Debbie Johnson

Biographic Data

ID6910389
NAMEDebbie Johnson
GIVEN NAMESDebbie
FAMILY NAMEJohnson
SIGNATUREJOHNSON D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Bristol
ORCID0000-0001-7390-6514
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • ABA‐Feed Infant Feeding Training for Peer Supporters and Coordinators

    Open AccessJoanne Clarke, Gill Thomson et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2025

    The assets-based feeding help before and after birth (ABA-feed) intervention aims to improve breastfeeding rates by offering proactive peer support to first-time mothers, regardless of feeding intention. Based on behaviour change theory and an assets-based approach, the intervention involved training existing peer supporters to become infant feeding helpers (IFHs). A train-the-trainer model was used, with coordinators delivering four 2-h training…

  • Experiences of the ABA‐Feed Infant Feeding Intervention

    Open AccessJoanne Clarke, Nicola Crossland et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2025

    UK breastfeeding rates are low, with health inequalities in initiation and continuation. Breastfeeding peer support interventions are recommended in UK and global policy. The Assets-based feeding help Before and After birth (ABA-feed) trial tested the effectiveness of proactive, woman-centred support for infant feeding delivered by trained peer supporters (infant feeding helpers; IFHs) in addition to usual care at 17 UK sites. Using data from an …

  • Who Gets to Breastfeed? A Narrative Ecological Analysis of Women's Infant Feeding Experiences in the UK

    Open AccessGill Thomson, Jenny Ingram et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sociology2022References: 1

    The early post-natal period is a critical period in women's infant feeding journeys, often marked by high levels of unintended breastfeeding cessation. Previous research has argued that infant feeding should be perceived within a complex system whereby factors operating at different ecological levels (i.e., individual, social/community networks, cultural/institutional) interact to affect individual behaviors. However, currently, more work needs t…

  • Women's and peer supporters' experiences of an assets‐based peer support intervention for increasing breastfeeding initiation and continuation

    Open AccessJenny Ingram, Gill Thomson et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2020

    BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: Breastfeeding peer support is valued by women, but UK trials have not demonstrated efficacy. The ABA feasibility trial offered proactive peer support underpinned by behaviour change theory and an assets-based approach to women having their first baby, regardless of feeding intention. This paper explores women's and infant feeding helpers' (IFHs) views of the different components of the ABA intervention. SETTING AND PARTICI…

  • The ABA intervention for improving breastfeeding initiation and continuation

    Open AccessJoanne Clarke, Jenny Ingram et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2019

    The UK has low breastfeeding rates, with socioeconomic disparities. The Assets-based feeding help Before and After birth (ABA) intervention was designed to be inclusive and improve infant feeding behaviours. ABA is underpinned by the behaviour change wheel and offers an assets-based approach focusing on positive capabilities of individuals and communities, including use of a Genogram. This study aimed to investigate feasibility of intervention de…

  • “Giving us hope”

    Open AccessJenny Ingram, Maggie Redshaw et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2017

    BACKGROUND: Preparing families and preterm infants for discharge is relatively unstructured in many UK neonatal units (NNUs). Family-centred neonatal care and discharge planning are recommended but variable. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: Qualitative interviews with 37 parents of infants in NNUs, and 18 nursing staff and 5 neonatal consultants explored their views of discharge planning and perceptions of a planned family-centred discharge process (Trai…

  • Using community maternity care assistants to facilitate family‐focused breastfeeding support

    Open AccessJenny Ingram, Debbie JohnsonARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2009

    Increasing breastfeeding rates, particularly in lower socio-economic areas, would have considerable impact upon public health. Social support has been found to have direct and positive effects on breastfeeding rates, and fathers' attitudes have an important influence on the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding. In the UK, trained maternity care assistants (MCAs) are increasingly being used to support community midwives by providing post-n…

  • Transition to parenthood

    Open AccessToity Deave, Debbie Johnson et al.ARTICLEBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth2008

    BACKGROUND: Pregnancy and the transition to parenthood are major adjustment periods within a family. Existing studies have asked parents, retrospectively, about their experience of antenatal education, mainly focusing on women. We sought to address this gap by asking first-time mothers and their partners about how they could be better supported during the antenatal period, particularly in relation to the transition to parenthood and parenting ski…