Paola Oras
Lecturer at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Perinatal, Neonatal and Pediatric Cardiology Research
- E-mail:
- paola.oras@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
Paola Oras is a registered midwife and finished her PhD in 2020 with the thesis Care for the New-Born - Breastfeeding and Skin-to-Skin Contact. Her research focuses primarily on care during the neonatal period, breastfeeding and parenting. She works as an Affiliated University Lecturer in the Midwifery education.
Keywords
- breastfeeding
- human milk
- kangaroo mother care
- new-born
- parenting
Publications
Selection of publications
- Developing the Preterm Breastfeeding Attitudes Instrument (2021)
- Care for the New-Born (2020)
- A breastfeeding support program changed breastfeeding patterns but did not affect the mothers' self-efficacy in breastfeeding at two months (2020)
- Skin-to-skin contact is associated with earlier breastfeeding attainment in preterm infants (2016)
- Breastfeeding Patterns in Preterm Infants Born at 28-33 Gestational Weeks (2015)
Recent publications
- Breastfeeding patterns in one-year-old children was not affected by a breastfeeding support interventionâ (2024)
- Health care professionals report positive experience with a breastfeeding training program based on the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative for Neonatal Intensive Care (2023)
- Umbilical cord clamping and management of the third stage of labor (2022)
- Developing the Preterm Breastfeeding Attitudes Instrument (2021)
- Care for the New-Born (2020)
All publications
Articles
- Breastfeeding patterns in one-year-old children was not affected by a breastfeeding support interventionâ (2024)
- Health care professionals report positive experience with a breastfeeding training program based on the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative for Neonatal Intensive Care (2023)
- Umbilical cord clamping and management of the third stage of labor (2022)
- Developing the Preterm Breastfeeding Attitudes Instrument (2021)
- A breastfeeding support program changed breastfeeding patterns but did not affect the mothers' self-efficacy in breastfeeding at two months (2020)
- Skin-to-skin contact is associated with earlier breastfeeding attainment in preterm infants (2016)
- Breastfeeding Patterns in Preterm Infants Born at 28-33 Gestational Weeks (2015)
- A psychometric evaluation of the Swedish language version of the Baby Care Questionnaire
- A breastfeeding support programme increased the duration of skin-to-skin contact for healthy newborns