Bibliography

The foundational literature upon which we base our work.

Social Support & Health

Bunkley, E. N. (2022). Interembodiment, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Health. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 36(2), 256-271. https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12689

Caplan, G. (1974). Support Systems. In G. Caplan (Ed.), Support Systems and Community Mental Health (pp. 1-40). Behavioral Publications.

Dressler, W. W., Balieiro, M. C., Ribeiro, R. P., & dos Santos, J. E. (2016). Culture and the Immune System: Cultural Consonance in Social Support and C-reactive Protein in Urban Brazil. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 30(2), 259-277. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12213

Gottlieb, B. H. (1985). Social Networks and Social Support: An Overview of Research, Practice, and Policy Implications. Health Education Quarterly, 12(1), 5-22. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45049116

LeBan, K. (2011). How Social Capital in Community Systems Strengthens Health Systems: People, Structures, Processes. CORE. https://coregroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Components_of_a_Community_Health_System_final10-12-2011.pdf

Mohajer, N., & Singh, D. (2018). Factors enabling community health workers and volunteers to overcome socio-cultural barriers to behaviour change: meta-synthesis using the concept of social capital. Hum Resour Health, 16(1), 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-018-0331-7

Powis, R., & Bunkley, E. N. (2023). Handbooks and health interpreters: How men are assets for their pregnant partners in Senegal. Soc Sci Med, 331, 116074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116074

Roy, V., Ruel, S., Ivers, H., Savard, M. H., Gouin, J. P., Caplette-Gingras, A., Lemieux, J., Couture, F., & Savard, J. (2021). Stress-buffering effect of social support on immunity and infectious risk during chemotherapy for breast cancer. Brain Behav Immun Health, 10, 100186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100186

Trachtenberg, E. (2024). The beneficial effects of social support and prosocial behavior on immunity and health: A psychoneuroimmunology perspective. Brain Behav Immun Health, 37, 100758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2024.100758

Dads & Doulas

Bohren, M. A., et al. (2019). "Perceptions and experiences of labour companionship: a qualitative evidence synthesis." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (3). 

 Chahalis, E., et al. (2021). "Tanzanian men’s engagement in household chores is associated with improved antenatal care seeking and maternal health." BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 21(1): 666. 

 Jefford, E., et al. (2020). “The doula-midwife partnership: friend or foe: how to work collaboratively.” Empowering decision-making in midwifery: a global perspective. E. Jefford and J. Jomeen. London, United Kingdom, Routledge: 228-238. 

 Laxman, D. J., et al. (2015). "Father Involvement and Maternal Depressive Symptoms in Families of Children with Disabilities or Delays." Maternal and Child Health Journal 19(5): 1078-1086. 

 Mallette, J. K., et al. (2020). "Paternal Support and Involvement in Unmarried Fragile Families: Impacts on Long-Term Maternal Mental Health." Family Process 59(2): 789-806. 

 McComish, J. F. and J. M. Visger (2009). "Domains of Postpartum Doula Care and Maternal Responsiveness and Competence." Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing 38(2): 148-156. 

 Mendes, L., et al. (2025). "Nurses’ representations about partner participation in prenatal care: perspective on masculinities." Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 78. 

 Rempel, L. A., et al. (2017). "Relationships between types of father breastfeeding support and breastfeeding outcomes." Maternal & Child Nutrition 13(3): e12337. 

 Robbins, M. C., et al. (2017). "An Improved Measure of Cognitive Salience in Free Listing Tasks: A Marshallese Example." Field Methods 29(4): 395-403. 

 Tani, F. and V. Castagna (2017). "Maternal social support, quality of birth experience, and post-partum depression in primiparous women." The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 30(6): 689-692. 

 Thapa, D. K. and A. Niehof (2013). "Women's autonomy and husbands' involvement in maternal health care in Nepal." Social Science & Medicine 93: 1-10. 

Thullen, M. J., et al. (2014). "Father Participation in a Community-doula Home-visiting Intervention with Young, African American Mothers." Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood 35(5): 422-434. 

Men’s Involvement

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Doula Effectiveness

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Realist Evaluation

Astbury, B., & Leeuw, F. L. (2010). Unpacking Black Boxes: Mechanisms and Theory Building in Evaluation. American Journal of Evaluation, 31(3), 363-381. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098214010371972

Doi, L., Jepson, R., & Hardie, S. (2017). Realist evaluation of an enhanced health visiting programme. PLoS One, 12(7), e0180569. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180569

Dunn, J. R., van der Meulen, E., O'Campo, P., & Muntaner, C. (2013). Improving health equity through theory-informed evaluations: a look at housing first strategies, cross-sectoral health programs, and prostitution policy. Eval Program Plann, 36(1), 184-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2012.03.006

Gosselin, V., & Laberge, S. (2022). Do the implementation processes of a school-based daily physical activity (DPA) program vary according to the socioeconomic context of the schools? a realist evaluation of the Active at school program. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 424. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12797-7

