Michelle Butler
Prof
Michelle Butler joined DCU in January 2017 and has a strong track record as an academic leader and extensive teaching, assessment and curriculum development experience. She has over 30 years’ experience of research in midwifery, health services management, and nursing, in Canada, the UK and Ireland. Her particular expertise is in evaluation research, mixed methods, qualitative methods, case study, Delphi and consensus methods, and evidence synthesis. She also has a particular interest in building research capacity with clinical and health services partners. She is Chair of the REACH Collaboratory (a joint research partnership between DCU and the Health Services Executive, Dublin North City and County) and Director of the DCU REACH Centre. She has over 80 publications, 50 in peer-reviewed journals and a h-index of 30 (Google Scholar)/24 (Scopus).
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2025 | Neil Marshall, Michelle Butler, Veronica Lambert, Claire M. Timon, David Joyce & Austin Warters (2025) 'Health literacy interventions and health literacy-related outcomes for older adults: a systematic review'. BMC Health Services Research, 25 . [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Hayes, K; Janssen, P; Payne, BA; Jevitt, C; Johnston, W; Johnson, P; Butler, M (2024) 'Oral Probiotic Supplementation in Pregnancy to Reduce Group B Streptococcus Colonisation (OPSiP trial): study protocol for a double-blind parallel group randomised placebo trial'. BMJ Open, 14 (2). [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | O'Brien, D.; Butler, M.M.; Casey, M. (2021) 'The importance of nurturing trusting relationships to embed shared decision-making during pregnancy and childbirth'. Midwifery, 98 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Michelle M. Butler; Judith Fullerton; Cheryl Aman (2020) 'Competencies for respectful maternity care: Identifying those most important to midwives worldwide'. Birth, . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Judith Fullerton; Michelle Butler; Cheryl Aman; Tobi Reid (2019) 'Global competencies for midwives: external cephalic version; ultrasonography, and tobacco cessation intervention'. Women and Birth, . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2019 | (2019) 'Hospital nurse-staffing models and patient-and staff-related outcomes (Review)'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, . [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Butler, M.M.; Fullerton, J.T.; Aman, C. (2018) 'Competence for basic midwifery practice: Updating the ICM essential competencies'. Midwifery, 66 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2018 | O'Brien, D.; Casey, M.; Butler, M.M. (2018) 'Women's experiences of exercising informed choices as expressed through their sense of self and relationships with others in Ireland: A participatory action research study'. Midwifery, 65 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Fullerton, J; Butler, MM; Aman, C; Reid, T; Dowler, M (2018) 'Abortion-related care and the role of the midwife: a global perspective'. International Journal of Women's Health, 10 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2017 | (2017) 'An exploration of the prevalence and patterns of care for women presenting with mid-trimester loss'. Irish Journal of Medical Science, . [DOI] | |
| 2017 | (2017) 'A participatory action research study exploring women's understandings of the concept of informed choice during pregnancy and childbirth in Ireland'. Midwifery, . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Butler, MM (2017) 'Exploring the strategies that midwives in British Columbia use to promote normal birth'. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17 (1). [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2016 | Butler MM; Hutton EK; McNiven PS; (2016) 'Midwifery education in Canada'. Midwifery, . [DOI] | |
| 2015 | Cornally, Paula, Butler, Michelle M, Murphy, Martina, Rath, Ann, Canty, Gillian (2015) 'Exploring women’s experiences of care in labour'. Evidence Based Midwifery, 12 (3):89-94. | |
| 2015 | Gallagher HC; Gallagher RM; Butler M; Buggy DJ; Henman MC; (2015) 'Venlafaxine for neuropathic pain in adults'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (8). [DOI] | |
| 2015 | Trish Markham; Michelle Butler; Martin McNamara (2015) 'A quality framework for health services developed through an inclusive approach'. JNEP, . [DOI] | |
