Melissa Deacon-Crouch
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Recent Articles
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Booker L, Mills J, Bish M, Spong J, Deacon-Crouch M, Skinner T
BMC Nurs
. 2024 Apr;
23(1):295.
PMID: 38685019
Background: Implementing appropriate shift work schedules can help mitigate the risk of sleep impairment and reduce fatigue of healthcare workers, reducing occupational health and safety risks. In Australia, the organisation...
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Booker L, Fitzgerald J, Mills J, Bish M, Spong J, Deacon-Crouch M, et al.
Nurs Open
. 2024 Jan;
11(1):e2099.
PMID: 38268269
Aims: To understand the benefits and challenges of shift work, and the coping strategies used by nurses, midwives and paramedics to manage the impact of shift work on sleep and...
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Booker L, Wilson D, Spong J, Fitzgibbon C, Deacon-Crouch M, Lenz K, et al.
Breastfeed Med
. 2023 Dec;
19(1):33-39.
PMID: 38150529
Melatonin in breast milk exhibits a 24-hour circadian rhythm, present in nighttime breast milk but nearly undetectable in daytime breast milk. Shift work can disrupt the circadian timing of individuals,...
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Booker L, Fitzgibbon C, Spong J, Deacon-Crouch M, Wilson D, Skinner T
Breastfeed Med
. 2023 Dec;
18(12):951-955.
PMID: 38100440
There is a question as to whether melatonin levels in breast milk are impacted by the cooling rate postpasteurization. Past research that has used in the Australian donor bank's breast...
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Booker L, Spong J, Hodge B, Deacon-Crouch M, Bish M, Mills J, et al.
Aust J Rural Health
. 2023 Dec;
32(1):141-151.
PMID: 38063243
Objectives: To explore if there are differences in shift patterns and work-related factors between metropolitan and regional/rural healthcare shift workers and their risk of poor sleep and mental health. Furthermore,...
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Booker L, Lenz K, Spong J, Deacon-Crouch M, Wilson D, Nguyen T, et al.
Breastfeed Med
. 2023 May;
18(7):549-552.
PMID: 37257176
Donor human milk banks are used when breast milk directly from mothers is unavailable or insufficient. Breast milk contains melatonin, which exhibits a 24-hour pattern. Melatonin promotes sleep onset and...
7.
Booker L, Spong J, Deacon-Crouch M, Skinner T
Breastfeed Med
. 2022 Sep;
17(10):853-858.
PMID: 36137055
The presence and fluctuation of melatonin in breast milk during the night and day may be providing sleep timing information to infants, thereby supporting/enabling the development of their own circadian...
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Deacon-Crouch M, Skinner I, Tucci J, Begg S, Wallace R, Skinner T
PLoS One
. 2022 Feb;
17(2):e0263233.
PMID: 35171935
Background: Overweight/obesity is a well-defined risk factor for a variety of chronic cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Sleep duration has been associated with overweight/obesity and other cardio metabolic and neurocognitive problems....
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Deacon-Crouch M, Begg S, Skinner T
BMC Public Health
. 2020 Aug;
20(1):1229.
PMID: 32787811
Background: Associations between high BMI and sleep duration and chronic illness are recognised. Short sleep is an accepted predictor of high BMI for children, including Indigenous Australian children. Short sleep...
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Deacon-Crouch M, Begg S, Tucci J, Skinner I, Skinner T
J Paediatr Child Health
. 2018 Nov;
55(8):915-920.
PMID: 30471159
Aim: Associations between sleep duration and obesity and between obesity and chronic illness are established. Current rates of obesity for all Australian people are rising. Recent reports indicate that high...