Research
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Latest papers
Do Psychological and Behavioural Factors Change Over Pregnancy?
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada · 2023
A goal set too high: factors associated with planning excess gestational weight gain in a prospective cohort study
Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine · 2022
Gestational weight gain outside the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations: novel psychological and behavioural factors associated with inadequate or excess weight gain in a prospective cohort study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2021
Latest funding
- $536,093
Understanding Excessive Pregnancy Weight Gain: A Consideration of Psychological and other Determinants as a Prelude to Developing Interventions
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
- $380,324
A trial of labour or repeat Cesarean section? A mixed methods study examining women's preferences and providers' counsel
CIHR · 2013 · Principal investigator
- $18,225
Addressing Primary Health Care Service Gaps for Late Preterm Infants and their Families
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
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Patricia McNiven
Department of Family Medicine
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Amie Davis
Department of Family Medicine
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
Luisa Caropreso
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Giulia Muraca
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Global Maternal and Child Health
Sharon Dore
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Global Maternal and Child Health
Angela Reitsma
Department of Family Medicine
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Global Maternal and Child Health
123 publications.
Do Psychological and Behavioural Factors Change Over Pregnancy?
Yu ZM, Van Blyderveen S, Schmidt L, Lu CH, Vanstone M, Biringer A, Sword W, Beyene J, McDonald SD
A goal set too high: factors associated with planning excess gestational weight gain in a prospective cohort study
Lu CH, Van Blyderveen S, Yu ZM, Vanstone M, Biringer A, Sword W, Schmidt L, McDonald SD
Gestational weight gain outside the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations: novel psychological and behavioural factors associated with inadequate or excess weight gain in a prospective cohort study
Feng YY, Yu ZM, van Blyderveen S, Schmidt L, Sword W, Vanstone M, Biringer A, McDonald H, Beyene J, McDonald SD
Predictors of Gestational Weight Gain Examined As a Continuous Outcome: A Prospective Analysis
Yu ZM, Van Blyderveen S, Schmidt L, Lu C, Vanstone M, Biringer A, Sword W, Beyene J, McDonald SD
Does Excess First- or Second-Trimester Weight Gain Predict Excess Total Gestational Weight Gain? A Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study
Grabovac M, Yu ZM, Vanstone M, van Blyderveen S, Biringer A, Sword W, Schmidt L, McDonald SD
Influences on mental health and health services accessibility in immigrant women with post‐partum depression: An interpretive descriptive study
Ganann R, Sword W, Newbold KB, Thabane L, Armour L, Kint B
Prediction of excess pregnancy weight gain using psychological, physical, and social predictors: A validated model in a prospective cohort study
McDonald SD, Yu ZM, van Blyderveen S, Schmidt L, Sword W, Vanstone M, Biringer A, McDonald H, Beyene J
Factors obstetricians, family physicians and midwives consider when counselling women about a trial of labour after caesarean and planned repeat caesarean: a qualitative descriptive study
Kurtz Landy C, Sword W, Kathnelson JC, McDonald S, Biringer A, Heaman M, Angle P
Competing priorities: a qualitative study of how women make and enact decisions about weight gain in pregnancy
Vanstone M, Sadik M, Van Blyderveen S, Biringer A, Sword W, Schmidt L, Mcdonald SD
Screening and Intervention Practices for Alcohol Use by Pregnant Women and Women of Childbearing Age: Results of a Canadian Survey
Sword W, Green C, Akhtar-Danesh N, McDonald SD, Kaminsky K, Roberts N, Cook J
Understanding Excessive Pregnancy Weight Gain: A Consideration of Psychological and other Determinants as a Prelude to Developing Interventions
Principal investigators: McDonald, Sarah D
Keywords: Excess Pregnancy Weight Gain; Knowledge Determinants; Lifestyle Determinants; Obesity; Physical Determinants; Psychological Constructs; Qualitative Research; Weight Trajectories
A trial of labour or repeat Cesarean section? A mixed methods study examining women's preferences and providers' counsel
