Research interests include mother’s perceptions of breastfeeding, interventions for increasing breastfeeding duration, institutional breastfeeding policies and practices, nutritional needs and physiology of the newborn infant, relationship between infant temperament and infant feeding, determinants of early childhood obesity. PhD, Nursing, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee BSN, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Articles
The beginning breastfeeding survey: Measuring mothers' perceptions of breastfeeding effectiveness during the postpartum hospitalization (with T. S. Johnson), Research in Nursing & Health (2010)
No current breastfeeding assessment tool assesses the mother's perception of breastfeeding effectiveness during the early...
Excessive weight loss in breastfed infants during the postpartum hospitalization (with T. S. Johnson and L. C. Baker), Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing (2010)
OBJECTIVE: To examine differences in breastfeeding frequency, voids, and stools in infants with weight losses...
Psychometric properties of the beginning breastfeeding survey, Nursing Publications (2009)
The Beginning Breastfeeding Survey is a reliable and valid measure of breastfeeding effectiveness during the...
Mother-infant breastfeeding progress tool: A guide for education and support of the breastfeeding dyad (with T. S. Johnson and K. Strube), Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing (2007)
OBJECTIVE: To describe the development of the Mother-Infant Breastfeeding Progress Tool to be used at...
A concept analysis of effective breastfeeding, Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing (2006)
OBJECTIVE: To provide a concept analysis of effective breastfeeding. DATA SOURCES: Medline and CINAHL electronic...