Peer Reviewed Publications (current)

Stewart, M., Letourneau, N., Masuda, J., Anderson, S. & McGhan, S. (2013). Impacts of online peer support for children with asthma and allergies: “It just helps you every time you can’t breathe well”. Journal of Pediatric Nursing.

Letourneau, N., Young Morris, C., Secco, L., Stewart, M., Hughes, J., Critchley, K. (in press). Mothers and infants compensate for exposure to intimate partner violence. Violence and Victims.

Letourneau, N., Campbell, M., Woodland, J., Colpitts, J. (in press). Supporting mothers’ engagement in a community-based methadone treatment program. Nursing Research and Practice.

Giesbrecht, G., Campbell, T., Letourneau, N., Kaplan, B. (2013). Advancing gestation does not attenuate biobehavioural coherence between psychological distress and cortisol. Biological Psychology, 93(1), 45-51.

Letourneau, N., Young, K., et al. (2013). Social support needs identified by mothers affected by intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 28(14).

Stewart, M., Letourneau, N., Masuda, J., Anderson, S., McGhan, S. (2013). Online support for children with asthma and allergies. Journal of Family Nursing.

Masuda, J. R., Anderson, S., Letourneau, N., Sloan Morgan, V. & Stewart, M. (2012). Reconciling preferences and constraints in online peer support for youth with asthma and allergies. Health Promotion Practice.

Letourneau, N., Tramonte, L., & Willms, J.D. (2012). Maternal depression, family functioning, and children’s longitudinal development. Journal of Pediatric Nursing.

Giesbrecht, G.F., Letourneau, N., Campbell, T., Kaplan, B. (2012). Affective experience in ecologically relevant contexts is dynamic, and not progressively attenuated during pregnancy. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 15(6), 481-5.

Stewart, M., King, M., Blood, R., Letourneau, N., Masuda, J., Anderson, S., Bourque Bearskin, L. (in press) Health inequities experienced by Aboriginal children with respiratory problems and their parents. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research.

Kaplan, BJ., Giesbrecht, GF., Leung, B., Field, CJ., Dewey, D., Bell, RC., Manca, RC., Manca, D., O’Beirne, M., Johnston, DW., Pop, VJ., Singhal, N., Gagnon, L., Bernier, FB., Eliasziw, M., McCargar, L., Kooistra, L., Farmer, A., Cantell, M., Goonewardnee, L., Casey,         LM., Letourneau, N., Martin, J. (2012). The Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) cohort study: Rationale and methods. Maternal and Child Nutrition.

Letourneau, N., Giesbrecht, G., Bernier, F. & Joschko, J. (2012). How do interactions between early caregiving environment and genes influence health and behaviour? Biological Research for Nursing.

Letourneau, N., Dennis, C., Benzies, K., Duffett-Leger, L., Tryphonopoulos*, P., Este, D., & Watson, W.  (2012). Post-partum depression is a family affair: Addressing the impact on mothers, fathers and children. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 33, 445-457.  

Holtslander, L., Paterson, B., Letourneau, N., Turner, H., Kornder, N. (2012). Finding straight answers: Identifying the needs of parents and service providers of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes to aid in the creation of an online support intervention. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21(17-18).

Letourneau, N., Duffett-Leger*, L., Levac*, L., Watson*, B. & Young, K (2011). Socioeconomic status and child development: A meta-analysis. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Published online before print December 15, 2011, doi: 10.1177/1063426611421007

Stewart, M., Letourneau, N., Masuda, J.R., Anderson, S., Cicutto, L., McGhan, S., & Watt, S. (2012). “Just no one really seems to understand”: Support needs and preferences of young adolescents with asthma and allergies. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 27(5), 479-90.

Tailor*, K., Letourneau, N. (2012). Infants exposed to intimate partner violence: A look at issues of gender and sex.  Journal of Family Violence, 27, 477-488.

Letourneau, N., Duffy, L., & Duffett-Leger, L. (2012). Mothers affected by domestic violence: Intersections and opportunities with the justice system. Journal of Family Violence, 27(6), 585-596.

Tailor*, K. & Letourneau, N. (2012). Forgotten survivors of intimate partner violence: The role of gender and mothering in infant development. Infant Mental Health Journal, 33(3), 294-306.

Letourneau, N. (2012). Relationships are the antidote to toxic stress. Canadian Nurse,108(3), 48.

Doucet*, S., Letourneau, N., & Robertson Blackmore, E. (2012). Support needs of mothers who experience postpartum psychosis and their partners. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecological, and Neonatal Nursing, 41(2), 236-245.

Letourneau, N., Tryphonopoulos*, P., Duffett-Leger, L., Stewart, M., Benzies, K., Dennis, C. & Joschko, J. (2012). Support intervention needs and preferences of fathers affected by postpartum depression. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 26(1), 69-80.

Letourneau, N., Stewart, M., Masuda, J., McGhan, S., Ciccuotto, L. and Anderson, S. (2012). Impact of online support for youth with asthma and allergies: Pilot study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 27 (1), 65-73.

Giesbrecht, G., Dewey, D., Leung, B., Kaplan, B. J., Campbell, T. S., & Letourneau, N. (2011). Fetal programming of infant state regulation. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 2, S1.

Letourneau, N., Watson, B., Duffett-Leger*, L., & Hegadoren, K., Tryphonopoulos, P. (2011). Cortisol patterns of depressed mothers and their infants are related to maternal-infant interactive behaviours. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 29(5), 439-459.

