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Dawn Kingston

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Dawn Kingston

Professor

Faculty of Nursing, Faculty

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2013.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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1,397

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Research

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Child Development Health Services and Policy Research Maternal Health Perinatal Mental Health Pregnancy Resiliency Application of e-technology to mental healthcare

Latest papers

Postpartum psychiatric hospital admissions: A population-based study from British Columbia, Canada.
Psychiatry research · 2025
Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms from pregnancy to 11 years postpartum: Findings from Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort.
Journal of affective disorders · 2023 · senior author
The clinical performance and cost-effectiveness of two psychosocial assessment models in maternity care: The Perinatal Integrated Psychosocial Assessment study.
Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives · 2022

All 41 publications

Latest funding

An iKT, interpretivist, feminist, multi-method study examining the experience of, and models of treatment for, acute postpartum mental illness
CIHR · 2020 · Supervisor
$135,000
Video-Feedback Interaction Guidance for Improving Interactions Between Depressed Mothers and their Infants
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$569,552
Program of Research in Perinatal Mental Health
CIHR · 2013 · Nominated PI
$300,000

All 5 grants and awards

41 publications.

Postpartum psychiatric hospital admissions: A population-based study from British Columbia, Canada.

Hippman C, Kaur P, Carrion P, Baetz M, Buffam K, Dyck R, Gagnon LM, Howard LM, Ireland E, Kazemi Y, Lane-Smith M, Tabi K, Ryan D, Kingston D, Hanley GE

Psychiatry research2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116712 PMID: 40889419

Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms from pregnancy to 11 years postpartum: Findings from Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort.

Mughal MK, Giallo R, Arshad M, Arnold PD, Bright K, Charrois EM, Rai B, Wajid A, Kingston D

Journal of affective disorders2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.023 PMID: 36773763

The clinical performance and cost-effectiveness of two psychosocial assessment models in maternity care: The Perinatal Integrated Psychosocial Assessment study.

Chambers GM, Botha W, Reilly N, Black E, Kingston D, Austin MP

Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2021.05.007 PMID: 34099393

Patterns and predictors of depressive and anxiety symptoms in mothers affected by previous prenatal loss in the ALSPAC birth cohort.

Charrois EM, Mughal MK, Arshad M, Wajid A, Bright KS, Giallo R, Kingston D

Journal of affective disorders2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.055 PMID: 35339570

Disclosure of sensitive material at routine antenatal psychosocial assessment: The role of psychosocial risk and mode of assessment.

Austin MV, Reilly N, Mule V, Kingston D, Black E, Hadzi-Pavlovic D

Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2021.04.005 PMID: 33895108

Why do some pregnant women not fully disclose at comprehensive psychosocial assessment with their midwife?

Mule V, Reilly NM, Schmied V, Kingston D, Austin MV

Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2021.03.001 PMID: 33781709

Shared decision making in pregnancy in inflammatory bowel disease: design of a patient orientated decision aid.

Williams AJ, Karimi N, Chari R, Connor S, De Vera MA, Dieleman LA, Hansen T, Ismond K, Khurana R, Kingston D, O'Connor K, Sadowski DC, Fang-Hwa F, Wine E, Leung Y, Huang V

BMC gastroenterology2021

DOI: 10.1186/s12876-021-01853-y PMID: 34330215

Interpersonal Psychotherapy to Reduce Psychological Distress in Perinatal Women: A Systematic Review.

Bright KS, Charrois EM, Mughal MK, Wajid A, McNeil D, Stuart S, Hayden KA, Kingston D

International journal of environmental research and public health2020Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17228421 PMID: 33203014

Predictors of child resilience in a community-based cohort facing flood as natural disaster.

Arshad M, Mughal MK, Giallo R, Kingston D

BMC psychiatry2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-020-02944-y PMID: 33213409

Effectiveness of psychotherapeutic interventions on psychological distress in women who have experienced perinatal loss: a systematic review protocol.

