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Perinatal Health, Epidemiology, Maternity Care, Psychosocial Wellbeing, Neonatal Care, Wellbeing at work

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Employment (7)

National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre: Cork, IE

2017-08 to present | Researcher / Epidemiologist
Employment
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Sara Leitao

University College Cork: Cork, IE

2016-10 to 2017-06 | Lecturer in Occupational Health (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health)
Employment
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Sara Leitao

National Suicide Research Foundation: Cork, IE

2015-10 to 2017-04 | Senior Researcher / Primary Care Liaison Manager (Psychosocial, Psychiatric and Work-related Risk Factors associated with Suicide in Ireland)
Employment
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Sara Leitao

University College Cork: Cork, IE

2015-10 to 2016-03 | Post-Doctoral Researcher in Occupational Health (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health )
Employment
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Sara Leitao

National Suicide Research Foundation: Cork, IE

2014-01 to 2015-08 | Research Officer (SSIS-ACE: Psychological, psychiatric and work related factors with suicide – a case-control study)
Employment
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Sara Leitao

University College Cork: Cork, IE

2011-04 to 2013-12 | Course Coordinator - Masters in Occupational Health (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health )
Employment
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Sara Leitao

Janssen Pharmaceutical, Little Island: Cork, IE

2013-03 to 2013-08 | Safety Climate Specialist (Environment Health and Safety)
Employment
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Sara Leitao

Education and qualifications (4)

Cork Institute of Technology: Cork, IE

2017-10 to 2017-12 | Project Management (Mechanical, Biomedical & Manufacturing Eng)
Education
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Sara Leitao

University College Cork: Cork, Cork, IE

2010 to 2015 | PhD (Dept. Epidemiology and Public Health)
Education
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Sara Leitao

University College Cork: Cork, IE

2007-09 to 2009-09 | MSc in Occupational Health (Epidemiology and Public Health)
Education
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Sara Leitao

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa: Lisboa, Lisboa, PT

2002-09 to 2006-09 | Higher Degree in Environmental Health (Saude Ambiental (Environmental Health))
Education
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Sara Leitao

Funding (2)

Developing A Picture of Us: Mothers’ Experiences in Complicated Pregnancies

Grant
Health Research Board (Dublin, IE)
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Sara Leitao

Online MSc in Occupational Health

Grant
IGOG - Income Generation Oversight Group (Cork, IE)
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Sara Leitao

Works (25)

Pregnant people's views and knowledge on prenatal screening for fetal trisomy in the absence of a national screening program

Journal of Genetic Counseling
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1769
Contributors: Kristin Kelly; Sara Leitao; Sarah Meaney; Keelin O'Donoghue
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Mind Yourself So You Can Mind Me; The Role of Parental Behaviour in Perinatal Death on the Surviving Sibling’s Grief

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
2024-03-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/00302228241239220
Contributors: Orla Jennings; Sara Leitao; Keelin O’Donoghue
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A systematic review of standardised tools used in perinatal death review programmes

Women and Birth
2024-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2023.09.006
Contributors: Emily O’Connor; Sara Leitao; Amy P. Fogarty; Richard Greene; Keelin O’Donoghue
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Discharge Age and Weight for Very Preterm Infants in Six Countries: 2012–2020

Neonatology
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1159/000528013
Contributors: Erika M. Edwards; Lucy T. Greenberg; Jeffrey D. Horbar; Luigi Gagliardi; Mark Adams; Angelika Berger; Sara Leitao; Karen Luyt; Danielle E.Y. Ehret; Jeannette A. Rogowski
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A protocol for a systematic review of standardised tools used in perinatal death review programmes [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

2023-08-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13574.2
Part of ISSN: 2515-4826
Contributors: Emily O'Connor; Richard Greene; Keelin O'Donoghue; Sara Leitao; Greene Richard; Greene Richard; Greene Richard; Greene Richard; Leitao Sara; Leitao Sara et al.
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HRB Open Research
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Critical care in obstetrics: Clinical audit in the Republic of Ireland, 2014–2016

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
2022-12 | Journal article | Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - review & editing, Data curation
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2022.10.008
Part of ISSN: 0301-2115
Contributors: Sara Leitao; Marit L. Bovbjerg; Sara Leitao; Paul Corcoran; Lola O'Regan; Richard A. Greene; Edel Manning; Bridgette Byrne; Sharon Cooley; Deirdre Daly et al.
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Sara Leitao

