Deborah McNeil

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Deborah McNeil is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah McNeil has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 28 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 18 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Deborah McNeil's work include Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (23 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (13 papers) and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (13 papers). Deborah McNeil is often cited by papers focused on Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (23 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (13 papers) and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (13 papers). Deborah McNeil collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Deborah McNeil's co-authors include Suzanne Tough, Mary Flynn, Bretta Maloff, Donatus Mutasingwa, Christopher N. Ford, Margaret Wu, Karen Benzies, Siobhan M. Dolan, Sheila McDonald and Hamideh Bayrampour and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PEDIATRICS and Journal of Affective Disorders.

In The Last Decade

Deborah McNeil

71 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Reducing obesity and related chronic disease risk in children and youth: a synthesis of evidence with ‘best practice’ recommendations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deborah McNeil Canada	21	1.2k	593	512	407	339	81	2.2k
Catherine S. Birken Canada	27	1.4k 1.2×	560 0.9×	463 0.9×	289 0.7×	113 0.3×	177	2.8k
Garth Kendall Australia	32	1.3k 1.1×	822 1.4×	543 1.1×	466 1.1×	266 0.8×	96	3.8k
Ellinor K. Olander United Kingdom	25	1.3k 1.1×	566 1.0×	639 1.2×	466 1.1×	1.1k 3.2×	77	3.0k
Wendy Lawrence United Kingdom	28	1.1k 0.9×	415 0.7×	858 1.7×	219 0.5×	332 1.0×	103	2.6k
Simone E. Buitendijk Netherlands	24	843 0.7×	880 1.5×	366 0.7×	293 0.7×	652 1.9×	50	2.1k
Maria Cecília Formoso Assunção Brazil	30	1.4k 1.2×	416 0.7×	589 1.2×	223 0.5×	132 0.4×	137	2.9k
Vincent C. Smith United States	23	626 0.5×	1.7k 2.8×	675 1.3×	439 1.1×	230 0.7×	44	3.3k
Angela Spinelli Italy	24	1.0k 0.9×	579 1.0×	417 0.8×	271 0.7×	219 0.6×	84	1.9k
Madeleine U. Shalowitz United States	27	668 0.6×	400 0.7×	555 1.1×	551 1.4×	271 0.8×	76	2.2k
Eva Gjengedal Norway	28	641 0.6×	242 0.4×	536 1.0×	411 1.0×	125 0.4×	108	2.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tryphonopoulos, Panagiota, et al.. (2025). “VID-KIDS” Video-Feedback Interaction Guidance for Depressed Mothers and Their Infants: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Behavioral Sciences. 15(3). 279–279.

MacDonald, Shannon E., Sheila McDonald, Deborah McNeil, et al.. (2024). Impact of maternal depression and anxiety on immunization status of children: a prospective cohort study. Archives of Public Health. 82(1). 89–89.

Fullerton, Madison M., Sherilyn K. D. Houle, James D. Kellner, et al.. (2024). Development and evaluation of virtual simulation games to increase the confidence and self-efficacy of healthcare learners in vaccine communication, advocacy, and promotion. BMC Medical Education. 24(1). 190–190. 4 indexed citations

McNeil, Deborah, Sarah A. Elliott, Liza Bialy, et al.. (2024). Indigenous maternal and infant outcomes and women's experiences of midwifery care: A mixed‐methods systematic review. Birth. 52(2). 173–188.

Benzies, Karen, et al.. (2024). Mobilizing strategic inflection points for sustainment of an effective intervention in an integrated learning health system: an interpretive description. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 106–106.

Funk, Anna, Deborah McNeil, Verena Kuret, et al.. (2024). Population‐level changes in perinatal death for pregnancies prior to and during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A pregnancy cohort analysis. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 38(7). 583–593.

Cassidy, Christine, et al.. (2024). Knowledge translation strategies used for sustainability of an evidence-based intervention in child health: a multimethod qualitative study. BMC Nursing. 23(1). 125–125. 1 indexed citations

Fenton, Tanis R., et al.. (2023). Very-low-birth-weight infant short-term post-discharge outcomes: A retrospective study of specialized compared to standard care. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 27(3). 487–496. 3 indexed citations

MacDonald, Shannon E., et al.. (2022). Text Message Reminders to Improve Immunization Appointment Attendance in Alberta, Canada: The Childhood Immunization Reminder Project Pilot Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 10(11). e37579–e37579. 2 indexed citations

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Scime, Natalie V., et al.. (2021). Facilitators and barriers to implementation of Alberta family integrated care (FICare) in level II neonatal intensive care units: a qualitative process evaluation substudy of a multicentre cluster-randomised controlled trial using the consolidated framework for implementation research. BMJ Open. 11(10). e054938–e054938. 23 indexed citations

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Bialy, Liza, et al.. (2020). Vitamin D supplementation to improve pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: an overview of 42 systematic reviews. BMJ Open. 10(1). e032626–e032626. 33 indexed citations

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McDonald, Sheila, et al.. (2020). Maximizing maternal health and value for money in postpartum depression screening: a cost-effectiveness analysis using the All Our Families cohort and administrative data in Alberta, Canada. Journal of Affective Disorders. 281. 839–846. 11 indexed citations

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McDonald, Sheila, Amy Metcalfe, Peter Faris, et al.. (2019). Examining postpartum depression screening effectiveness in well child clinics in Alberta, Canada: A study using the All Our Families cohort and administrative data. Preventive Medicine Reports. 14. 100888–100888. 11 indexed citations

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Kania‐Richmond, Ania, Erin Hetherington, Deborah McNeil, et al.. (2017). The Impact of Introducing Centering Pregnancy in a Community Health Setting: A Qualitative Study of Experiences and Perspectives of Health Center Clinical and Support Staff. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 21(6). 1327–1335. 14 indexed citations

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Bayrampour, Hamideh, et al.. (2017). A qualitative inquiry on pregnant women’s preferences for mental health screening. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 17(1). 339–339. 34 indexed citations

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Vollman, Ardene Robinson, et al.. (2014). Risk factors for positional plagiocephaly and appropriate time frames for prevention messaging. Paediatrics & Child Health. 19(8). 423–427. 39 indexed citations

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McDonald, Sheila, Andrew W. Lyon, Karen Benzies, et al.. (2013). The All Our Babies pregnancy cohort: design, methods, and participant characteristics. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 13(Suppl 1). S2–S2. 140 indexed citations

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Musto, Richard, et al.. (2013). Social equity in Human Papillomavirus vaccination: a natural experiment in Calgary Canada. BMC Public Health. 13(1). 640–640. 33 indexed citations

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Lyon, Andrew W., Heather Kehler, Craig E. Pennell, et al.. (2010). All Our Babies Cohort Study: recruitment of a cohort to predict women at risk of preterm birth through the examination of gene expression profiles and the environment. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 10(1). 87–87. 61 indexed citations

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Mah, Jean K., Jennifer E. Thannhauser, Deborah McNeil, & Deborah Dewey. (2008). Being the lifeline: The parent experience of caring for a child with neuromuscular disease on home mechanical ventilation. Neuromuscular Disorders. 18(12). 983–988. 63 indexed citations

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