Publications

Published Refereed Journal Articles

Aston, M., Price, S., MacLeod, A., Stone, K., Benoit, B., Joy, P., Ollivier, R., Sim, M., Etowa, J., Jack, S., Marcellus, L., Iduye, D. (2024). Examining how postpartum videoconferencing support sessions can facilitate connections between parents: A poststructural and sociomaterial analysis. Nursing Reports.

Ollivier, R., Aston, M., Price, S., Sheppard-LeMoine, D., & Steenbeek, A. (2023). 'Feeling Ready': A Feminist Poststructural Analysis of Postpartum Sexual Health. Qualitative Health Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323231209842

Price, S., Aston, M., MacLeod, A., Stone, K., Jack, S., Benoit, B., Ollivier, R., Joy, P., Iduye, D. (2023). Perceptions of safety in the virtual space: Exploring parents' experiences with postpartum support groups using videoconferencing. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing.

Gallant, M., MacNeil, M., Al-Rassi, J., Mann, C., Falconer, A., McLeod, R., Aston, M., & Cassidy, C. (2022).  Implementation and evaluation of the Eat, Sleep, Console Model of Care for babies diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome: A Scoping Review Protocol. Healthy Populations Journal. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/81989

Stone, K., Hamilton Hinch, B., Aston, M., Rainham, D., & Spencer, B. (2023). “It’s not something we like to think about because it’s so devastating”: Understanding Eastern Canadian Young Women’s Mental Health in our Changing Climate. Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion.

MacLeod, A., Aston, M., Price, S., Stone, K., Ollivier, R., Benoit, B., Sim, M., Marcellus, L., Jack, S., Joy, P., Gholampourch, M., Iduye, D. (2023). “There’s an etiquette to Zoom that’s not really present in-person”: A qualitative study showing how the mute button shapes virtual postpartum support for new parents. Qualitative health research. 10.1177/10497323231187541

Mselle, L., O’Hearn, S. Aston, M., Tomblin Murphy, G. & Rigby, J. (2023). Improving comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care in Tanzania: A qualitative study. Midwifery.123, pp1-7

Akbari-Nassaji, N., Aston, M., Hughes, J., Cassidy, C., Benoit, B. (2023). Women’s Experiences Regarding Physical Activity during the Postpartum Period: A Feminist Poststructuralist Study. Nursing Reports 13, 445–455. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13010041  

Benoit B, Aston M, Price S, Iduye D, Sim M, Ollivier R, Joy P, Akbari Nassaji A. (2023). Mothers’ access to social and health care systems support during their infants’ first year during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative feminist poststructural study. Nursing Reports. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13010038

Aston, M., Price, S., Storey, S. & Boudreau, M. (2023). Patient reported experiences of pessary use in women under 65 years of age: An interpretive narrative inquiry study. Urologic Nursing. DOI: 10.7257/2168-4626.2023.43.1.24

Etowa, J., Vukic, A., Aston, M., Iduye, D., McKibbon, S., George, A., Nkwocha, C., Thapa, B., Abrha, G., & Dol, J. (2023). Experiences of nurses and midwives in policy development in low- and middle- income countries: Qualitative systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances 5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2022.100116

Joy, P., Thomas, A., & Aston, M. (2022). Compassionate Discourses: A Qualitative Study Exploring How Compassion Can Transform Healthcare for 2SLGBTQ+ People. Qualitative Health Research. DOI: 10.1177/10497323221110701

Stirling Cameron, E., Ramos, H., Aston, M., Kuri, M., & Jackson, L. (2021). “COVID affected us all:” the birth and postnatal health experiences of resettled Syrian refugee women during COVID-19 in Canada. BMC Reproductive Health, 18(256), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01309-2

Aston, M., Price, S., Paynter, M., Sim, M., Monaghan, J., Jefferies, K. & Ollivier, R. (2021). Mothers’ experiences with child protection services: Using qualitative feminist poststructuralism. Nursing Reports 11(14) 913-928 https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep11040084

Dol, J., Aston, M., Grant, A., McMillan, D., Tomblin Murphy, G., & Campbell-Yeo, M. (2022). Implementing Essential Coaching for Every Mother during the COVID-19 pandemic: A pre-post intervention study. Birth. DOI: 10.1111/birt.12603

