisa Casanova Dias, Cardiff University

Postpartum psychosis affects one to two mothers in every 1,000 births but specialist help in the UK is seriously lacking.

April 11, 2019

Amy Brown, Swansea University; Gretel Finch, University of Bristol, and Heather Trickey, Cardiff University

Mothers are told to stop breastfeeding when taking certain medications – even if they won’t harm their baby.

Karleen Gribble
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
Nina Jane Chad
Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Amy Brown
Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
Heather Trickey
Research Fellow in Public Health and Parenthood, DECIPHer, Cardiff University
Gretel Finch
Postdoctoral Researcher, Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Behaviour, University of Bristol
Marisa Casanova Dias
MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University
Okunola Alabi
Lecturer, Federal University of Technology, Akure
Michelle Hamrosi
Clinical lecturer, Rural Clinical School, Australian National University