Stewart, M., Greaves, L., Kushner, K., Letourneau, N., Spitzer, D., & Boscoe, M. (2011). Where there is smoke there is stress: Low-income women identify support needs and preferences for smoking reduction. Health Care for Women International, 32 (5), 359-383.

Stewart, M., Masuda, J., Letourneau, N. & Anderson, S. (2011). “I want to meet other kids like me”: Support needs of children with asthma and allergies. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 34 (2), 62-78.

Stewart, M., Masuda, J.R., Letourneau, N., Anderson, S., Cicutto, L., McGhan, S., & Watt, S. (2011). Online support intervention for adolescents with asthma and allergies: Ingredients and insights. Journal of Asthma and Allergy Educators. Volume 2, issue 6, pp. 306-317. Doi: 10.1177/2150129711402686.

Letourneau, N., Stewart, M., Dennis, C., Hegadoren, K., Duffett-Leger, L., Watson*, B. (2011). The effect of home-based peer support on maternal-infant interaction among women with postpartum depression: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 20 (5), 345-357. DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2010.00736.x

Giesbrecht, G., Campbell, T., Letourneau, N., Kaplan, B. (2011). Psychological distress and salivary cortisol covary during pregnancy. Psychoneuroendocrinology, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.06.001

Stewart, M., Letourneau, N., Masuda, J., Anderson, S., McGhan, S. (2011). Online solutions to support needs and preferences of parents of children with asthma and allergies. Journal of Family Nursing, 17, pp.357-379. DOI 10.1177/1074840711415416  http://jfn.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/3/357

Letourneau, N., Young, C., Stewart, M., Hughes, J., Secco, L., & Critchley, K. (2011). Supporting mothering: Service providers’ perspectives of mothers and infants affected by intimate partner violence. Research in Nursing and Health, 34 3), pp. 192-203.

Giesbrecht, G., Kaplan, B.J., Campbell, T.S., Letourneau, N. (2011). Momentary association of mood and cortisol in pregnancy: A fetal programming proof of concept. Psychosomatic Medicine, 73 (3),pp. A130-131.

Letourneau, N., Dennis, C., Stewart, M., Duffet-Leger, L., Tryphonopoulos*, P. (2011). Identifying the support needs of fathers affected by postpartum depression: A pilot study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18 (1), 41-47.

Barnfather, A., Stewart, M., Magill-Evans, J., Ray, L., & Letourneau, N. (2011).  Computer-mediated support for adolescents with cerebral palsy and spina bifida. Computer, Informatics, Nursing, 29(1), 24-33.

Stewart, M., McGhan, S.L., Masuda, J.R., Letourneau, N., Anderson, S., Cicutto, L., & Watt, S. (2010).  Professionals’ preparation for supporting children and parents affected by asthma and allergies. Journal of Asthma and Allergy Educators, 1 (6), 223-231.

Stewart, M., Letourneau, N., & Kushner, K. (2010). Participatory pilot interventions for vulnerable populations: A response to Lillard. Social Science & Medicine,, 71 (11), 1913-1915.

Doucet*, S., Jones, I., Letourneau, N. Dennis, C., & Robertson Blackmore, E. (2010). Interventions for the prevention and treatment of postpartum psychosis: A systematic review. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. Published online Dec. 2010. doi: 10.1007/s00737-010-0199-6

Stewart, M., Kushner, K., Makwarimba, E., Spitzer, D., Letourneau, N., Greaves, L., & Boscoe, M. (2010). There’s a way out for me: Insights from support intervention for low-income women who smoke. Women’s Health and Urban Life, 9(2), 42-62.

Stewart, M., Kushner, K., Greaves, L., Letourneau, N., Spitzer, D., & Boscoe, M. (2010). Impacts of a support intervention for low-income women who smoke. Social Science & Medicine, 71(11), 1901-9. 

Stewart, M., Reutter, L., Letourneau, N., & Makwarimba, E. & Hungler, K. (2010). Supporting homeless youth: Perspectives and preferences. Journal of Poverty, 14 (2), 145-165.

Letourneau, N., Salmani, M. & Duffett-Leger, L. (2010). Maternal depressive symptoms and parenting of children from birth to 12 years of age. Western Journal of Nursing Research, volume 32, 662-685.

Holtslander, L., Kornder, N., Letourneau, N., Turner, H., & Paterson, B. (2010). Identifying the Needs of Parents of Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes to Aid in the Creation of an Online Support Intervention. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, Dec., Supplemental Issue, 30

Stewart, M., Barnfather, A., Magill-Evans, J., Ray, L. & Letourneau, N. (2010). Brief Report: An online support intervention: Perceptions of adolescents with physical disabilities. Journal of Adolescence.

Doucet, S., Letourneau, N. & Stoppard, J. (2010). Contemporary paradigms for research related to women’s mental health. Health Care for Women International, 31, 296-312.

Letourneau, N., Duffett-Leger, L., Young, C. (2010). Recruitment and relationships: Research with stigmatized and socially isolated mothers. International Journal of Psychology Research, volume 4 (3/4), 251-274.

Baydala, L., *Letourneau, N., Rasmussen, C., Sherman, J., Birch, J., Bisanz, J., Kennedy, M., Weigum, N., Wikman, E., Worrell, S., Charchun, J. (2009) Evaluating Success: Mother Earth’s Children’s Charter School Longitudinal Study. The Canadian Journal of Native Education. 32(2), 79-93. *contact first author for details.