Karleen D Gribble

Biographic Data

ID1005461
NAMEKarleen D Gribble
GIVEN NAMESKarleen D
FAMILY NAMEGribble
SIGNATUREGRIBBLE K D
AFFILIATIONSSchool of Nursing and Midwifery Western Sydney University Parramatta New South Wales Australia
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS11
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • Breastfeeding and infant care as ‘sexed’ care work

    Open AccessKarleen D Gribble, Karleen Gribble et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Women’s 1 lifelong health and nutrition status is intricately related to their reproductive history, including the number and spacing of their pregnancies and births, and for how long and how intensively they breastfeed their children. In turn, women’s reproductive biology is closely linked to their social roles and situation, including regarding economic disadvantage and disproportionate unpaid work. Recognizing , as well as reducing and redistr…

  • Health and nutrition content claims on websites advertising infant formula available in Australia

    Open AccessNina J Berry, Karleen D Gribble et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2016

    The use of health and nutrition content claims in infant formula advertising is restricted by many governments in response to WHO policies and WHA resolutions. The purpose of this study was to determine whether such prohibited claims could be observed in Australian websites that advertise infant formula products. A comprehensive internet search was conducted to identify websites that advertise infant formula available for purchase in Australia. C…

  • Media messages and the needs of infants and young children after Cyclone Nargis and the WenChuan Earthquake

    Open AccessKarleen D Gribble, Karleen GribbleARTICLEDisasters2013Cited by: 3References: 13

    Infants and young children are vulnerable in emergencies. The media plays an important role in aid delivery and has a positive impact when reports are accurate. However, the media has been implicated in encouraging harmful aid in the form of donations of infant formula and other milk products. Internet-based media reports were collected after Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the WenChuan Earthquake in China (2008) and examined for content related to…

  • Supporting breastfeeding in emergencies

    Open AccessKarleen D Gribble, Karleen Gribble et al.ARTICLEDisasters2011Cited by: 8References: 37

    Women have the right to support that enables them to breastfeed. Supporting breastfeeding in emergencies is important because artificial feeding places mothers and children at risk. In emergencies, artificial feeding is dangerous to the infant, difficult and requires substantial resources. In contrast, breastfeeding guards infant health. It is also protective against postpartum haemorrhage, maternal depletion, maternal anaemia and closely spaced …

  • Breast is no longer best

    Open AccessNina J Berry, Karleen D Gribble et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2007

    The recent release of new growth charts by the World Health Organization (WHO) heralds a fresh understanding of what constitutes normal infant growth and development. The Multicenter Growth Reference Study that underpins these new growth standards 'establish[es] breastfed infants as the normative model for growth and development'. This is in contrast to past practice, which treated breastfeeding as the optimal, rather than the normal, way to feed…