Below is a curated list of key scientific publications reflecting my primary research interests.
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Mental health service utilization in a novel insurance-based Ob/Gyn integrated model for women across the lifespan.
*Lavallée A, *Babineau V, D’Antonio K, Werner K, Drysdale AT, Osbourne M, Grubb M, Moise N, Reuveni I, Zhang Z, Lee S, Dumitriu D, D’Alton M, Monk C. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2026;29(5). *Shared first authorship.
The quality of early relational health modifies the effect of early life stress on child emerging psychopathology.
Warmingham JM, Lavallée A, Curtin P, Owen J, Fuller K, Nakua H, Hendry H, Lanoff M, Gigliotti A, Russo J, Chaves V, Arduin E, Shearman N, Ahmed I, Battarbee AN, Firestein M, Hussain M, Kyle M, Marsh R, Tita AT, Varner M, Xu R, Stockwell MS, Monk C, Dumitriu D. medRxiv 2026.01.23. 26344636
Development of a revised and abbreviated version of the postpartum bonding questionnaire (PBQ-R): First U.S. validation and association to child outcomes
Lavallée A, Warmingham JM, Reimers MA, Curtin P. Kyle MH, Austin J, Lee S, Barker T, Hussain M, Arduin E, Ahmed I, Atwood G, Ettinger S, Smotrich G, Turner JB, Fisher PW, Marsh R, Dumitriu D. Infant Ment Health J. 2025.
Perinatal Loneliness and Isolation Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City: A Qualitative Study.
West BS, Ehteshami L, McCormack C, Beebe B, Atwood GD, Austin J, Chaves V, Hott V, Hu Y, Hussain M, Kyle MH, Kurman G, Lanoff M, Lavallée A, Manning JQ, McKiernan MT, Pini N, Smotrich GC, Fifer WP, Dumitriu D, Goldman S. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2025 Jan-Feb;70(1):124-130.
Risk of Hearing Loss in Neonates and Toddlers with in Utero Exposure to SARS-CoV-2.
Ahmed I, Yu M, Chaves V, Xu R, Lavallée A, Warmingham JM, Firestein M, Kyle MH, Fisher K, Merriman ET, Rodriguez C, Mace W, Fernandez C, Dumitriu D, Lalwani AK. Laryngoscope. 2025 Jan;135(1):385-392.
Effects of implementation strategies on nursing practice and patient outcomes: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.
Fontaine G, Vinette B, Weight C, Maheu-Cadotte MA, Lavallée A, Deschênes MF, Lapierre A, Castiglione SA, Chicoine G, Rouleau G, Argiropoulos N, Konnyu K, Mooney M, Cassidy CE, Mailhot T, Lavoie P, Pépin C, Cossette S, Gagnon MP, Semenic S, Straiton N, Middleton S. Implement Sci. 2024 Sep 30;19(1):68.
Positive Autism Screening Rates in Toddlers Born During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Firestein MR, Manessis A, Warmingham JM, Xu R, Hu Y, Finkel MA, Kyle M, Hussain M, Ahmed I, Lavallée A, Solis A, Chaves V, Rodriguez C, Goldman S, Muhle RA, Lee S, Austin J, Silver WG, O'Reilly KC, Bain JM, Penn AA, Veenstra-VanderWeele J, Stockwell MS, Fifer WP, Marsh R, Monk C, Shuffrey LC, Dumitriu D. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2435005.
Advancing early relational health: a collaborative exploration of a research agenda.
*Dumitriu D, *Lavallée A, Riggs JL, Frosch CA, Barker TV, Best DL, Blasingame B, Bushar J, Charlot-Swilley D, Erickson E, Finkel MA, Fortune B, Gillen L, Martinez M, Ramachandran U, Sanders LM, Willis DW, Shearman N. Front Pediatr. 2023;11:1259022. *Shared first authorship.
Early dyadic parent/caregiver-infant interventions to support early relational health: a meta-analysis.
Lavallée A, Pang L, Warmingham J, Atwood G, Ahmed I, Lanoff M, Finkel MA, Xu R, Arduin E, Hamer K, Fischman R, Ettinger S, Hu Y, Fisher K, Greeman E, Kuromaru M, Durr S, Flowers E, Gozali A, Willis D, Dumitriu D. Preprint at medRxiv. 2022.
Low Risk of Neurodevelopmental Impairment in the COVID-19 Generation Should Not Make Researchers Complacent.
Lavallée A, Dumitriu D. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Oct 3;5(10):e2238958.
Acceptability and feasibility of a nursing intervention to promote sensitive mother-infant interactions in the NICU.
Lavallée A, Côté J, Luu TM, Bell L, Grou B, Blondin SE, Aita M. J Neonatal Nurs. 2022 Apr;29(2):296-301.
Promoting mother-infant relationship and preterm infant neurodevelopment in the NICU: development and design of a nursing intervention using a theory- and evidence-based approach.
