La Trobe

Lisa Amir

Principal Research Fellow (Health sciences)

Melbourne, Australia

Publications

  • Is proactive telephone-based breastfeeding peer support a cost-effective intervention? A within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis of the ‘Ringing Up about Breastfeeding earlY’ (RUBY) randomised controlled trial
  • Understanding Mothers' Experiences of Being Ineligible to Donate Their Milk to a Not-for-Profit Milk Bank
  • Incidence, antibiotic treatment and outcomes of lactational mastitis: Findings from The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
  • Pharmacy access to the emergency contraceptive pill: A national survey of a random sample of Australian women
  • Routinely collected infant feeding data: Time for global action
  • A systematic review of maternal obesity and breastfeeding intention, initiation and duration
  • Social theory and infant feeding
  • Measurement tools and intensity of nipple pain among women with or without damaged nipples: A quantitative systematic review
  • Service Provider Attitudes toward Evidence-Based Programs in an Australian Place-Based Initiative: Examining Organisational Roles and Evidence-Supportive Environments
  • ‘Is there any point in me doing this?’ Views and experiences of women in the Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing (DAME) trial
  • Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis reveals no clear link between Staphylococcus epidermidis and acute mastitis
  • Knowledge of Galactagogue Use During Breastfeeding in Australia: A Cross Sectional Online Survey
  • Accreditation of midwife lactation consultants to perform infant tongue-tie release
  • Infant feeding practices in the first 24-48 h of life in healthy term infants
  • Does candida and/or staphylococcus play a role in nipple and breast pain in lactation? A cohort study in melbourne, australia
  • Avoiding risk at what cost? Putting use of medicines for breastfeeding women into perspective
  • Breastfeeding information in pharmacology textbooks: A content analysis
  • Psychosocial correlates of exclusive breastfeeding: A systematic review
  • A descriptive study of mastitis in Australian breastfeeding women: Incidence and determinants
  • Maternal diet and breastfeeding: A case for rethinking physiological explanations for breastfeeding determinants
  • Maternal bodies and medicines: A commentary on risk and decision-making of pregnant and breastfeeding women and health professionals
  • Unintended pregnancy in Australia: What more can we do?
  • The role of micro-organisms (Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans) in the pathogenesis of breast pain and infection in lactating women: Study protocol
  • Provision of the emergency contraceptive pill without prescription: Attitudes and practices of pharmacists in Australia
  • A prospective study of fluconazole treatment for breast and nipple thrush.
  • Breastfeeding: Evidence based guidelines for the use of medicines
  • Maternal obesity and initiation and duration of breastfeeding: Data from the longitudinal study of Australian children
  • Maternal employment and breastfeeding: Results from the longitudinal study of Australian children
  • Survey of patient satisfaction with the Breastfeeding Education and Support Services of the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne
  • Breastfeeding women's experience of expressing: A descriptive study
  • GPs' decision-making when prescribing medicines for breastfeeding women: Content analysis of a survey
  • Medicines for breastfeeding women: A postal survey of general practitioners in Victoria
  • The emergency contraceptive pill rescheduled: A focus group study of women's knowledge, attitudes and experiences
  • Effect of gestation on initiation and duration of breastfeeding
  • Health professionals' advice for breastfeeding problems: Not good enough!
  • Socioeconomic status and rates of breastfeeding in Australia: Evidence from three recent national health surveys
  • Polymerase chain reaction in detection of Candida albicans for confirmation of clinical diagnosis of nipple thrush
  • ABM clinical protocol #4: Mastitis - Revision, May 2008
  • Emergency contraception
  • Adolescent exposure to high-dose estrogen and subsequent effects on lactation
  • Observational study found that skin‐to‐skin contact was not common after vaginal birth in Saudi Arabia
  • Is onset of lactation delayed in women with diabetes in pregnancy? A systematic review
  • Trauma-Informed Primary Healthcare for Parents: Multidisciplinary Experiences in Rural Service Implementation
  • Ethical Issues in Use of Medications During Lactation
  • It's time for global action to reinforce mother‐infant skin‐to‐skin contact policy
  • Relationship between obesity and lower rates of breast feeding initiation in regional Victoria, Australia: an 8-year retrospective panel study