Dol, J., Richardson, B., Tomblin Murphy, G., Aston, M., McMillan, D., & Campbell-Yeo, M. (2022). Canadian women’s experience of postnatal care: A mixed method study. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. DOI: 10.1177/08445621211052141

Dol, J., Richardson, B., Aston, M., McMillan, D., Tomblin Murphy, G., & Campbell-Yeo, M. (2022). Health Information Seeking in the Postpartum Period: A Cross-sectional Survey. Journal of Neonatal Nursing. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnn.2021.08.008

Joy, P., Numer, N., Kirk, S. & Aston, M., (2021). Embracing a new day: Exploring the connections of culture, masculinities, bodies, and health for gay men through photovoice. Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities2(2), 10-38 doi: 10.3167/jbsm.2021.020203

Stirling Cameron, E., Aston, M., Ramos, H., Kuri, M., & Jackson, L. (2021). The postnatal experiences of resettled Syrian refugee women: Access to healthcare and social support in Nova Scotia, Canada. Manuscript in-press in Midwifery. 104 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.103171

Sheppard-LeMoine, D., Aston, M., Goldberg, L., MacDonald, J., & Tamlyn, D. (2021). Empowering Public Health Nurses and Community Home Visitors through Effective Communication Relationships. Nursing Reports, 11, 652–665. https:// doi.org/10.3390/nursrep11030062

Stirling Cameron, E., Aston, M., Ramos, H., Kuri, M., & Jackson, L. (2021). “I really needed my family:” Syrian refugee women’s experiences accessing health services and social support in Nova Scotia, Canada. In Midwifery.

Dol, J., Richardson, B., Grant, A., Tomblin Murphy, G., Aston, M., McMillan, D., & Campbell-Yeo, M. (2021). The role of parity and age of newborn on self-efficacy, social support, postpartum anxiety and postpartum depression in the first six months postpartum in the Maritime Provinces, Canada. Birth. DOI: 10.1111/birt.12553

Ollivier, R., Aston, M., Price, S., Sim, M., Benoit, B., Joy, P., Iduye, D., & Akbari Nassaji, N. (2021). Mental Health & Parental Concerns during COVID-19: The Experiences of New Mothers Amidst Social Isolation. Midwifery. Vol 94, March 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2020.102902

Joy, P., Aston, M., Price, S., Sim, M., Ollivier, R., Benoit, B., Akbari Nassaji, N., & Iduye, D. (2020). Blessings and Curses: Exploring the Experiences of New Mothers During COVID-19 Pandemic. Nursing Reports. 10(2), 207-219. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nursrep10020023

Shin, D., Price, S. & Aston, M. (2020). A Poststructural Analysis: Current Practices for Suicide Prevention by Nurses in the Emergency Department and Areas of Improvement. Journal of Clinical Nursing http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15502

Dol, J., Benoit, B., Richardson, B., Tomblin Murphy, G., Aston, M., McMillan, D. Gahagan, J., & Campbell-Yeo, M. (2020). Risk of bias in randomized controlled trials: An analysis of parent-targeted postnatal education interventions from low and middle-income countries. Global Health: Annual Review, 1(5), 73-77.

Dol, J., Tomblin Murphy, G., Aston, M., McMillan, D., & Campbell-Yeo, M. (2020). Design, development and usability testing of Essential Coaching for Every Mother: A postnatal text message educational intervention. Women and Birth, epub ahead of print.DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2020.05.004

Aston, M., Price, S., Hunter, A., Sim, M., Etowa, J., Monaghan, J., Paynter, M. (2020). Second Opinions: Negotiating Agency in Online Mothering Forums. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research https://doi.org/10.1177/0844562120940554

Vanderlee, E., Aston, M., Turner, K., McGrath, P. & Lach, L (2020). Patient oriented research: A qualitative study of research involvement of parents of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, Journal of Intellectual Disabilities https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629520942015

Sim, M., Kirk, S. & Aston, M. (2020) Mothering at the intersection of marginality: Breastfeeding beliefs and practices among women from Nova Scotia, Canada who identify as overweight, low-income and food insecure Qualitative Health Research https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320921830

