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Susan Perlen

Researcher at Royal Children's Hospital

Publications -  14
Citations -  1000

Susan Perlen is an academic researcher from Royal Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cohort study & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 10 publications receiving 876 citations. Previous affiliations of Susan Perlen include Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute.

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Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy

TL;DR: It was unclear whether interventions prevented smoking relapse among women who had stopped smoking spontaneously in early pregnancy, but high-quality evidence suggests incentive-based interventions are effective when compared with an alternative (non-contingent incentive) intervention.
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Physical health after childbirth and maternal depression in the first 12 months post partum: Results of an Australian nulliparous pregnancy cohort study

TL;DR: Poor physical health in the early postnatal period is associated with poorer mental health throughout the first 12 months post partum, and early intervention to promote maternal mental health should incorporate assessment and intervention to address common postnatal physical health problems.
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Seeking help for anxiety and depression after childbirth: results of the Maternal Health Study

TL;DR: Investigation of what women themselves say about seeking help for emotional difficulties after childbirth found public health campaigns may have been more effective in encouraging women to seek help for depression than anxiety.
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Consultation about urinary and faecal incontinence in the year after childbirth: a cohort study.

TL;DR: To investigate the extent to which primary‐care practitioners routinely inquire about postpartum urinary and faecal incontinence, and assess the proportion of women who disclose symptoms.
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Evidence for a comprehensive approach to Aboriginal tobacco control to maintain the decline in smoking: an overview of reviews among Indigenous peoples

TL;DR: A ‘comprehensive approach’ incorporating NTS and NATSIHP Principles and Priorities of partnership and engagement, evidence from other settings, programme logic and responsive evaluation plans may improve intervention acceptability, effectiveness and implementation and mitigate risks of adapting tobacco evidence for Indigenous Australians.