Maria Dagla
Maria Dagla is Assistant Professor at Midwifery Department, in School of Health and Welfare Sciences, in University of West Attica (UNI.W.A.). She has obtained two MS’c degrees, one in Bioethics and the other in Applied Public Health. She holds a Ph.D in Bioethics. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the MS’c Program in ‘Advanced and Evidence Based Midwifery Care’, the research ‘Laboratory of Midwifery Care during Antenatal and Post natal period- Breastfeeding’ and co-founder and President of the Board of Directors in the Non Profit Organization ‘Fainareti’. She has an extensive clinical experience in public and private obstetric settings, providing antenatal and postnatal midwifery care services (e.g. preparation for parenthood, breastfeeding counselling, etc).
Since 2003 she has taught a variety of clinical undergraduate and postgraduate courses in neonatal care, neonatal care in NICU, pediatric nursing, postpartum midwifery care, promotion of breastfeeding, community midwifery care, etc. Moreover, she has taught pediatric nursing, evidenced based clinical decision making, neonatal care, bioethics in health, deontology in midwifery, early interventions in mother-infant relationship, sociological approach in reproductive period, research methodology, etc. Also, she has published research articles and reviews with plethora of citations and has written (as author and co-author) 4 books. She is reviewer in Midwifery Journal and Pediatrics (the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics). She has participated in the following EU funded and co-funded projects a) ‘Employment Enhancement and Social Services Integration in Athens Municipality-ESTI@’ (VS/2016/0210, European project ‘EaSI 2014-2020’), b) ‘Promotion of perinatal mental health in Greece’ (MIS 441361, NSRF 2007-2013), c) ‘Counselling and Support of Immigrant pregnant women and new mothers’, d) ‘Day Centre for the Care of the Mental Health of Women (postpartum disorder)’(MIS 120007, 3rd Community Framework Program) and e) ‘Development of research tools for domestic violence assessment’ (Contract No. 2/2007), Centre for Mental Diseases of Chania (nr.37/ 3/30-4-2007). Her research interests are in the fields of postpartum midwifery care, neonatal care, breastfeeding, bioethics, parents’ support in NICUs, parent-infant bonding, perinatal mental health, antenatal classes.