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Pezaro, S. (2023). Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Burnout. Health and Wellbeing at Work for Nurses and Midwives-E-Book, 29.

Songol, A., Amiri-Farahani, L., Haghani, S., Pezaro, S., & Saravi, S. O. (2023). Comparing the effect of parental education via both lecture and film upon vaccination uptake for children under one year of age: A cluster randomized clinical trialVaccine.

Mahdavi, Z., Amiri-Farahani, L., & Pezaro, S. (2022). Storytelling in Pregnancy and Childbirth: An Integrative Review of the Literature. Journal of Pregnancy2022.

Dolatabadi, Z., Amiri-Farahani, L., Ahmadi, K., & Pezaro, S. (2022). Barriers to physical activity in pregnant women living in Iran and its predictors: a cross sectional studyBMC pregnancy and childbirth22(1), 1-11.

Amiri-Farahani, L., Gharacheh, M., Sadeghzadeh, N., Peyravi, H., & Pezaro, S. (2022). Iranian midwives’ lived experiences of providing continuous midwife-led intrapartum care: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth22(1), 1-10.

Thorpe, D., Neiman, S., White, J., & Pezaro, S. (2022). A midwifery team’s journey implementing and sustaining continuity of care. British Journal of Midwifery30(9), 518-525.

Pezaro, Sally, Karen Maher, Elizabeth Bailey, and Gemma Pearce. “Problematic substance use in midwives registered with the United Kingdom’s Nursing and Midwifery Council: A pragmatic mixed methods study.” Midwifery (2022): 103409.

Thorpe, D., Neiman, S., White, J., & Pezaro, S. (2022). A Midwifery Team’s journey through implementing and sustaining continuity of care. British Journal of Midwifery, In-Press.

Mousavi, S. R., Amiri-Farahani, L., Haghani, S., & Pezaro, S. (2022). Comparing the effect of childbirth preparation courses delivered both in-person and via social media on pregnancy experience, fear of childbirth, birth preference and mode of birth in pregnant Iranian women: A quasi-experimental study. PloS one17(8), e0272613.

Eidouzaei, F., Amiri-Farahani, L., Mohammadi, A., & Pezaro, S. (2022). Exploring the Effect of Cognitive-Behavioral Educations on Childbirth Self-efficacy, Childbirth Fear, and Adaptation of Maternal Role Among Primiparous Women: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 1-18.

Arbabi, H., Amiri Farahani, L., Haghani, S., & Pezaro, S. (2022). Comparison of Regret and Hopelessness in Primiparous Iranian Women Following Vaginal Birth and Cesarean Section. Journal of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, 1-10.

Pezaro, S., Maher, K., & Fissell, M. (2022). Midwives need a useable past to shape their future. The Lancet399(10329), 1046-1047.

Heidari, H., Mardani-Hamooleh, M., & Pezaro, S. (2022). The perceived support received by women with breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

Amiri-Farahani, L., Parvizy, S., Mohammadi, E., Asadi-Lari, M., Taghizadeh, Z. and Pezaro, S., 2021. Development, implementation and evaluation of the ‘BELIEVE’program for improving physical activity among women: a mixed method action research study. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation13(1), pp.1-13.

Amiri-Farahani, L., Ahmadi, K., Hasanpoor-Azghady, S.B. and Pezaro, S., 2021. Development and psychometric testing of the ‘barriers to physical activity during pregnancy scale’(BPAPS). BMC public health21(1), pp.1-9.

Pezaro, S., Jenkins, M. and Bollard, M., 2021. Defining ‘research inspired teaching’ and introducing a research inspired online/offline teaching (riot) framework for fostering it using a co-creation approach. Nurse Education Today, p.105163.

Ahmadi, K., Amiri-Farahani, L., Haghani, S., Hasanpoor‑Azghady, S.B. and Pezaro, S., 2021. Exploring the intensity, barriers and correlates of physical activity In Iranian pregnant women: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open sport & exercise medicine7(4), p.e001020.

Elliott-Mainwaring, H., Church, S., & Pezaro, S. (2021). Exploring the needs and lived experiences of women hospitalised during pregnancy in the United Kingdom: A qualitative diary study. The Practising Midwife24(11), 26-30.

Pezaro, S., Maher, K., Bailey, E. and Pearce, G., 2021. Problematic substance use: an assessment of workplace implications in midwifery. Occupational Medicine.

Pezaro, S., Pearce, G. and Reinhold, E., 2021. A clinical update on hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome during pregnancy, birth and beyond. British Journal of Midwifery29(9), pp.492-500.

Amiri-Farahani, L., Ahmadi, K., Hasanpoor-Azghady, S.B. and Pezaro, S., 2021. Development and psychometric testing of the ‘barriers to physical activity during pregnancy scale’(BPAPS). BMC public health21(1), pp.1-9.

Chitongo, S., Pezaro, S., Fyle, J., Suthers, F. and Allan, H., 2021. Midwives’ insights in relation to the common barriers in providing effective perinatal care to women from ethnic minority groups with ‘high risk’ pregnancies: A qualitative study. Women and Birth.

Pezaro, S., Pearce, G. and Reinhold, E.J., 2021. A Clinical Update on Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome during pregnancy, birth and beyond British Journal of Midwifery. British Journal of Midwifery, pp.In-Press.

Pezaro, Sally, and Karen Maher. “Midwives’ substance use.” British Journal of Midwifery 29.4 (2021): 190-191.

