Paula P. Meier

7.8k citations

139 papers · 5.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 44

Epidemiology top 0.5%
Nutrition and Dietetics top 0.05%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health top 0.2%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 1%
Psychiatry and Mental health top 1%

Co-authors: Janet L. Engstrom Aloka L. Patel Beverly Rossman Tricia J. Johnson Harold R. Bigger Michelle M. Greene Briana J. Jegier Kousiki Patra
Topics: Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (93 papers)Infant Nutrition and Health (81 papers)Infant Development and Preterm Care (51 papers)
Cited by: Nutrition and Dietetics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health Epidemiology
Journals: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Hepatology PEDIATRICS
Partner nations: United States Canada Australia

In The Last Decade

Paula P. Meier

137 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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An Exclusively Human Milk-Based Diet Is Associated with a Lower Rate of Necrotizing Enterocolitis than a Diet of Human Milk and Bovine Milk-Based Products

2009 702 citations Aloka L. Patel, Paula P. Meier et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Once- Versus Twice-Daily Measures of Mothers’ Own Milk Biomarkers: Does It Make a Difference in Research and Practice? 2025 ·Breastfeeding Medicine ·(unknown),Qinglin Pei,Paula P. Meier,(unknown),Rebecca Hoban	1
2	Pumping Behaviors, Pumped Milk Volume, and Maternal Opportunity Cost for Breast Pump-Dependent Mothers of Preterm Infants in the First 14 Postpartum Days 2025 ·Breastfeeding Medicine ·Tricia J. Johnson,(unknown),Paula P. Meier,Leslie A. Parker,Rebecca Hoban	2
3	Pumping Behaviors of Breast Pump-Dependent Mothers of Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): Importance of the First Five Postpartum Days 2025 ·Breastfeeding Medicine ·(unknown),Rebecca Hoban,(unknown),Paula P. Meier	2
4	Cost Savings of Mother’s Own Milk for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 2022 ·PharmacoEconomics - Open ·Tricia J. Johnson,Aloka L. Patel,Michael Schoeny,Paula P. Meier	16
5	Prepregnancy Body Mass Index Is Associated with Time-Dependent Changes in Secretory Activation Measures During the First 7 Days Postpartum in Breast Pump-dependent Mothers of Premature Infants 2021 ·Breastfeeding Medicine ·(unknown),Rebecca Hoban,Michael Schoeny,Janet L. Engstrom,Aloka L. Patel,Paula P. Meier	12
6	The Interaction of Donor Human Milk Availability and Race/Ethnicity on Provision of Mother's Own Milk for Very Low Birth Weight Infants 2020 ·Breastfeeding Medicine ·(unknown),Michael Schoeny,Janet L. Engstrom,(unknown),(unknown),Paula P. Meier,Aloka L. Patel	6
7	Long term visual and neurodevelopmental outcomes in ROP patients treated with laser photocoagulation versus intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy 2020 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Aloka L. Patel,Paula P. Meier,Robert E. Kimura,Jean M. Silvestri,Jack Cohen	1
8	Racial and socioeconomic disparities in breast milk feedings in US neonatal intensive care units 2020 ·Pediatric Research ·Aloka L. Patel,Tricia J. Johnson,Paula P. Meier	44
9	NICU human milk dose and health care use after NICU discharge in very low birth weight infants 2018 ·Journal of Perinatology ·Tricia J. Johnson,Kousiki Patra,Michelle M. Greene,Matthew J. Hamilton,Elizabeth Dabrowski,Paula P. Meier,Aloka L. Patel	18
10	Elevated maternal anxiety in the NICU predicts worse fine motor outcome in VLBW infants 2017 ·Early Human Development ·Michelle M. Greene,Beverly Rossman,Paula P. Meier,Kousiki Patra	27
11	“It’s Somebody Else’s Milk” 2015 ·Journal of Human Lactation ·(unknown),Beverly Rossman,Paula P. Meier,Janet L. Engstrom,(unknown),Aloka L. Patel	28
12	Economic Benefits and Costs of Human Milk Feedings: A Strategy to Reduce the Risk of Prematurity-Related Morbidities in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants 2014 ·Advances in Nutrition ·Tricia J. Johnson,Aloka L. Patel,Harold R. Bigger,Janet L. Engstrom,Paula P. Meier	62
13	Health, Nutrition, and Cost Outcomes of Human Milk Feedings for Very Low Birthweight Infants 2013 ·Advances in Nutrition ·Paula P. Meier,Lars Bode	19
14	Management of Breastfeeding During and After the Maternity Hospitalization for Late Preterm Infants 2013 ·Clinics in Perinatology ·Paula P. Meier,Aloka L. Patel,(unknown),Janet L. Engstrom	76
15	The Initial Maternal Cost of Providing 100 mL of Human Milk for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 2010 ·Breastfeeding Medicine ·Briana J. Jegier,Paula P. Meier,Janet L. Engstrom,Timothy McBride	34
16	Oropharyngeal administration of colostrum to extremely low birth weight infants: theoretical perspectives 2008 ·Journal of Perinatology ·N. Rodríguez,Paula P. Meier,Maureen Groër,Janice M. Zeller	81
17	Increased Lactation Risk for Late Preterm Infants and Mothers: Evidence and Management Strategies to Protect Breastfeeding 2007 ·Journal of Midwifery & Women s Health ·Paula P. Meier,Lydia Furman,(unknown)	102
18	Reliability of in-bed weighing procedures for critically ill infants. 1995 ·PubMed ·Janet L. Engstrom,Karen Kavanaugh,Paula P. Meier,E. Thomas Boles,Jorge X. Velasco‐Hernández,Daniel W. Wheeler,(unknown)	9
19	Getting Enough: Mother’ Concerns About Breastfeeding a Preterm Infant After Discharge 1995 ·Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing ·Karen Kavanaugh,(unknown),Paula P. Meier,Henry H. Mangurten	75
20	The Accuracy of Test Weighing for Preterm Infants 1990 ·Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition ·Paula P. Meier,(unknown),Janet L. Engstrom,Karen Kavanaugh,Henry H. Mangurten	2

About Paula P. Meier

Paula P. Meier is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, having authored 139 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (93 papers), Infant Nutrition and Health (81 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (51 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nutrition and Dietetics (3.4k citations), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (2.3k citations) and Epidemiology (3.5k citations). Paula P. Meier has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Janet L. Engstrom, Aloka L. Patel, Beverly Rossman, Tricia J. Johnson, Harold R. Bigger, Michelle M. Greene, Briana J. Jegier, Kousiki Patra, Donna J. Miracle and Linda P. Brown. Their work appears in journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Hepatology and PEDIATRICS.

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