Recent Publications:

Armstrong, DS, Hutti, MH, & Myers, J. (2009).The influence of prior perinatal loss on parents’ psychological distress after the birth of a subsequent healthy infant. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 38(6), 654-666.

Armstrong, D.S. (2007). Perinatal loss and parental distress after the birth of a healthy infant. Advances in Neonatal Care. 7(4), 2006.

Recent Posters:

Mays, P., Humphrey, E., Harris, S., & Armstrong, DS. The Effect of Skin-to-Skin Contact Immediately after Birth: An Evidence-Based Practice Project. University of Louisville Nursing R esearch Day, Research Louisville, Louisville, KY, October, 2010  Competitively Selected

Morris, K., Bickett, S.,  & Armstrong, DS. The Effect of Massage Therapy on Stress, Anxiety, and Pain Prior to and Following Obstetrical/Gynecologic Surgeries. University of Louisville Nursing Research Day, Research Louisville, Louisville, KY, October, 2010. Competitively Selected

Armstrong, DS, Hutti, MH, Myers, J. Perinatal Loss and the Birth of a Subsequent Child. University of Louisville Faculty Research Day, Research Louisville, Louisville, KY, October, 2009

Mays, P., Humphrey, E., Harris, S., & Armstrong, DS. The Effect of Skin-to-Skin Contact Immediately after Birth: An Evidence-Based Practice Project. University of Louisville Nursing Research Day, Research Louisville, Louisville, KY, October, 2009

Bickett, S., Morris, K., Armstrong, DS., Photiadis, P., & Topp, R. The Effect of Massage Therapy on Stress, Anxiety, and Pain Prior to and Following Obstetrical/Gynecologic Surgeries. University of Louisville Nursing Research Day, Research Louisville, Louisville, KY, October, 2009.

Recent Presentations:

Armstrong, D.S.  Perinatal Loss and the Birth of a Subsequent Child Southern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Austin, TX, February 2010. Competitively Selected

Armstrong, D.S. Birth after Perinatal Loss: Psychological Distress and Parents’ Concerns. National Congress on the State of the Science in Nursing Research, Washington, D.C., Paper Presentation October, 2008. Competitively Selected.

Armstrong, D.S. (2006) The Influence of Stress from Perinatal Loss on Transition to Subsequent Parenthood. National Congress on the State of the Science in Nursing Research, Washington, D.C., October.

Armstrong, D.S. (2006) Use of the Internet as a Methodology in Nursing Research. National Congress on the State of the Science in Nursing Research, Washington, D.C., October.

Armstrong, D.S. (2006) Perinatal Loss and the Birth of a Subsequent Child. Southern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Memphis, TN, February.

Grant Activity:

Perinatal Loss and the Birth of a Subsequent Child. AREA (R-15) Grant, NINR, Principal Investigator; July, 2003, funded

University of Louisville School of Nursing Summer Research Award, June, 2003, funded.

Emotional Distress and Parent-Infant Attachment after Pregnancy

Subsequent to Perinatal Loss: A Follow-up Study, University of Louisville Intramural Research Incentive Research on Women Grant, Principal Investigator; November 2001,  funded