Sally Dowling's Outputs (70)

Digital times: Disseminating your work and networking (2017)
Journal Article

This fifth and final article in the Writing for Publication series aims to provide guidance on disseminating your work and increasing professional networks through the use of social media. We will outline a range of different ways in which nurses can... Read More about Digital times: Disseminating your work and networking.

Gender dynamics in the donation field: Human tissue donation for research, therapy and feeding (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Research on blood and organ donation in the UK reveal disparities between the proportions of women and men donating tissues. In this paper, we examine how gender dynamics shape human tissue donation for research and for human health. We consider the... Read More about Gender dynamics in the donation field: Human tissue donation for research, therapy and feeding.

Developing and producing a focused conference poster (2017)
Journal Article

This fourth article in the Writing for Publication series aims to provide guidance on developing and producing a poster presentation for a conference. Most academic conferences offer opportunities for health professionals to present their work as an... Read More about Developing and producing a focused conference poster.

Writing an effective conference abstract (2017)
Journal Article

This paper aims to provide guidance on developing a strategy for writing a competitive and high quality abstract to increase the likelihood of it being accepted at a targeted conference. Well-presented abstracts play a crucial role in stimulating int... Read More about Writing an effective conference abstract.

Getting published a practical guide- Part II (2017)
Journal Article

This second paper aims to guide you on how to organise the structure and content of a manuscript according to a journal’s guidelines. A strong manuscript is one written in an accessible, informative, stimulating and engaging style; to achieve this p... Read More about Getting published a practical guide- Part II.

Getting published: Part I (2017)
Journal Article

The aim of this series of two papers is to introduce and guide potential authors on how to develop a successful writing strategy that will lead to publication in a targeted journal. A key aspect of the series is to assist individuals with approaches... Read More about Getting published: Part I.

Breastfeeding in South Gloucestershire: Mothers' early experiences of infant feeding (2017)
Report

Executive Summary

Introduction

• This research about mothers’ early experiences of infant feeding was developed following discussions about South Gloucestershire’s public health priorities for breastfeeding; current services supporting breastfe... Read More about Breastfeeding in South Gloucestershire: Mothers' early experiences of infant feeding.

Contested moral landscapes: Negotiating breastfeeding stigma in breastmilk sharing, nighttime breastfeeding, and long-term breastfeeding in the U.S. and the U.K. (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Recent public health breastfeeding promotion efforts have galvanized media debates about breastfeeding in wealthy, Euro-American settings. A growing body of research demonstrates that while breastfeeding is increasingly viewed as... Read More about Contested moral landscapes: Negotiating breastfeeding stigma in breastmilk sharing, nighttime breastfeeding, and long-term breastfeeding in the U.S. and the U.K..

Social experiences of breastfeeding: Building bridges between research and policy. Progress and emerging outcomes from an ESRC-funded UK seminar series (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Dr Sally Dowling (UWE), Dr Kate Boyer (Cardiff University) and Prof David Pontin (University of South Wales) are in receipt of funding from one of the major UK research funding councils, the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) to run series o... Read More about Social experiences of breastfeeding: Building bridges between research and policy. Progress and emerging outcomes from an ESRC-funded UK seminar series.

Thinking about breastmilk donation: What are the current issues in unregulated practices of breastmilk donation in the UK? (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This work draws on a review of the evidence and of the current situation, and on reflection following previous conference presentations and discussions rather than on empirical research, although it forms the basis of developing and on-going research... Read More about Thinking about breastmilk donation: What are the current issues in unregulated practices of breastmilk donation in the UK?.

Book review: Merrill D. Smith, Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast (2016)
Journal Article

Book Review: Merrill D. Smith, Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast (Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Rownan and Littlefield, 2014), pp. xi + 288. ISBN 978-0-7591-2331-1

Social experiences of breastfeeding: Building bridges between research and policy: An ESRC-funded seminar series in the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Dr Sally Dowling (UWE), Dr Kate Boyer (Cardiff University) and Prof David Pontin (University of South Wales) are in receipt of funding from one of the major UK research funding councils, the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) to run series o... Read More about Social experiences of breastfeeding: Building bridges between research and policy: An ESRC-funded seminar series in the UK.

Using liminality to understand mothers' experiences of long-term breastfeeding: 'betwixt and between', and 'matter out of place' (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The embodied experience of breastfeeding can cause women to feel as if they are neither one thing nor another. This paper will consider the issue of long-term breastfeeding, using liminality to think about the experiences of a group of women who brea... Read More about Using liminality to understand mothers' experiences of long-term breastfeeding: 'betwixt and between', and 'matter out of place'.

Using liminality to understand mothers’ experiences of long-term breastfeeding: ‘Betwixt and between’, and ‘matter out of place’ (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Breastmilk is widely considered as the optimum nutrition source for babies and an important factor in both improving public health and reducing health inequalities. Current international/national policy supports long-ter... Read More about Using liminality to understand mothers’ experiences of long-term breastfeeding: ‘Betwixt and between’, and ‘matter out of place’.

Donating breastmilk in the UK: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the (ethical) issues (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Breastmilk is the optimal source of nutrition for babies although there are a range of situations in which breastfeeding is difficult, including prematurity. Human milk is donated in the UK in both regulated and unregulated ways. A network of human... Read More about Donating breastmilk in the UK: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the (ethical) issues.

Regulated and unregulated practices in donating breastmilk: A review of the ethical issues (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Breastmilk is the optimal source of nutrition for babies although there are a range of situations in which breastfeeding is difficult, including prematurity. Human milk is donated in the UK in both regulated and unregulated ways. A network of human m... Read More about Regulated and unregulated practices in donating breastmilk: A review of the ethical issues.

Donating breastmilk: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the ethical issues (2015)
Journal Article

Breastmilk is the optimal source of nutrition for babies although there are a range of situations in which breastfeeding is difficult, including prematurity. Human milk is donated in the UK in both regulated and unregulated ways. A network of human m... Read More about Donating breastmilk: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the ethical issues.

Evaluation of breastfeeding peer support in a rural area: What works for young, disadvantaged women and their babies? (2015)
Book Chapter

Donating breastmilk: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the issues (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Breastmilk is the optimal source of nutrition for babies although there are a range of situations in which breastfeeding is difficult, including prematurity. Human milk is donated in the UK in both regulated and unregulated ways. A network of human... Read More about Donating breastmilk: Regulated and unregulated practices: A review of the issues.

Breastfeeding peer support in Wiltshire: An evaluation (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation will discuss issues involved in undertaking an evaluation of breastfeeding peer support, commissioned by NHS Wiltshire to consider how the implementation of breastfeeding peer support in Wiltshire might be improved. The focus was th... Read More about Breastfeeding peer support in Wiltshire: An evaluation.