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Joy Noel-Weiss

Title: Assistant Professor
Room: RGN 3249C
Phone: (613) 562-5800 ext. 7669
Fax: (613) 562-5443
E-mail: Joy.Noel-Weiss@uOttawa.ca


 Joy Noel-Weiss

Biography

Joy Noel-Weiss RN IBCLC is an assistant professor in the School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa.  She researches breastfeeding and human lactation.  Professor Noel-Weiss' doctoral research study was titled Relationship Between Intravenous Fluids Given to Women During Parturition and Their Breastfed Newborns' Weight Loss.  Her Masters' research was a randomized controlled trial testing a prenatal breastfeeding workshop designed to increase maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy.  In addition to these research studies, Professor Noel-Weiss has begun qualitative research about breastfeeding and ethics.  She chairs the International Lactation Consultants Association's Ethics and International Code Committee.

 
Year Degree Specialty Institution
2010 Ph.D. Nursing University of Ottawa
2005 M.Sc.N Nursing University of Ottawa
2003 BEd Adult Ed Brock University
2003 B.Sc.N Nursing University of Ottawa

Research Interests

  • Human lactation and breastfeeding
  • Nursing
  • Ethics (theory and application)
  • Ethical dilemmas for nurses and for lactation consultants
  • Maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy
  • Peer support for women who want to breastfeed

Selected Publications (Papers in Refereed Journals):

  • Noel-Weiss, J., Woodend, A. K., & Groll, D. L. (2011). Iatrogenic newborn weight loss: Knowledge translation using a study protocol for your maternity setting. International Breastfeeding Journal, 6(10).
  • Noel-Weiss, J., Woodend, A. K., Peterson, W., Gibb, W., & Groll, D. L. (2011). An observational study of associations among maternal fluids during parturition, neonatal output, and breastfed newborn weight loss. International Breastfeeding Journal, 6(9).
  • Noel-Weiss, J., Woodend, A. K., & Kujawa-Myles, S. (2010). Lactation and breastfeeding research studies: Who should provide consent for the neonate? Journal of Human Lactation, 26, 180-182. doi: 10.1177/0890334410365068
  • Noel-Weiss, J., Courant, G., Woodend, A. K. (2008). Physiological weight loss in the breastfed neonate: A systematic review. Open Medicine, 2(3), E11-22.
  • Noel-Weiss, J., Rupp, A., Cragg, B., Bassett, V., & Woodend K. (2006). Randomized controlled trial to determine the effects of prenatal breastfeeding workshop on maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding duration. JOGNN, 35, 616-624.
  • Noel-Weiss, J., Bassett, V., & Cragg, B. (2006). Developing a prenatal breastfeeding workshop to support maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy. JOGNN, 35, 349-357.
  • Noel-Weiss, J. & Walters, G. (2006). Ethics and lactation consultants: Developing knowledge, skills, and tools. Journal of Human Lactation, 22,203-212.  [note: # 2 of the top ten articles (viewed and downloaded) for Sage Publications' JHL in 2007/08]
  • Noel-Weiss, J. & Hébert, D. (2004).  Breastfeeding peer support programs. Canadian Nurse, 100(8), 29-33.