Doctoral Students
Jennifer Abbass Dick BNSc, MN
Title: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of an education and support intervention for partners of breastfeeding women to improve rates of exclusive breastfeeding
Awards:
2009 – Dorothy and Bill Palm Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology Award, The Women’s College Hospital Foundation – $15,000
Current Status: 2009 - ongoing
Kim Allen, RN, BScN, MN
Title: RELiEF: A randomized controlled trial evaluating lanolin and expressed breast milk for the treatment of nipple pain among breastfeeding women
Awards:
2008 – RNAO Childbirth Nurses Interest Group Scholarship – $1000
2009 – Soroptomist Foundation of Canada – $7500
Current Status: 2007 – ongoing
Karen McQueen, RN, BScN, MN, PhD
Title: Improving breastfeeding outcomes: A pilot randomized controlled trial of a self-efficacy intervention with primiparous mothers
Awards:
2008 – The Helen Marion Walker – Soroptimist Women’s Health Research Scholarship, Women’s College Hospital Foundation – $10,000
2008 – RNAO Childbirth Nurses Interest Group Scholarship – $1000
Current Status: 2005 – 2009
Masters Students
Dawn Kingston, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD
Title: An examination of sources of information to increase breastfeeding self-efficacy
Current Status: 2005 – 2006
Marion Mossman, RN, MScN
Title: The psychometric evaluation of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale among adolescent mothers
Current Status: 2003 – 2006