Dabagh-Fekri, S., Amiri-Farahani, L., Amini, L., & Pezaro, S. (2020). A Survey of Iranian Primiparous Women’s Perceptions of Vaginal Examination During Labor. Journal of primary care & community health11, 2150132720940517.

Pezaro, S., Patterson, J., Moncrieff, G., & Ghai, I. (2020). A systematic integrative review of the literature on midwives and student midwives engaged in problematic substance use. Midwifery, 102785.

Rospopa, C. and Pezaro, S., 2020. The# FutureMidwife: promoting excellence as a colleague, scholar and leader. British Journal of Midwifery28(12), pp.838-839.

Pezaro, S., Pearce, G., & Reinhold, E. (2020). Understanding hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders in the context of childbearing: An international qualitative study. Midwifery, 102749.

Tantawi-Basra, T., & Pezaro, S. (2020). Supporting childbearing women who are at risk of having their baby removed at birth. British Journal of Midwifery28(6), 378-387.

Nisa, Z. U., Zafar, A., Zafar, F., Pezaro, S., & Sher, F. (2020). Adverse drug reaction monitoring and reporting among physicians and pharmacists in Pakistan: A cross-sectional study. Current Drug Safety.

Pezaro, S. (2020). Exploring problematic substance use among registered midwives. British Journal of Midwifery28(4), 216-217.

Pezaro S (2020) Midwifery and Mental Health. Chapter in: Mental and behavioural state examination : Theory into Practice – A Nurse’s Perspective on Psychiatric Assessment. Authored by Tim Whittard. Foreword by  Stephen Fry; The Choir Press; Gloucester, United Kingdom.

Nuttall, S., & Pezaro, S. (2020). The value nurses and midwives hold. British Journal of Midwifery28(1), 22-22.

Pezaro, S. (2020). Reflecting on # 16DaysofActivism2019. British Journal of Midwifery28(1), 6-7.

Tizard, Hannah, and Sally Pezaro. “Social Media and the Mediation of Childbirth: So, What for Mothers, Maternity, and Midwifery Practice?.” International Journal of Childbirth 9.2 (2019): 69-79.

Pezaro, Sally. “Midwives in 2020: time to flourish and change perceptions.” British Journal of Midwifery 27.12 (2019): 746-747.

Pezaro, Sally. “‘They/them’in the birth room.” British Journal of Midwifery 27.11 (2019): 678-679.

Pezaro, Sally. “Nobody left behind.” British Journal of Midwifery 27.8 (2019): 475-475.

Pezaro, Sally, Gemma Pearce, and Elizabeth Bailey. “Childbearing women’s experiences of midwives’ workplace distress: Patient and public involvement.” British Journal of Midwifery 26.10 (2018): 659-669.

Pezaro S, Fyle, J (2018) Safe places? Workplace support for those experiencing domestic abuse: A survey of Midwifery Leaders, Midwives and Maternity Support Workers. Royal College of Midwives

Pezaro, S (2018) Clamping the umbilical cord straight after birth is bad for a baby’s health. The Conversation.

Clyne W, Pezaro S, Deeny K, Kneafsey R. Using Social Media to Generate and Collect Primary Data: The #ShowsWorkplaceCompassion Twitter Research Campaign. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2018;4(2):e41. URL: http://publichealth.jmir.org/2018/2/e41. DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.7686

Pezaro, S (2018) Securing The Evidence And Theory-Based Design Of An Online Intervention Designed To Support Midwives In Work-Related Psychological Distress (Special Theme on Women in eHealth). Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth. Vol 6, e8. 1-12.

Pezaro, S; Pearce, G; Reinhold, E (2018) Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome during pregnancy, birth and beyond: British Journal of Midwifery, April 2018, Vol 26, No 4. 217-223.

Pezaro, S Oh baby: seven things you probably didn’t know about midwives, The Conversation, (2017) published online.

Pezaro, S, Clyne, W and Fulton, E.A  “A systematic mixed-methods review of interventions, outcomes and experiences for midwives and student midwives in work-related psychological distress.” Midwifery (2017). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2017.04.003

Pezaro, S “The case for developing an online intervention to support midwives in work-related psychological distress.” British Journal of Midwifery 24.11 (2016): 799-805.

Pezaro, S and Clyne, W “Achieving Consensus for the Design and Delivery of an Online Intervention to Support Midwives in Work-Related Psychological Distress: Results From a Delphi Study.” JMIR Mental Health3.3 (2016).

Pezaro, S, Clyne, W and Gerada, C “Confidentiality, anonymity and amnesty for midwives in distress seeking online support–Ethical?.”Nursing Ethics (2016): 0969733016654315.

Pezaro, S The midwifery workforce:  A global picture of psychological distress – Article inMidwives: Official journal of the Royal College of Midwives (2016): 19:33

Pezaro S Addressing psychological distress in midwives. Nursing Times (2016): 112: 8, 22-23.

Pezaro, S., Clyne, W., Turner, A., Fulton, E. A., & Gerada, C. (2015). ‘Midwives overboard! ‘Inside their hearts are breaking, their makeup may be flaking but their smile still stays on. Women and Birth 29.3 (2016): e59-e66.

Pezaro, S, Clyne, W (2015) Achieving Consensus in the Development of an Online Intervention Designed to Effectively Support Midwives in Work-Related Psychological Distress: Protocol for a Delphi Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2015 (Sep 04); 4(3):e107

Pezaro, S, Lilley, L (2015) “Digital Voice Recorders – A Conceptual Intervention to Facilitate Contemporaneous Record Keeping in Midwifery Practice” Women and Birth 28.4 (2015): e171-e176.

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