Principal investigators: Kurtz Landy, Christine M; Sword, Wendy A
Keywords: Cesarean Section; Conjoint Analysis; Decision Making; Maternity Care Providers; Maternity Care System; Mixed Methods; Patient Choice; Trial Of Labour; Women'S Preferences
Addressing Primary Health Care Service Gaps for Late Preterm Infants and their Families
Principal investigators: Butt, Michelle Lynn; Ballantyne, Marilyn L
Keywords: Community-Based Interventions; Health Care Service Gaps; Integrated Health Care Systems; Late Preterm Infants; Primary Health Care
Integrated Maternal Psychosocial Assessment to Care Trial (IMPACT): Intervening Early to Improve Maternal and Child Health
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
Mental Health E-Screening in Pregnant and Postpartum Women
Principal investigators: Kingston, Dawn A
Keywords: Child Health; E-Health; Health Services; Maternal Mental Health; Perinatal Mental Health; Screening
Reducing inequities in access to and use of prenatal care in the Winnipeg Health Region through health system improvement
Principal investigators: Heaman, Maureen I; Tjaden, Lynda
Keywords: Access To Care; Inequities In Health Care; Integration Of Health Services; Midwifery Care; Prenatal Care; Social Marketing
Evaluating the Feasibility of Routine Psychosocial Assessment in Pregnant and Postpartum Women
Principal investigators: Kingston, Dawn A
Keywords: Postpartum; Pregnancy; Psychosocial Assessment
Developing interventions to prevent excess maternal weight gain and its consequences: Improving the translation of guidelines into practice (The IMPROVE Study)
Principal investigators: McDonald, Sarah D; Mueller, Valerie M
Keywords: Knowledge Translation; Maternal Mental And Physical Health; National Guidelines; Obesity; Weight Gain
Do Neighbourhood Characteristics Influence Maternal Health Disparities?
Principal investigators: Sword, Wendy A; Sheehan, Debbie
Keywords: Birth Outcomes; Health Determinants; Health Disparities; Maternal Health; Neighbourhood; Spatial Analysis
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Lehana Thabane and Amiram Jacob Gafni: 94 shared papers
- Joseph Beyene and Sarah McDonald: 63 shared papers
- Amiram Jacob Gafni and Jacqueline Roberts: 50 shared papers
- Amiram Jacob Gafni and Eileen Katherine Hutton: 46 shared papers
- Sarah McDonald and Wendy Ann Sword: 29 shared papers
- Maureen Dobbins and Donna Kay Ciliska: 26 shared papers
- Joseph Beyene and Lehana Thabane: 23 shared papers
- G Alison Niccols and Wendy Ann Sword: 22 shared papers
- Meredith Vanstone and Sarah McDonald: 21 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Noori Akhtar-Danesh: 18 shared papers
- Susan Jack and Maureen Dobbins: 18 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Eileen Katherine Hutton: 17 shared papers
- Rebecca Ganann and Ruta K Valaitis: 17 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Wendy Ann Sword: 16 shared papers
- Sarah McDonald and Louis Schmidt: 16 shared papers
- K Bruce Newbold and Rebecca Ganann: 16 shared papers
- Louis Schmidt and Charles E Cunningham: 15 shared papers
- Sarah McDonald and Valerie Taylor: 14 shared papers
- Noori Akhtar-Danesh and Ruta K Valaitis: 13 shared papers
- Maureen Dobbins and G Alison Niccols: 12 shared papers
- Maureen Dobbins and Wendy Ann Sword: 12 shared papers
- Alba DiCenso and Donna Kay Ciliska: 12 shared papers
- Susan Jack and G Alison Niccols: 11 shared papers
- Noori Akhtar-Danesh and Amiram Jacob Gafni: 11 shared papers
- Joseph Beyene and Louis Schmidt: 10 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Susan Jack: 9 shared papers
- Maureen Dobbins and Rebecca Ganann: 9 shared papers
- Sarah McDonald and Eileen Katherine Hutton: 9 shared papers
- Louis Schmidt and Wendy Ann Sword: 9 shared papers
- Basanti Majumdar and Jacqueline Roberts: 9 shared papers
- Keyna Bracken and Valerie Taylor: 9 shared papers
- Joseph Beyene and Wendy Ann Sword: 8 shared papers
- Susan Jack and Wendy Ann Sword: 8 shared papers
- Meredith Vanstone and Louis Schmidt: 8 shared papers
- Meredith Vanstone and Wendy Ann Sword: 8 shared papers
- Sarah McDonald and Keyna Bracken: 8 shared papers
- Rebecca Ganann and Donna Kay Ciliska: 8 shared papers
- Wendy Ann Sword and Keyna Bracken: 8 shared papers
- Wendy Ann Sword and Valerie Taylor: 8 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Ruta K Valaitis: 7 shared papers
- Rebecca Ganann and Wendy Ann Sword: 7 shared papers
- Noori Akhtar-Danesh and Wendy Ann Sword: 6 shared papers
- Sarah McDonald and Dawn Kingston: 6 shared papers