Charrois EM, Bright KS, Wajid A, Mughal MK, Hayden KA, Kingston D

Systematic reviews2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13643-020-01387-6 PMID: 32487235

An iKT, interpretivist, feminist, multi-method study examining the experience of, and models of treatment for, acute postpartum mental illness

SupervisorCIHR2020CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Hippman, Catriona L

Keywords: Acute Postpartum Mental Illness; Feminist; Health Service Delivery; Hermeneutic Phenomenology; Hospitalization; Interpretivist; Mother-Baby Psychiatric Unit; Multi-Method; Multi-Site Case Study; Population Data

$135,000

Video-Feedback Interaction Guidance for Improving Interactions Between Depressed Mothers and their Infants

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Letourneau, Nicole L; Tryphonopoulos, Panagiota D

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Cortisol; Infant Development; Integrated Knowledge Transfer; Intervention; Maternal-Infant Interaction; Postpartum Depression; Public Health Nursing; Randomized Controlled Trial; Video-Feedback

$569,552

Program of Research in Perinatal Mental Health

Nominated PICIHR2013New Investigator Award-PA: Community-based Primary Health Care

Principal investigators: Kingston, Dawn A

Keywords: Access To Healthcare; Anxiety; Barriers; Depression; Healthcare Service Utilization; Perinatal Mental Health; Postpartum; Pregnancy

$300,000

Integrated Maternal Psychosocial Assessment to Care Trial (IMPACT): Intervening Early to Improve Maternal and Child Health

Nominated PICIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Kingston, Dawn A

Keywords: Child Health; Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; Health Services Research; Integrated Mental Healthcare; Maternal Mental Health; Perinatal Mental Health; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Rct

$346,231

Mental Health E-Screening in Pregnant and Postpartum Women

Nominated PICIHR2012Catalyst Grant: eHealth Innovations

Principal investigators: Kingston, Dawn A

Keywords: Child Health; E-Health; Health Services; Maternal Mental Health; Perinatal Mental Health; Screening

$99,902

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 27, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Dawn Kingston

Research

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Postpartum psychiatric hospital admissions: A population-based study from British Columbia, Canada.

Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms from pregnancy to 11&#xa0;years postpartum: Findings from Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort.

The clinical performance and cost-effectiveness of two psychosocial assessment models in maternity care: The Perinatal Integrated Psychosocial Assessment study.

Patterns and predictors of depressive and anxiety symptoms in mothers affected by previous prenatal loss in the ALSPAC birth cohort.

Disclosure of sensitive material at routine antenatal psychosocial assessment: The role of psychosocial risk and mode of assessment.

Why do some pregnant women not fully disclose at comprehensive psychosocial assessment with their midwife?

Shared decision making in pregnancy in inflammatory bowel disease: design of a patient orientated decision aid.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy to Reduce Psychological Distress in Perinatal Women: A Systematic Review.

Predictors of child resilience in a community-based cohort facing flood as natural disaster.

Effectiveness of psychotherapeutic interventions on psychological distress in women who have experienced perinatal loss: a systematic review protocol.

An iKT, interpretivist, feminist, multi-method study examining the experience of, and models of treatment for, acute postpartum mental illness

Video-Feedback Interaction Guidance for Improving Interactions Between Depressed Mothers and their Infants

Program of Research in Perinatal Mental Health

Integrated Maternal Psychosocial Assessment to Care Trial (IMPACT): Intervening Early to Improve Maternal and Child Health

Mental Health E-Screening in Pregnant and Postpartum Women

Frequent collaborators

Wendy Ann Sword

Sarah McDonald

Sheila McDonald

Kathy Hegadoren

Karen Benzies

Deborah McNeil

Katherine Bright

Suzanne Tough

Deena Hamza

Kellie Thiessen

Eytan Wine

Patricia Janssen

Marilyn Baetz

Igor Kovalchuk

Suzanne King

Michelle Morais

Lucia Giglia

Patricia O’Campo

Janet Smylie

Anita Kozyrskyj

Marni Brownell

Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms from pregnancy to 11 years postpartum: Findings from Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort.