Lisa Amir

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.
• Does Antenatal Expressing Affect Onset of Lactogenesis for Women With Diabetes? Results From a Randomised Controlled Trial and Cohort Study
• Challenges and Opportunities in Quantifying Bioactive Compounds in Human Breastmilk