Van Wijlen, J. E., & Aston, M. (2019). Applying Feminist Poststructuralism as a Framework for Exploring Infant Feeding Interactions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 1(1), 59-72. https://doi.org/10.25071/2291-5796.12

Aston, M., Sweet, K., Price, S., McAfee, E,. Filliter, J., Sheriko, J., Monaghan, J., Vanderlee, E., McGrath, P., Bye, A. & Walls, C (2019).  Snap Shot: Achieving Better Care Through a One Page Personal Health Profile. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629519873503

Dol, J., Campbell-Yeo, M., Tomblin Murphy, G., Aston, M., & McMillan, D., Gahagan, J., & Richardson, B. (2019). Parent-targeted postnatal educational interventions in low and middle-income countries: A scoping review and critical analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.03.011

Aston, M., Price, S., Monaghan, J., Sim, M., Hunter, A. & Little, V. (2018). Navigating and negotiating information and support: Experiences of first time mothers. Journal of Clinical Nursing [shared first author] doi: 10.1111/jocn.13970

Ollivier, R., Aston, M. & Price S. (2018). Let’s Talk About Sex: A Feminist Post-Structural Approach to Addressing Sexual Health in the Health Care Setting. Journal of Clinical Nursing 28, (3-4) 695-702. doi:10.1111/jocn.14685

Ollivier, R., Aston, M. & Price, S. (2018). From Participants to Video Stars: Engaging Families in Research. Journal of Family Nursing. Retrieved from: https://www.casn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Notes-on-Nursing-Scholarship-Nov-2018-SB.pdf

Ollivier, R., Aston, M., & Price, S. (2018). From Research Participants to Video Stars: Engaging Families in End-of-Grant Knowledge Translation. Notes on Nursing Scholarship, 1(3), 11-12. doi:10.1177/1074840718809414

Jefferies, K., Tamlyn, D., Aston, M. & Tomblin Murphy, G. (2018). Promoting Visible Minority Diversity in Canadian Nursing. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 51(1), 3-5. doi:10.1177/0844562118795812

Macdonald, D., Aston, M., Tomblin Murphy, G., Jefferies, K, Mselle, L., Price, S., O'Hearn, S., White, M., Mbekenga, C., & Kohi, T. (2018). Providing postpartum care with limited resources: The experiences of nurse-midwives and obstetricians in Tanzania. Women and Birth, 32(3), e391-e398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2018.07.016

Kohi, T., Mselle, L., Dol, J., Aston, M. (2018). When, where and who? Accessing health facility delivery care from the perspective of women and men in Tanzania: A qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research 18: 564. doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3357-6

Richardson, B., Goldberg, L. Aston, M. Campbell-Yeo, M. (2018). eHealth Versus eQuity: Using a Feminist Poststructural Framework to Explore the Influence of Perinatal eHealth Resources on Health Equity. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27(21-22), 4224-4233. doi:10.1111/jocn.14592

Burrow, S., Goldberg, L. Searle, J. & Aston, M. (2018). Vulnerability, Harm, and Compromised Ethics Revealed by the Experiences of Queer Birthing Women in Rural Health Care. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 15(4) 525. doi:10.1007/s11673-018-9886-1

Jefferies, K., Goldberg, L., Aston, M. & Tomblin Murphy, G. (2018). Understanding the Invisibility of Black Nurse Leaders Using a Black Feminist Poststructuralist Framework, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27(15-16), 3223-3234. doi:10.1111/jocn.14505

Mbekenga, C., Aston, M., Kohi, T., Macdonald, D., Mselle, L., Price, S., Murphy, G. Tomblin, Murphy, White, M., O’Hearn, S. & Jefferies, K. (2018). How Tanzanian nurse midwives, and obstetricians develop postpartum relationships with women. International Journal of Childbirth 8(1), 41-53. doi:10.1891/2156-5287.8.1.41

Price, S., Aston, M., Monaghan, J., Sim, S., Tomblin Murphy, G., Etowa, J., Pickles, M., Hunter, A., Little V. (2017). Maternal knowing and social networks: Understanding first time mothers' search for information and support through online and offline social networks. Qualitative Health Research, 28(10), 1552-1563.  doi.org/10.1177/1049732317748314 [Shared first author]

