Assistant Professor of Midwifery, University of West Attica, and President of the Board of Directors in the NPO “Fainareti”,Greece
Maria Dagla is an Assistant Professor at Midwifery Department, in School of Health and Welfare Sciences, in University of West Attica (UNI.W.A.). She is a member of the Steering Committee of the MSc Program in “Advanced and Evidence Based Midwifery Care” and the “Research Laboratory of Midwifery Care during Antenatal and Post natal period- Breastfeeding” in Midwifery Department and she is also 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 midwifery 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 courses in postpartum midwifery care, neonatal care, neonatal care in NICU, pediatric nursing, promotion of breastfeeding, community midwifery care, bioethics, etc. Moreover, she has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in pediatric nursing, evidenced based clinical decision making, neonatal care, ethics & 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 indexed in ISI_JCR journals, with plethora of citations and has written (as author and co-author) 4 books. She has also presented numerous works in international congresses and he has participated in the scientific and organizing committees in various national congresses. 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, the fathers’ role in perinatal period, etc.