| 2015 | Martina Murphy; Michelle Butler; Barbara Coughlan; Donal Brennan; Colm O’Herlihy; Michael Robson (2015) 'Elevated amniotic fluid lactate predicts labor disorders and cesarean delivery in nulliparous women at term'. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2014 | (2014) 'Evaluating midwife-led antenatal care: choice, effectiveness and preparation for pregnancy'. Midwifery, . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2014 | Butler MM; Brosnan MC; Drennan J; Feeney P; Gavigan O; Kington M; O'Brien D; Sheehy L; Walsh MC; (2014) 'Evaluating midwifery-led antenatal care: using a programme logic model to identify relevant outcomes'. Midwifery, 30 (1). [DOI] | |
| 2014 | McGuinness, D, Coughlan, B, Butler, M (2014) 'An Exploration of the experiences of mothers as they suppress lactation following late miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death'. Evidence Based Midwifery, . | |
| 2014 | (2014) 'An exploration of the experiences of mothers as they suppress lactation following late miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death'. Evidence Based Midwifery, . | |
| 2013 | (2013) 'Evaluating midwifery-led antenatal care: using a programme logic model to identify relevant outcomes'. Midwifery, . | |
| 2012 | (2012) 'Using a mixed methods research design to investigate complementary alternative medicine (CAM) use among women with breast cancer in Ireland'. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, . | |
| 2012 | (2012) 'The profile and follow-up of patients who attend the Emergency Department following a fall'. International Emergency Nursing, . | |
| 2012 | (2012) 'A profile of older emergency department attendees: Findings from an Irish study'. Journal of Advanced Nursing, . | |
| 2012 | Butler, M,Collins, R,Drennan, J,Halligan, P,OMathuna, D P,Schultz, Timothy J,Sheridan, A,Vilis, Eileen (2012) 'Hospital nurse staffing models and patient and staff-related outcomes (Review)'. :1-73. | |
| 2012 | Hyde, Abbey,Drennan, Jonathan,Howlett, Etaoine,Carney, Marie,Lin, W L,Lohan, Maria (2012) 'Parents' constructions of the sexual self-presentation and sexual conduct of adolescents: discourses of gendering and protecting'. 14 (8):895-909. [Link] | |
| 2012 | (2012) 'An evaluation of the appropriateness and safety of nurse and midwife prescribing in Ireland'. Journal of Advanced Nursing, . | |
| 2012 | (2012) 'Parents' constructions of the sexual self-presentation and sexual conduct of adolescents: discourses of gendering and protecting'. Culture, Health & Sexuality, . | |
| 2011 | (2011) 'Barriers to clinical leadership development: findings from a national survey'. Journal of Clinical Nursing, . | |
| 2011 | (2011) 'Boundary matters: clinical leadership and the distinctive disciplinary contribution of nursing to multidisciplinary contribution of nursing to multidisciplinary care'. Journal of Clinical Nursing, . | |
| 2011 | (2011) 'Patients' level of satisfaction and self-reports of intention to comply following consultation with nurses and midwives with prescriptive authority: a cross-sectional survey'. International Journal of Nursing Studies, . | |
| 2011 | (2011) 'The ending of menstruation: perspectives and experiences of lesbian and heterosexual women at menopause'. Journal of Women and Aging, . | |
| 2011 | (2011) 'Preferred types of menopause service delivery: a qualitative study of menopausal women's perceptions'. International Journal of Healthcare Delivery Reform Intiatives, . | |
| 2011 | (2011) 'How different are older people discharged from Emergency Departments compared to those admitted to hospital?'. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, . | |
| 2011 | (2011) 'Women's accounts of heterosexual experiences in the context of menopause'. International Journal of Sexual Health, . | |
| 2010 | (2010) 'Complementary alternative medicine (CAM) use in Ireland: A secondary analysis of SLAN data'. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, . | |
| 2010 | (2010) 'Hormone therapy and the medical encounter: a qualitative analysis of women's experiences'. Menopause, . | |
| 2010 | (2010) 'Menopause narratives: the interplay of women's embodied experiences with biomedical discourses'. Qualitative Health Research, . | |
| 2010 | (2010) 'The silent treatment: parents' narratives of sexuality education with young people'. Culture, Health and Sexuality, . | |