Price, S., Sim, M., Kirk, S., Aston, M. & Awad, Christine (2017). An innovation arts-based approach to interprofessional education. Health and International Practice, 3(2) eP1131. doi:10.7710/2159-1253.1131

Peckover, S. & Aston, M. (2017) Examining the social construction of surveillance: a critical issue for health visitors and public health nurses working with mothers and children. Journal of Clinical Nursing, Jan 27(1-2), e379-e389. doi:10.1111/jocn.14014

Kohi, T., Aston, M., Macdonald, D., Mbekenga, C., Mselle, L, Price, S., Murphy, G. Tomblin, Murphy, White, M., O’Hearn, S. & Jefferies, K. (2017). Saving lives with caring assessments: How Tanzanian nurse-midwives and obstetricians negotiate postpartum practices. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26 (23-24), 5004-5015. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14000 [shared first author]

Rand, K, Vallis M, Aston M, Price S, Piccini-Vallis H, Rehman L, Kirk SFL. (2017) “It is Not the Diet; it is the Mental Part We Need Help with.” A Multilevel Analysis of Psychological, Emotional, and Social Well-being in Obesity. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health & Well-being, 12(1), 1306421. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2017.1306421

Searle, J., Goldberg, L., Aston, M., & Burrow, S. (2017). Accessing new understandings of trauma-informed care with queer birthing women in rural Nova Scotia. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(21-22), 3576-3587. doi:10.1111/jocn.13727

Aston, M. (2016). Teaching feminist poststructuralism: Founding scholars are still relevant today. Creative Education, 7(15), 2251-2267. doi:10.4236/ce.2016.715220

Aston, M., Etowa, J., Price, S., Vukic, A., Hart, C., MacLeod, E., Randel, P. (2016). Public health nurses and mothers challenge and shift the meaning of health outcomes. Global Qualitative Nursing Research 3, 1-10. doi:10.1177/2333393616632126

Breau, L., Aston, M., MacLeod, E., (2016). Education creates comfort and challenges stigma towards children with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 21(1), 18-32. doi:10.1177/1744629516667892

Cassidy, C., Goldberg, L. & Aston, M. (2016). The application of a feminist poststructural framework in nursing practice for addressing young women's sexual health. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25, 2378–2386. doi:10.1111/jocn.13354

Griscti, O., Aston, M., Martin-Misener, R., Warner, G. & McLeod, D. (2016). The experiences of chronically ill patients and registered nurses when they negotiate patient care in hospital settings: a feminist post structural approach. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25(13-14), 2028-2039. doi:10.1111/jocn.13250

Griscti, O., Aston, M., Martin-Misener, R., Warner, G. & McLeod, D. (2016). Power & resistance within the hospital’s hierarchical system: the experiences of chronically ill patients. Journal of Clinical Nursing 26(1-2), 238-247. doi: 10.1111/jocn.13382

MacWilliams, M., Hughes, J., Aston, M., Field, S. & Wight-Moffatt, F. (2016). Understanding the experience of miscarriage in the emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 42(6), 504-512. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2016.05.011

Mselle, L, Aston, M., Kohi, T., Macdonald, D., Mbekenga, C., White, M., Price, S., Murphy, G. Tomblin, Murphy, O’Hearn, S. & Jefferies, K. (2016). The challenges of providing postpartum education in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Narratives of nurse-midwives and obstetricians. Qualitative Health Research, 27(12), 1792-1803. doi:10.1177/1049732317717695 [shared first author]

Aston, M., Price, S., Etowa, J., Vukic, A., Young, L., Hart, C., MacLeod, E., Randel, P. (2015). The power of relationships: Exploring how public health nurses support mothers and families during postpartum home visits Journal of Family Nursing, 21(1), 11-34. doi:10.1177/1074840714561524

Bye, A. & Aston, M. (2015). Brenna’s story: A critical reflection and analysis of one mother’s experience of navigating the medical system with a child with an intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 20(1), 82-92. doi:10.1177/1744629515583417