Healthcare professionals and students’ knowledge on termination of pregnancy legislation and clinical practice: A systematic review

Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
2022-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2022.100762
Part of ISSN: 1877-5756
Contributors: Sara Leitao
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Sara Leitao

Author reply: Interventions in low/middle‐income countries to reduce severe maternal morbidity due to placenta accreta spectrum and major obstetric haemorrhage

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
2022-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17198
Contributors: Sara Leitao; Edel Manning; Richard A. Greene; Paul Corcoran
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A protocol for a systematic review of standardised tools used in perinatal death review programmes

HRB Open Research
2022-07-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13574.1
Contributors: Emily O'Connor; Richard Greene; Keelin O'Donoghue; Sara Leitao
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Prenatal stress, health, and health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international survey

Women and Birth
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2021.03.007
Contributors: Johanna Pope; Ellinor K. Olander; Sara Leitao; Sarah Meaney; Karen Matvienko-Sikar
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Maternal morbidity and mortality: an iceberg phenomenon

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
2022-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.16880
Contributors: S Leitao; E Manning; RA Greene; P Corcoran
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Governance of maternity services: Effects on the management of perinatal deaths and bereavement services

Midwifery
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2021.103049
Contributors: Änne Helps; Sara Leitao; Laura O'Byrne; Richard Greene; Keelin O'Donoghue
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A protocol for a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines for the antenatal management of dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

2021-10-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13418.1
Part of ISSN: 2515-4826
Funded by GRANT_NUMBER: GOIPG/2020/928
Contributors: Caroline O'Connor; Sara Leitao; Keelin O'Donoghue; Leitao Sara; Leitao Sara; O'Connor Caroline; O'Donoghue Keelin; O'Donoghue Keelin; O'Donoghue Keelin
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HRB Open Research
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Differences in levels of stress, social support, health behaviours, and stress-reduction strategies for women pregnant before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and based on phases of pandemic restrictions, in Ireland

Women and Birth
2021-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2020.10.010
Contributors: Karen Matvienko-Sikar; Johanna Pope; Avril Cremin; Hayley Carr; Sara Leitao; Ellinor K. Olander; Sarah Meaney
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Development and evaluation of TEARDROP - a perinatal bereavement care training programme for healthcare professionals

Midwifery
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2021.102978
Contributors: Sara Leitao; Aenne Helps; Riona Cotter; Keelin O'Donoghue
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Termination of pregnancy: Staff knowledge and training

Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2021.100613
Contributors: Eimear O'Shaughnessy; Keelin O'Donoghue; Sara Leitao
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Health and safety practitioners’ health and wellbeing — The link with safety climate and job demand-control-support

Accident Analysis & Prevention
2018 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.06.017
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Sara Leitao
grade
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Perinatal Mortality in Ireland Annual Report 2016

National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre,
2018-08 | Report
ISSN: 2009-678X
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Sara Leitao

Severe Maternal Morbidity in Ireland Annual Report 2016

National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre
2018-08 | Report
ISSN: 2009-8219
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Sara Leitao

Psychosocial, Health Promotion and Safety Culture management – Are Health and Safety Practitioners involved?

Safety Science
2017-01 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2016.07.002
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Sara Leitao

Unemployment and work- related factors in suicidal behaviour: Findings from the Suicide Support and Information System in Ireland

12th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP) Conference
2016-04 | Conference abstract
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Sara Leitao

Management of safety climate and the psychosocial work environment – New challenges for occupational health and safety professionals?

University College Cork
2015 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Sara Leitao

Organisational safety climate and occupational accidents and injuries: an epidemiology-based systematic review.

Work & Stress
2015-11 | Journal article
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Sara Leitao

Safety Climate and Job demand-control-support: impact on Health and Safety Practitioners wellbeing and efficacy"

WOS 2015 - Working on Safety
2015-09 | Conference abstract
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Sara Leitao

Safety Climate and occupational accidents and injuries: differences among permanent and contingent workers

XX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work
2014-08 | Conference abstract
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Sara Leitao

Peer review (12 reviews for 4 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMC public health (1)
Review activity for BMJ open. (8)
Review activity for European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology (2)
Review activity for Midwifery. (1)
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