Jagosh, J., Bush, P. L., Salsberg, J., Macaulay, A. C., Greenhalgh, T., Wong, G., Cargo, M., Green, L. W., Herbert, C. P., & Pluye, P. (2015). A realist evaluation of community-based participatory research: partnership synergy, trust building and related ripple effects. BMC Public Health, 15, 725. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1949-1

Manzano, A. (2016). The craft of interviewing in realist evaluation. Evaluation, 22(3), 342-360. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356389016638615

O'Rourke, K., Yelland, J., Newton, M., & Shafiei, T. (2022). How and when doula support increases confidence in women experiencing socioeconomic adversity: Findings from a realist evaluation of an Australian volunteer doula program. PLoS One, 17(6), e0270755. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270755

Oladimeji, O. J., & Fatusi, A. O. (2022). Realist Evaluation of the "Abiye" Safe Motherhood Initiative in Nigeria: Unveiling the Black-Box of Program Implementation and Health System Strengthening. Front Health Serv, 2, 779130. https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2022.779130

Westhorp, G., Prins, E., Kusters, C., Hultink, M., Guijt, I. M., & Brouwers, J. (2011). Realist Evaluation : an overview. Medicine Health Care and Philosophy - MED HEALTH CARE PHILOS.

Wong, E. L. Y., Yeoh, E.-k., Chau, P. Y. K., Yam, C. H. K., Cheung, A. W. L., & Fung, H. (2015). How shall we examine and learn about public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health sector? Realist evaluation of PPPs in Hong Kong. Social Science & Medicine, 147, 261-269. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.012

Wong, G. (2018). Getting to grips with context and complexity - the case for realist approaches. Gac Sanit, 32(2), 109-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.05.010

Wong, G., Westhorp, G., Manzano, A., Greenhalgh, J., Jagosh, J., & Greenhalgh, T. (2016). RAMESES II reporting standards for realist evaluations. BMC Medicine, 14(1), 96. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0643-1

Cultural Domain Analysis

Borgatti, S. (1990). "Using ANTHROPAC To Investigate a Cultural Domain." CAM Newsletter 2(1): 8-8.

Borgatti, S. (1994). "Cultural Domain Analysis." J Quant Anthropol Kluwer Acad Publishers 4: 261-278.

Borgatti, S. (1998). Elicitation Techniques for Cultural Domain Analysis.

Flores-Silva, A., Cuevas-Guzmán, R., Baptista, G., Olvera-Vargas, M., & Mariaca-Méndez, R. (2021). Dynamic Edible Plant Theoretical Knowledge in a Changing Western Mexican Rural Community. Journal of Ethnobiology, 41(4), 465-480. https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-41.4.465

Lee, N. S., Keddem, S., Sorrentino, A. E., Jenkins, K. A., & Long, J. A. (2024). Health Equity in the Veterans Health Administration From Veterans’ Perspectives by Race and Sex. JAMA Network Open, 7(2), e2356600-e2356600. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.56600

Meghani, S. H., Wool, J., Davis, J., Yeager, K. A., Mao, J. J., & Barg, F. K. (2020). When Patients Take Charge of Opioids: Self-Management Concerns and Practices Among Cancer Outpatients in the Context of Opioid Crisis. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 59(3), 618-625. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.10.029

Omaleki, V., Gonzalez, A. F., Hassani, A., Flores, M., Streuli, S., Guerra, A. W., & Fielding-Miller, R. (2024). "They Protect us as if they were our Mom" Masking Attitudes from Freelist Survey Data and Qualitative Interviews in San Diego School Communities. J Community Health, 49(1), 17-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-023-01245-1

Sturrock, K. and J. Rocha (2000). "A Multidimensional Scaling Stress Evaluation Table." Field Methods 12(1): 49-60.

Yeh, H. W., et al. (2014). "Sorting it Out: Pile Sorting as a Mixed Methodology for Exploring Barriers to Cancer Screening." Qual Quant 48(5): 2569-2587.

Zobrist, S., et al. (2017). "Results of Applying Cultural Domain Analysis Techniques and Implications for the Design of Complementary Feeding Interventions in Northern Senegal." Food and Nutrition Bulletin 38(4): 512-527.

Research Methods

Carey, J. and D. Gelaude (2008). “Systematic methods for collecting and analyzing multidisciplinary team-based qualitative data.” In Handbook for Team-based Qualitative Research, Greg Guest and Kathleen MacQueen, editors, pp. 227-274. Lanham, MD: Altamira: 227-274. 

Cronin, A., et al. (2008). “The analytic integration of qualitative data sources.” In The analytic integration of qualitative data sources, P. Alasuutari, L. Bickman, J. Brannen (Eds.), pp. 572-584. SAGE Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446212165.n34 

Naeem, M., et al. (2023). "A Step-by-Step Process of Thematic Analysis to Develop a Conceptual Model in Qualitative Research." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 22: 16094069231205789. 

 Weller, S. C., et al. (2018). "Open-ended interview questions and saturation." PLOS ONE 13(6): e0198606. 

 Wutich, A., et al. (2024). "Sample Sizes for 10 Types of Qualitative Data Analysis: An Integrative Review, Empirical Guidance, and Next Steps." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 23: 16094069241296206.