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Rhonda Small is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work intersects several subfields including Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and General Health Professions.

Their research topics revolve around themes such as Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Migration, Health and Trauma, Global Maternal and Child Health, Breastfeeding Practices and Influences, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare, and Ultrasound in Clinical Applications.

Rhonda Small has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • Community-based bilingual doulas for migrant women in labour and birth - findings from a Swedish register-based cohort study, 2020, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Group Pregnancy Care for refugee background women: a codesigned, multimethod evaluation protocol applying a community engagement framework and an interrupted time series design, 2021, BMJ Open
  • Community-based bilingual doula support during labour and birth to improve migrant women's intrapartum care experiences and emotional well-being-Findings from a randomised controlled trial in Stockholm, Sweden [NCT03461640], 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Group antenatal care (gANC) for Somali-speaking women in Sweden - a process evaluation, 2022, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Community-based doula support for migrant women during labour and birth: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Stockholm, Sweden (NCT03461640), 2020, BMJ Open

The scientist frequently collaborates with co-authors including Erica Schytt, Sophia Holmlund, Ingrid Mogren, Joseph Ntaganira, and Kristina Edvardsson.

Some of the venues where Rhonda Small has regularly published include:

  • Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • BMJ Open
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Best Publications

  • Generating best evidence from qualitative research: the role of data analysis

    Julie Green;Karen Willis;Emma Hughes;Rhonda Small

  • A hierarchy of evidence for assessing qualitative health research

    Jeanne Daly;Karen Willis;Rhonda Small;Julie Green

  • Migration to western industrialised countries and perinatal health: a systematic review.

    A.J. Gagnon;M. Zimbeck;J. Zeitlin

  • Missing Voices: The Experience of Motherhood

    Judith Lumley;Rhonda Small

  • Association between depression and abuse by partners of women attending general practice: descriptive, cross sectional survey.

    Kelsey Hegarty;Jane Gunn;Patty Chondros;Rhonda Small

  • Randomised controlled trial of midwife led debriefing to reduce maternal depression after operative childbirth

    Rhonda Small;Judith Lumley;Lisa Donohue;Anne Potter

  • Immigrant and non-immigrant women's experiences of maternity care: a systematic and comparative review of studies in five countries.

    Rhonda Small;Carolyn Roth;Manjri Raval;Touran Shafiei

  • Birth events, birth experiences and social differences in postnatal depression

    Jill Astbury;Stephanie Brown;Judith Lumley;Rhonda Small

  • Somali women and their pregnancy outcomes postmigration: Data from six receiving countries

    Rhonda Small;Anita Gagnon;Mika Gissler;Jennifer Zeitlin;Jennifer Zeitlin

  • Stillbirths and infant deaths among migrants in industrialized countries

    Mika Gissler;Sophie Alexander;Alison Macfarlane;Rhonda Small

  • Giving offspring a healthy start: parents' experiences of health promotion and lifestyle change during pregnancy and early parenthood

    Kristina Edvardsson;Kristina Edvardsson;Anneli Ivarsson;Eva Eurenius;Rickard Garvare

  • Debriefing interventions for the prevention of psychological trauma in women following childbirth

    Maria Helena Bastos;Marie Furuta;Rhonda Small;Kirstie McKenzie-McHarg

  • Cross-cultural experiences of maternal depression: associations and contributing factors for Vietnamese, Turkish and Filipino immigrant women in Victoria, Australia.

    Rhonda Small;Judith Lumley;Jane Yelland

  • Dyspareunia and childbirth: a prospective cohort study

    EA McDonald;D Gartland;R Small;SJ Brown

  • Mothers' AdvocateS In the Community (MOSAIC)- non-professional mentor support to reduce intimate partner violence and depression in mothers: a cluster randomised trial in primary care

    Angela J Taft;Rhonda Small;Kelsey L Hegarty;Lyndsey F Watson

  • Missing voices: What women say and do about depression after childbirth

    Rhonda Small;Stephanie Brown;Judith Lumley;Jill Astbury

  • International migration and caesarean birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Lisa Merry;Rhonda Small;Béatrice Blondel;Anita J Gagnon

  • Immigrant Women's Views About Care During Labor and Birth: An Australian Study of Vietnamese, Turkish, and Filipino Women

    Rhonda Small;Jane Yelland;Judith Lumley;Stephanie Brown

  • Mothers in a New Country: The Role of Culture and Communication in Vietnamese, Turkish and Filipino Women's Experiences of Giving Birth in Australia

    Rhonda Small;Pranee Liamputtong Rice;Jane Yelland;Judith Lumley

  • Lived experience of gestational diabetes mellitus among immigrant South Asian women in Australia

    Mridula Bandyopadhyay;Rhonda Small;Mary Ann Davey;Jeremy J N Oats

Frequent Co-Authors

Anita J. Gagnon
Anita J. Gagnon McGill University
Angela Taft
Angela Taft La Trobe University
Kelsey Hegarty
Kelsey Hegarty University of Melbourne
Birgitta Essén
Birgitta Essén Uppsala University
Lisa Gibbs
Lisa Gibbs University of Melbourne
Sharon Goldfeld
Sharon Goldfeld University of Melbourne
Pranee Liamputtong
Pranee Liamputtong VinUniversity
Fiona Mensah
Fiona Mensah University of Melbourne
Richard H. Glazier
Richard H. Glazier University of Toronto
Samantha L. Thomas
Samantha L. Thomas Deakin University

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