Our publications
Here is a list of selected relevant publications by the research team on communication in neonatal care or related areas. For our full research and publication portfolios, see our profile pages below.
Our full research and publication portfolios are:
Dr Julia Petty UH Research profile
Dr Lisa Whiting UH Research profile
Professor Celia Harding City University profile
Our recent publications in communication in the neonatal setting and related areas.
Petty J, Whiting L, Harding C. (2025). Neonatal Nurses’ Understanding of the Factors That Enhance and Hinder Early Communication Between Preterm Infants and Their Parents: A Narrative Inquiry Study. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70093
Petty J, Harding C, Whiting L. (2024). Investigating parental perspectives of the enablers and barriers to communication with their preterm infants: A narrative study. Journal of Child Health Care. doi:10.1177/13674935241302437
Harding, C., Bell, N., Griffiths, S. and Michou, E. (2023). A descriptive evaluation of early feeding development of infants in a local neonatal unit. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 29(4), pp. 681–686. doi:10.1016/j.jnn.2022.11.018.
Hills, E., Hynard, L., Deierl, A., Aloysius, A. and Harding, C. (2023). Enhancing therapeutic support for inpatient infants and families by introducing Lullaby Hour to the neonatal unit. Infant, 19(2), pp. 68–70. Full text
Petty, J., Roberts, S & Whiting, L. [eds.] (2024). A Guide to Neonatal Care- Handbook for Health professionals. Critical Publishers. Publisher link & link to web companion [see Free Resources Tab & Neonatal
Harding, C., Whiting, L., Petty, J., Edney, S., Murphy, R., & Crossley, S. L. (2022). Infant communication. How should we define this, and is it important? Journal of Neonatal Nursing. See abstract & section snippets
Edney, S.K., Basu, A., Harding, C. and Pennington, L. (2022). Short-term feeding outcomes after neonatal brain injury. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 28(4), pp. 265–269. doi:10.1016/j.jnn.2021.08.016.
Green, J., Staff, L., Bromley, P., Petty, J., Jones, L. (2021). The implications of face masks for babies and families during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Discussion Paper. Journal of Neonatal Nursing. 27(1): 21–25. doi: 10.1016/j.jnn.2020.10.005 Open Access
Maleki, M., Mardani, A., Harding, C., Basirinezhad, M.H. and Vaismoradi, M. (2022). Nurses’ strategies to provide emotional and practical support to the mothers of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Women’s Health, 18. doi:10.1177/17455057221104674.
Harding, C.M. and Crossley, S.-.L. (2022). Comment on ‘Direct swallowing training and oral sensorimotor stimulation in preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial’ by Heo et al. Archives of Disease in Childhood – Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 107(2), pp. 228–228. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2021-323171.
Harding, C., Crossley, S.-.L., Whiting, L. and Petty, J. (2021). A response to: Almahmoud, O. (2021). Do newborns really don’t talk, or are we just not skilful enough to understand them? Journal of Neonatal Nursing. Early view. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 27(6), pp. 492–493. doi:10.1016/j.jnn.2021.06.009.
Murphy, R., Harding, C., Aloysius, A., Sweeting, M. and Crossley, S.-.L. (2021). Developments in allied health professionals’ role in UK neonatal units: a speech and language therapy perspective. Infant, 17(4). Full text
Harding, C., Aloysius, A., Bell, N., Edney, S., Gordon, Z., Lewis, H. … Murphy, R. (2021). Reflections on COVID -19 and the potential impact on preterm infant feeding and speech, language and communication development. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 27(3), pp. 220–222. doi:10.1016/j.jnn.2020.09.001.
McMahon, E., Tebbs, A., Shanmugalingam, S. and Harding, C. (2020). Supporting parents to read to their infants on a level 2 neonatal unit: launch of a neonatal library. Infant, 16(6), 259–262. Full text
Petty, J., Jarvis, J., Thomas, R. (2020). Exploring the impact of digital stories on empathic learning in neonatal nurse education. Nurse Education in Practice. 48. See abstract & section snippets
Boxwell, G. Petty, J, Kaiser, L. (eds.) (2020). Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (3rd edition). Routledge: Abingdon & New York. Link to Publisher
Petty J, Jarvis J, Thomas R. (2020). Using parent metaphors for learning about the neonatal care experience: an interpretive perspective. Journal of Child Health Care. 24(4):529-543. See abstract
Harding, C., Levin, A., Crossley, S.L., Murphy, R. and van den Engel – Hoek, L. (2019). Effects of early communication intervention on speech and communication skills of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU): A systematic review. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 25(4), pp. 177–188. doi:10.1016/j.jnn.2019.04.004.
Fowler, C., Green, J., Whiting, L., Petty, J., Rossiter, C. & Elliott, D. (2019) The forgotten mothers of extremely preterm babies: need for increased psychosocial support. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 8(11-12):2124-2134. Open Access
Petty J, Jarvis J, Thomas R. (2019). Understanding parents’ emotional experiences for neonatal education: A narrative, interpretive approach. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 28(9-10), 1911-1924. See abstract
Petty J, Jarvis J, Thomas R. (2019). Listening to the parent voice to inform person-centred neonatal care. Journal of Neonatal Nursing. 25(3), 121-126. See abstract & section snippets
Patel, K., Roche, L., Coward, N., Meek, J. and Harding, C. (2018). Promoting positive communication environments: a service evaluation. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 23(4), pp. 192–200. doi:10.1108/tldr-04-2018-0009.