Lang, A., Fleiszer, AR, Duhamel, F, Aston, M, Carr, T, & Goodwin S. (2015). Evidence-informed primary bereavement care: A study protocol of a knowledge-to-action approach for system change. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 14, 121-145. https://doi.org/10.1177/160940691501400102

Price, S., Aston, M., Rehman, L., Lyons, R. & Kirk, S. (2015). Feminist Post-structural Analysis of Obesity Management: A Relational Experience. Clinical Nursing Studies, 3(3), 76. doi: 10.5430/cns.v3n3p76

Aston, M., Breau, L. and MacLeod, E. (2014). Diagnoses, Labels and Stereotypes: Supporting Children with Intellectual Disabilities in the Hospital. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 18(4), 291-304. doi:10.1177/1744629514552151

Aston, M., Price, S., Etowa, J., Vukic, A., Young, L., Hart, C., MacLeod, E., Randel, P. (2014).   Universal and Targeted Early Home Visiting: Perspectives of Public Health Nurses and Mothers. Nursing Reports, 4(1). doi: 10.4081/nursrep.2014.3290

Aston, M., Breau, L. and MacLeod, E. (2014). Understanding the importance of relationships from the perspective of children with intellectual disabilities, their parents, and nurses Journal of Intellectual Disability, 18(3), 221-237. doi:10.1177/1744629514538877

Kirk SFL, Price S, Penney TL, Rehman L, Lyons R, Piccinini-Vallis H, Vallis TM, Aston M. (2014). Blame, shame and lack of support: A multi-level study of obesity management. Qualitative Health Research [name at end denotes second author] https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732314529667

Peckover, S., Mogotlane, S., Glavin, K., Aston, M (2013). Editorial: Public Health Nursing in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for Women and Children’s Health. Nursing Research and Practice. Volume (2013), Article ID 939230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/939230

MacConnell, G., Aston, M. Randel, P. Zwaagstra, N (2012). Nurses' Experiences providing Bereavement Follow-up: An exploratory study using feminist poststructuralism Journal of Clinical Nursing 22(7-8), 1094-102. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04272.x.

Aston, M., Price, S., Kirk, S., Penney, T. (2011). More than meets the eye. Feminist poststructuralism as a lens towards understanding obesity. Journal of Advanced Nursing 68 (5), 1187-1194. Doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05866.x

Aston, M., Saulnier, C., Robb, K., (2010). Not just another delivery, women’s maternity care experiences of provider client relationships. Women’s Health and Urban Life, 9(1), 32-49. Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24420

Peters, J. and Aston, M. (2009). Don't Blame Low-Income Mothers! Understanding Low-Income Mothers' Socio-ecological Circumstances in Relation to Health Status Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, 11(2), 98-110. Retrieved from: https://jarm.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/jarm/article/viewFile/23781/21981

Storey, S., Aston, M., Price, S., Young, L., Hemmens, E. (2009).  Women's experiences with vaginal pessary use. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(11), 2350-2357. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05095.x

Meagher-Stewart, D., Edwards, N., Aston, M., Young, L. (2009). Population health surveillance practice of public health nurses, Public Health Nursing, 26(6), 553-560. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00814.x

Aston, M., Meagher-Stewart, D., Edwards, N., and Young, L. (2009). Public health nurses’ primary health care practice: Strategies for fostering citizen participation. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 26(1), 24-34. doi:10.1080/0737001080260576

Aston, M. (2008). Public health nurses as social mediators: Using feminist poststructuralism to guide practice with new mothers. Nursing Inquiry, 15(4) 280-288. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1800.2008.00408.x

Meagher-Stewart, D., Aston, M., Edward, N., Young, L. Smith D (2007). Management’s perspective on Canadian public health nurses’ primary health care practice. Primary Health Care Research and  Development, 8(2), 170-182. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423607000199

Aston, M., Meagher-Stewart, D., Sheppard-LeMoine, D., Vukic, A. & Chircop, A. (2006) Family Health Nursing and Empowering Relations. Pediatric Nursing, 32(1), 61-67. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.dal.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.dal.ca/docview/199457220?accountid=10406

Aston, M. (2002) Learning to be a normal mother. Empowerment and pedagogy in postpartum classes. Public Health Nursing, 19(4), 284-293. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19408.x