Professor Helen L. Ball
Durham University
Professor, Anthropology
United Kingdom
My co-authors include
Cecilia Tomori
My Publications
Discrepancies in maternal reports of infant sleep vs. actigraphy by mode of feeding
Sleep Medicine
September 2018
Breastfeeding, Antidepressants, and Depression in the Mercy Pregnancy and Emotional Wel...
Journal of Human Lactation
March 2018
Babies in boxes and the missing links on safe sleep: Human evolution and cultural revol...
Maternal and Child Nutrition
October 2017
The Atlantic Divide: Contrasting U.K. and U.S. Recommendations on Cosleeping and Bed-Sh...
Journal of Human Lactation
August 2017
Evolution-informed maternal–infant health
Nature Ecology & Evolution
February 2017
Sleep Duration and Adiposity in Early Childhood: Evidence for Bidirectional Association...
SLEEP
December 2016
Does bed-sharing improve breastfeeding duration?
Acta Paediatrica
March 2016
A qualitative study in parental perceptions and understanding of SIDS-reduction guidanc...
BMC Pediatrics
January 2016
Exploring Maternal Perceptions of Infant Sleep and Feeding Method Among Mothers in the ...
Maternal and Child Health Journal
July 2015
Infant sleep-related deaths: why do parents take risks?
Archives of Disease in Childhood
March 2015
The BMJ illustrates hazardous co-sleeping
BMJ
March 2015
Empowering families to make informed choices about sleep safety
British Journal of Midwifery
March 2015
The relationship between early life modifiable risk factors for childhood obesity, ethn...
BMC Obesity
February 2015
SIDS and Infant Sleep Ecology
Evolution Medicine and Public Health
October 2014
Agreement between routine and research measurement of infant height and weight
Archives of Disease in Childhood
September 2014
Maternal accounts of their breast-feeding intent and early challenges after caesarean c...
Midwifery
June 2014
Response to ‘Breast-feeding intent and early challenges after caesarean childbirth’
Midwifery
April 2014
Exploring Socioeconomic Differences in Bedtime Behaviours and Sleep Duration in English...
Infant and Child Development
February 2014
One size does not fit all
Journal of Evolutionary Psychology
September 2013
Association between Length of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Subsequent Breastfeeding Cont...
Journal of Human Lactation
July 2013
COULD PARENTAL RULES PLAY A ROLE IN THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SHORT SLEEP AND OBESITY IN ...
Journal of Biosocial Science
June 2013
Misrecognition of need: Women's experiences of and explanations for undergoing cesarean...
Social Science & Medicine
May 2013
Supporting parents who are worried about their newborn's sleep
BMJ
April 2013
Napping in English preschool children and the association with parents’ attitudes
Sleep Medicine
April 2013
Infant Sleep Development: Location, Feeding and Expectations in the Postnatal Period
The Open Sleep Journal
April 2013
Nighttime parenting strategies and sleep-related risks to infants
Social Science & Medicine
February 2013
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) risk reduction and infant sleep location – Moving t...
Social Science & Medicine
February 2013
Nighttime Nurturing: An Evolutionary Perspective on Breastfeeding and Sleep
November 2012
Postnatal Unit Bassinet Types When Rooming-In after Cesarean Birth
Journal of Human Lactation
August 2012
Use of interactive telephone technology for longitudinal data collection in a large trial
Contemporary Clinical Trials
March 2012
Bed- and Sofa-Sharing Practices in a UK Biethnic Population
PEDIATRICS
February 2012
Trade-offs underlying maternal breastfeeding decisions: a conceptual model
Maternal and Child Nutrition
December 2011
Infant care practices related to sudden infant death syndrome in South Asian and White ...
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
August 2011
Randomised trial of sidecar crib use on breastfeeding duration (NECOT)
Archives of Disease in Childhood
April 2011
Exploring parental behaviour, infant sleep and SIDS risk with South Asian and Euro-orig...
January 2010
Airway covering during bed-sharing
Child Care Health and Development
September 2009
Practicing Evolutionary Medicine in a Postnatal Ward: Ameliorating Iatrogenic Obstacles...
March 2009
Practices, advice and support regarding prolonged breastfeeding: a descriptive study fr...
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
August 2008
Evolutionary Paediatrics A Case Study in Applying Darwinian Medicine
June 2008
Together or apart? A behavioural and physiological investigation of sleeping arrangemen...
Midwifery
December 2007
Bed-sharing practices of initially breastfed infants in the first 6 months of life
Infant and Child Development
August 2007
Mother–infant cosleeping, breastfeeding and sudden infant death syndrome: What biologic...
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
January 2007
Parent-infant bed-sharing behavior
Human Nature
September 2006
Randomised trial of infant sleep location on the postnatal ward
Archives of Disease in Childhood
July 2006
CORRECTION
Archives of Disease in Childhood
March 2005
Infants bed-sharing with mothers
Archives of Disease in Childhood
December 2004
The prevalence and characteristics associated with parent-infant bed-sharing in England
Archives of Disease in Childhood
December 2004
“New” practice of bedsharing and risk of SIDS
The Lancet
May 2004
Breastfeeding, Bed-Sharing, and Infant Sleep
Birth
September 2003
Reasons to bed-share: Why parents sleep with their infants
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
November 2002
Triadic bed-sharing and infant temperature
Child Care Health and Development
September 2002
Surprised by Publication
PEDIATRICS
November 2001
Sleeping like a baby: Attitudes and experiences of bedsharing in Northeast England
Medical Anthropology
January 2001
Parent–infant co‐sleeping: fathers' roles and perspectives
Infant and Child Development
June 2000
Parent-infant co-sleeping: fathers' roles and perspectives
Infant and Child Development
January 2000
The Anthropology of Pregnancy: Comparative Studies in Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neona...
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
June 1999
Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
June 1999
INSURANCE OVULATION, EMBRYO MORTALITY AND TWINNING
Journal of Biosocial Science
April 1999
Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
March 1999
Where Will the Baby Sleep? Attitudes and Practices of New and Experienced Parents Regar...
American Anthropologist
March 1999
Daddy’s Girl? Anomalous Social Rank of a Female Rhesus Macaque <i>(Macaca mulatta...
Folia Primatologica
January 1997
Reevaluating "Twin Infanticide"
Current Anthropology
December 1996
Abnormal births and other “ill omens”
Human Nature
December 1996
Bedding-in on the post-natal ward
North-East Cot (NECOT) Trial: Postnatal care and breastfeeding duration
Parental manipulation of postnatal survival and well-being: are parental sex preference...