- Wendy Ann Sword and Dawn Kingston: 6 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Charles E Cunningham: 5 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Joanna Henderson: 5 shared papers
- Noori Akhtar-Danesh and Alba DiCenso: 5 shared papers
- G Alison Niccols and Charles E Cunningham: 5 shared papers
- Wendy Ann Sword and Eileen Katherine Hutton: 5 shared papers
- Amiram Jacob Gafni and Basanti Majumdar: 4 shared papers
- Charles E Cunningham and Wendy Ann Sword: 4 shared papers
- Wendy Ann Sword and Ruta K Valaitis: 4 shared papers
- Kathy Hegadoren and Dawn Kingston: 4 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and K Bruce Newbold: 3 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Jacqueline Roberts: 3 shared papers
- Maureen Dobbins and Alba DiCenso: 3 shared papers
- K Bruce Newbold and Wendy Ann Sword: 3 shared papers
- G Alison Niccols and Joanna Henderson: 3 shared papers
- Donna Kay Ciliska and Wendy Ann Sword: 3 shared papers
- Jacqueline Roberts and Wendy Ann Sword: 3 shared papers
- Wendy Ann Sword and Kathy Hegadoren: 3 shared papers
- Wendy Ann Sword and Joanna Henderson: 3 shared papers
- Sarah McDonald and Kathy Hegadoren: 2 shared papers
- Amiram Jacob Gafni and Wendy Ann Sword: 2 shared papers
- Basanti Majumdar and Wendy Ann Sword: 2 shared papers
- Alba DiCenso and Wendy Ann Sword: 2 shared papers
- Nursing
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
- Department of Family Medicine
- Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
- Earth, Environment & Society
- Other
Co-authors at McMaster University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Sarah McDonald
Obstetrics & Gynecology
29 shared papers, latest 2023
G Alison Niccols
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
22 shared papers, latest 2017
Lehana Thabane
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
16 shared papers, latest 2020
Maureen Dobbins
Nursing
12 shared papers, latest 2017
Louis Schmidt
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
9 shared papers, latest 2023
Valerie Taylor
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
8 shared papers, latest 2015
Keyna Bracken
Department of Family Medicine
8 shared papers, latest 2015
Susan Jack
Nursing
8 shared papers, latest 2018
Meredith Vanstone
Department of Family Medicine
8 shared papers, latest 2023
Joseph Beyene
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
8 shared papers, latest 2023
Rebecca Ganann
Nursing
7 shared papers, latest 2020
Dawn Kingston
Faculty
6 shared papers, latest 2017
Noori Akhtar-Danesh
Nursing
6 shared papers, latest 2020
Eileen Katherine Hutton
Obstetrics & Gynecology
5 shared papers, latest 2014
Ruta K Valaitis
Nursing
4 shared papers, latest 2009
Charles E Cunningham
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
4 shared papers, latest 2018
Joanna Henderson
Faculty
3 shared papers, latest 2014
Kathy Hegadoren
Faculty
3 shared papers, latest 2015
Jacqueline Roberts
Nursing
3 shared papers, latest 2001
Donna Kay Ciliska
Nursing
3 shared papers, latest 2017
K Bruce Newbold
Earth, Environment & Society
3 shared papers, latest 2020
Carolyn Byrne
Nursing
2 shared papers, latest 2002
Karen Milligan
Department of Psychology
2 shared papers, latest 2012
Valerie Mueller
Department of Anesthesia
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Neil Johnston
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Kathy Georgiades
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Harry Samuel Shannon
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Parminder Raina
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Amiram Jacob Gafni
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
2 shared papers, latest 2001
John David Eyles
Earth, Environment & Society
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Eleanor Pullenayegum
Biostatistics Division
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Ann Salvador
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Christine Kurtz Landy
Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Jocelynn Cook
Obstetrics and Gynecology
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Caitlin Davey
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Serena Corsini-Munt
Psychology
1 shared papers, latest 2011
Nancy Edwards
Nursing Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Steven Hanna
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Maureen Frances Markle-Reid
Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Sheila McDonald
Department of Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2015
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