Ellen Hodnett

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Ellen Hodnett, RN, PhD, FCAHS

Professor

Contact Information
Address: 155 College Street, Rm. 284
Phone: (416) 946-8676
Email: ellen.hodnett@utoronto.ca

Research

Dr. Hodnett's research program focuses on rigorous evaluations of forms of care for childbearing women and on the effects of the health care environment on health outcomes. She has over 90 publications and she has presented over 100 papers at conferences. Dr. Hodnett was an Editor for the Pregnancy and Childbirth Group of the Cochrane Collaboration, and a member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Group of the World Health Organization Maternal and Reproductive Health Research Program. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. In 1996 she was appointed to the first endowed chair in nursing research in Canada, the Heather M. Reisman Chair in Perinatal Nursing Research, a position she held for 15 years.

Graduate courses she has taught include Critical Appraisal and Application of Research, Critical Issues in the Design and Conduct of Controlled Trials of Behavioural Interventions, and the PhD Seminars.

Dr. Hodnett is strongly committed to mentoring young researchers who wish to conduct randomized controlled trials. She was the driving force behind the development of the Randomized Controlled Trials Group which has state-of-the-science human and technical resources to assist colleagues and graduate students with the design and conduct of trials of simple and complex nursing interventions.

Degrees

1983 - PhD, University of Toronto
1980 - MScN, University of Toronto
1969 - BSN, Georgetown University

Selected Grants

Hodnett E, Stremler R (Co-PIs), Windrim R, Halpern S, Willan A. Labour Position Trial 2 Pilot Trial (2010-12). Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute for Gender and Health, $100,000.

Hodnett E, Fraser W, Willan A, Stremler R, Gafni A. SELAN (“Structured Early Labour Assessment and Care by Nurses”) Trial (2003-09). Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $2,931,602.

Stremler R, Hodnett E, Lee K, Weiss S, Willan A. TIPS (Tips for Infant and Parent Sleep)Trial. (2007-2010). Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $405,344.

Hodnett E, McKeever, P, Stremler R, Willan A. (2007-09). The PLACE (Pregnant and Labouring in an Ambient Clinical Environment) Pilot Study. Reisman Chair funds, $38,000.

Dennis C-L, Hodnett E, Grigoriadis S, Ravitz P, Ross L. (2006-09). Postpartum Depression IPT Treatment Trial. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. $892,574.

Dennis C-L, Hodnett E, Stewart DE, Lee S, Zupancic J. (2004-09). An RCT to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Peer (Mother-to-Mother) Support for the Prevention of Postpartum Depression. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $1,005,527.

Holmes D, Hodnett E, McKeever P. Soothing the Psychiatric Seclusion Room Experience: The Usefulness of Ambient Technologies (2006-07). HCTP Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Grant, $8000.

Kramer M, Aboud F, Chalmers B, Collet J-P, Fombonne E, Hodnett ED, Mazer BD, Platt, RW, Shapiro SH. (2002-08). Breastfeeding duration and exclusivity: Impact on child health and development. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. $1,026,417.

Hodnett E, Lowe N, Hannah M, Gafni A, Muir H, Ohlsson A, Stevens B, Willan A, & Strada ME. (1998-2002). The Nursing SCIL (“Supportive Care in Labor”) Trial. United States National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, $1,312,929 (USD).

Selected Publications

Hodnett E. Traditional Birth Attendants are an Effective Resource. Invited Editorial, BMJ 2012; 344: e365.

Watson MJ, Hodnett E, Armson BA, Davies B, Watt-Watson J. A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of Intrapartum Intravenous Fluid Management on Breastfed NewbornWeight Loss. JOGNN 2012; 41: 24-32.

Hodnett E, Gates S, Hofmeyr J, Sakala C, Weston J. Continuous support for women during childbirth. Cochrane Review, The Cochrane Library, major update, 2011.

Hodnett E, Downe S, Walsh D, Weston J. Alternative versus conventional institutional settings for birth. Cochrane Review, The Cochrane Library, major update, 2010.

Hodnett E, Fredericks S, Weston J. Support for women at risk of low birthweight babies. Cochrane Review, The Cochrane Library, major update, 2010.

Wight-Moffatt F, Hodnett E, Watt-Watson J, Esplen MJ. A Pilot RCT of the Effects of Guided Imagery on Blood Pressure in Pregnant Women with Hypertension. Birth 2010, December.

Hodnett ED, Stremler R, Weston J, McKeever P. Re-Conceptualizing the Hospital Labor Room: The PLACE (Pregnant and Laboring in an Ambient Clinical Environment) Pilot Trial. Birth 2009; 36 (2): 159-166.

Stremler R, Halpern S, Weston J, Yee J, Hodnett E. Hands-and-knees positioning during labour with epidural analgesia. JOGNN 2009; 38:391-398.

Kramer M, Matush, L, Vanilovich I, Platt RW, Bogdanovich N, Sevskovska Z, Dzikovich I, Shisko G, Collet J-P, Martin RM, Smith GD, Gillman MW, Chalmers B, Hodnett E, Shapiro S. A Randomized Breast-feeding Promotion Intervention Did Not Reduce Child Obesity in Belarus. Journal of Nutrition 2009; 139: 417S–421S.

Hodnett ED, Stremler R, Willan AR, Weston JA, Lowe NK, Simpson KR, Fraser W, Gafni A. Effect on birth outcomes of a formalized approach to care in early labour assessment units: An international, randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2008; 337 a1021.

Dennis C-L, Hodnett E, Kenton L, Weston J, Zupancic J, Stewart D, Kiss A. The Effect of Peer Support on the Prevention of Postnatal Depression among High- Risk Women: A Multi-site Randomised Controlled Trial. BMJ 2009; 338:a3064.

Hofmeyr GJ, Neilson JP, Alfreveric Z, Crowther C, Duley L, Gulmezoglu M, Gyte C, and Hodnett ED. A Cochrane Pocketbook: Pregnancy and Childbirth. Chichester, West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, 2008.