Lavallée A, Aita M, Côté J, Bell L, Grou B. Sci Nurs Health Pract. 2022;5(1):49-75
Designing, planning, and conducting systematic reviews and other knowledge syntheses: Six key practical recommendations to improve feasibility and efficiency.
Fontaine G, Maheu-Cadotte MA, Lavallée A, Mailhot T, Lavoie P, Rouleau G, Vinette B, García MR, Bourbonnais A. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2022 Dec;19(6):434-441.
Comparative study of knowledge acquisition in nursing students experiencing clinical simulation versus clinical placement in perinatal care.
Pépin C, Aita M, Lavallée A, Goudreau J. Qual Adv Nurs Educ. 2022;8(1):e1-e13.
French Translation, Adaptation, and Initial Validation of the Nurses' Attitudes and Perceptions of Pain Assessment in Neonatal Intensive Care Questionnaire (NAPPAQ).
De Clifford-Faugère G, Laporte G, Gélinas C, Lavallée A, Fontaine G, Feeley N, Colson S, Aita M. Pain Manag Nurs. 2022 Apr;23(2):204-211
Documenting standard developmental care in neonatal intensive care units: Insights from the GP_Posit pilot trial.
Lavallée A, Aita M, Côté J, Bell L, Luu TM. Acta Paediatr. 2021 Oct;110(10):2775-2777.
Parent-infant interventions to promote parental sensitivity during the NICU hospitalization: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Lavallée A, De Clifford-Faugère G, Ballard A, Aita M. J Early Interv. 2021;43(4):367-389.
Effectiveness of interventions on early neurodevelopment of preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Aita M, De Clifford Faugère G, Lavallée A, Feeley N, Stremler R, Rioux É, Proulx MH. BMC Pediatr. 2021 Apr 29;21(1):210
Clinical intervention involving parents in their preterm infant’s care to promote parental sensitivity.
Melançon J, Belzile S, Lavallée A, Aita M. J Neonatal Nurs. 2021 Feb;27(1):58-62.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of olfactive stimulation interventions to manage procedural pain in preterm and full-term neonates.
De Clifford-Faugere G, Lavallée A, Khadra C, Ballard A, Colson S, Aita M. Int J Nurs Stud. 2020 Oct;110:103697
Acceptability to nurses of reducing NICU light and noise levels during skin-to-skin care: A pilot study.
Aita M, Stremler R, Feeley N, Nuyt AM, Lavallée A. Appl Nurs Res. 2019 Jun;47:29-31.
Communicating Science in the Digital and Social Media Ecosystem: Scoping Review and Typology of Strategies Used by Health Scientists.
Fontaine G, Maheu-Cadotte MA, Lavallée A, Mailhot T, Rouleau G, Bouix-Picasso J, Bourbonnais A. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2019 Sep 3;5(3):e14447.
PART II: Practice and research recommendations for quality developmental care in the NICU.
Lavallée A, De Clifford-Faugère G, Garcia C, Fernandez-Oviedo AN, Héon M, Aita M. J Neonatal Nurs. 2019 Aug;25(4):160-165.
PART I: Narrative overview of developmental care interventions for the preterm newborn.
Lavallée A, De Clifford-Faugère G, Fernandez-Oviedo AN, Garcia C, Héon M, Aita M. J Neonatal Nurs. 2019 Feb;25(1):3-8.
Internal and external validity of Chen et al.'s nursing-sensitive quality indicators for the neonatal intensive care unit.
Hupé C, Lavallée A. J Clin Nurs. 2017 Dec;26(23-24):e6-e7.
Featured Publications & Press
Publications
Development of a revised and abbreviated version of the postpartum bonding questionnaire (PBQ-R): First U.S. validation and association to child outcomes
Lavallée A, Warmingham JM, Reimers MA, Curtin P. Kyle MH, Austin J, Lee S, Barker T, Hussain M, Arduin E, Ahmed I, Atwood G, Ettinger S, Smotrich G, Turner JB, Fisher PW, Marsh R, Dumitriu D. Infant Ment Health J. 2025.
PUBLICATIONS
Advancing early relational health: a collaborative exploration of a research agenda
*Dumitriu D, *Lavallée A, Riggs JL, Frosch CA, Barker TV, Best DL, Blasingame B, Bushar J, Charlot-Swilley D, Erickson E, Finkel MA, Fortune B, Gillen L, Martinez M, Ramachandran U, Sanders LM, Willis DW, Shearman N. Front Pediatr. 2023;11:1259022. *Shared first authorship.
PUBLICATIONS
Early dyadic parent/caregiver-infant interventions to support early relational health: a meta-analysis
Lavallée A, Pang L, Warmingham J, Atwood G, Ahmed I, Lanoff M, Finkel MA, Xu R, Arduin E, Hamer K, Fischman R, Ettinger S, Hu Y, Fisher K, Greeman E, Kuromaru M, Durr S, Flowers E, Gozali A, Willis D, Dumitriu D. Preprint at medRxiv. 2022.