  • Reliability of Markers for Breast Hypoplasia in the Early Postpartum Period
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Problems Among Obese Women Compared with Nonobese Women in a Brazilian Hospital
  • Research Challenges and Considerations in Investigating Rare Exposures Using Breast Hypoplasia as an Example
  • Trends in clinical management of lactational mastitis among women attending Australian general practice: a national longitudinal study using MedicineInsight, 2011–2022
  • Erratum: "Medicines and breastfeeding: Information is available on safe use" (Medical Journal of Australia (2007) vol. 186 (485))
  • The treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infected sore nipples: a randomized comparative study.
  • Women's knowledge and attitudes about emergency contraception: A survey in a Melbourne women's health clinic
  • Breastfeeding and the introduction of solids in Australian infants: Data from the 2001 National Health Survey
  • Infant feeding, poverty and human development
  • The relationship between maternal smoking and breastfeeding duration after adjustment for maternal infant feeding intention
  • Rates of breastfeeding in Australia by State and socio-economic status: Evidence from the 1995 National Health Survey
  • Does maternal obesity adversely affect breastfeeding initiation and duration?
  • International Breastfeeding Journal: Introducing a new journal
  • Re: Breast-feeding, pain and infection (multiple letters) [1]
  • Breastfeeding: Managing 'supply' difficulties
  • Maternal smoking and reduced duration of breastfeeding: A review of possible mechanisms
  • Reliability of the Hazelbaker Assessment Tool for Lingual Frenulum Function
  • Do Indonesian medical practitioners approve the availability of emergency contraception over-the-counter? A survey of general practitioners and obstetricians in Jakarta
  • Medicines and breastfeeding: Information is available on safe use [7]
  • Policy on infant formula industry funding, support or sponsorship of articles submitted for publication
  • Women's experience of lactational mastitis: 'I have never felt worse'
  • A case-control study of mastitis: Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus
  • A failed RCT to determine if antibiotics prevent mastitis: Cracked nipples colonized with Staphylococcus aureus: A randomized treatment trial [ISRCTN65289389]
  • Two mid-pregnancy interventions to increase the initiation and duration of breastfeeding: A randomized controlled trial
  • Painful nipples in nursing mothers.
  • Does maternal smoking have a negative physiological effect on breastfeeding? The epidemiological evidence.
  • Why do women stop breastfeeding? A closer look at 'not enough milk' among Israeli women in the Negev Region.
  • Review of tongue-tie release at a tertiary maternity hospital
  • Health and social circumstances of women admitted to a private mother baby unit. A descriptive cohort study.
  • Does maternal smoking have a negative physiological effect on breastfeeding? The epidemiological evidence
  • Breastfeeding and Staphylococcus aureus: three case reports.
  • Incidence of breast abscess in lactating women: Report from an Australian cohort
  • Nipple pain in breastfeeding
  • Breast pain in lactating women--mastitis or something else?
  • Health and social circumstances of women admitted to a private mother baby unit: A descriptive cohort study
  • Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Australia [15]
  • Relationship between prenatal infant feeding intention and initiation and duration of breastfeeding: A cohort study
  • The introduction of breast milk substitutes and solid foods: Evidence from the 1995 National Health Survey
  • A descriptive survey of data collection in breastfeeding services at Victorian maternity hospitals.
  • Rates of breastfeeding in Australia by state and socioeconomic status: evidence from the 1995 National Health Survey.
  • Active and passive cigarette smoking and breast cancer: Is a real risk emerging? [3] (multiple letters)
  • Mastitis: Are We Overprescribing Antibiotics?
  • Rate of vasectomy rises with increasing income
  • Myths about infant feeding. Facts or fiction?
  • Smoking status of breastfeeding women [1]
  • An Audit of Mastitis in the Emergency Department
  • Baby friendly hospital initiative. For happier mothers and babies.
  • Psychological aspects of nipple pain in lactating women
  • Candida albicans: Is it associated with nipple pain in lactating women?
  • Eczema of the nipple and breast: a case report.
  • Patient education. Nipple problems while breastfeeding.
  • Patient education. Establishing breastfeeding.
  • Candida and the lactating breast: predisposing factors.
  • Cool cabbages for hot breasts.
  • Thrush in the ducts? [13]
  • Patient education. Mastitis.
  • Nipple pain, mastalgia and candidiasis in the lactating breast
  • Breastfeeding debate.

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