| 2010 | (2010) 'The role of health and non-health-related factors in repeat emergency department visits in an elderly urban population'. EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL, . | |
| 2009 | Butler, Michelle M,Meehan, Therese C,Kemple, Mary,Drennan, Jonathan,Treacy, Margaret,Johnson, Maree (2009) 'Identifying research priorities for midwifery in Ireland'. 25 (5):576-587. [Link] | |
| 2009 | (2009) 'Identifying research priorities for midwifery in Ireland'. Midwifery, . | |
| 2008 | (2008) 'What are the essential competencies required of a midwife at the point of registration?'. Midwifery, . | |
| 2008 | Butler, Michelle M,Fraser, Diane M,Murphy, Roger J L (2008) 'What are the essential competencies required of a midwife at the point of registration?'. 24 (3):260-269. [Link] | |
| 2008 | Drennan, Jonathan,Treacy, Margaret,Lin, W L,Byrne, Anne,Fealy, Gerard,Frazer, Kate,Irving, Kate (2008) 'The experience of social and emotional loneliness among older people in Ireland'. 28 (08):1113-1132. [Link] | |
| 2008 | (2008) 'The experience of social and emotional loneliness among older people in Ireland'. AGEING & SOCIETY, . | |
| 2007 | (2007) 'Nursing Research Priorities for Ireland'. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, . | |
| 2006 | (2006) 'Discursive practices in the documentation of patient assessments'. Journal of Advanced Nursing, . | |
| 2006 | (2006) 'Social regulation, medicalisation and the nurse's role: Insights from an analysis of nursing documentation'. International Journal of Nursing Studies, . | |
| 2006 | (2006) 'Developing the Irish Nursing Minimum Data Set: findings of the pilot study'. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING TERMINOLOGIES AND CLASSIFICATION, . | |
| 2006 | Butler, Michelle,Treacy, Margaret,Scott, Anne,Hyde, Abbey,Mac Neela, Pádraig,Irving, Kate,Byrne, Anne,Drennan, Jonathan (2006) 'Towards a nursing minimum data set for Ireland: making Irish nursing visible'. 55 (3):364-375. [Link] | |
| 2006 | Hyde, Abbey,Treacy, Margaret M Pearl,Scott, Anne P,Mac Neela, Pádraig,Lin, W L,Drennan, Jonathan,Kate, Irving,Byrne, Anne (2006) 'Social regulation, medicalisation and the nurse's role: insights from an analysis of nursing documentation'. 43 (6):735-744. | |
| 2006 | Irving, Kate,Treacy, Margaret,Scott, Annie,Hyde, Abbey,Lin, W L,MacNeela, Padraig (2006) 'Discursive practices in the documentation of patient assessments'. 53 (2):151-159. | |
| 2006 | (2006) 'Towards a nursing minimum data set for Ireland: making Irish nursing visible'. Journal of Advanced Nursing, . | |
| 2005 | (2005) 'Modes of rationality in nursing documentation: biology, biography and the 'voice of nursing''. Nursing Inquiry, . | |
| 2005 | Hyde, Abbey,Treacy, Margaret P,Scott, P Anne,Lin, W L,Drennan, Jonathan,Irving, Kate,Byrne, Anne,MacNeela, Padraig,Hanrahan, Marian (2005) 'Modes of rationality in nursing documentation: biology, biography and the 'voice of nursing''. 12 (2):66-77. [Link] | |
| 1996 | Worth-Butler, Michelle M,Fraser, Diana M,Murphy, Roger J L (1996) 'Eliciting the views of experienced midwives about the assessment of competence in midwifery'. 12 (4):182-190. [Link] | |
| 1996 | (1996) 'Eliciting the views of experienced midwives about the assessment of competence in midwifery'. Midwifery, . | |
| 1995 | (1995) 'Recognising Competence in Midwifery: The Need for a Definition'. British Journal of Midwifery, . | |
| 1995 | (1995) 'Exploring Relationships Between Ethnic Identity and Pregnancy Outcome and Some of the Factors Involved'. Studies In Equality, . | |
| 1995 | (1995) 'Developing a model of competence in midwifery: the consumer's perspective'. British Journal of Midwifery, . | |
| 1994 | (1994) 'Towards a Definition of Competence in Midwifery'. Midwifery, . | |
| 1994 | Worth-Butler, M,Murphy, R J,Fraser, D M (1994) 'Towards an integrated model of competence in midwifery'. 10 (4):225-231. [Link] | |
| 2011 | (2011) 'Hospital nurse staffing models and patient and staff-related outcomes'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, . [DOI] | |
| 2006 | (2006) 'Developing a data dictionary for the Irish nursing minimum dataset'. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, . |
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Michelle has been involved in research since 1993, in the areas of midwifery, health services management, and nursing, in Canada, the UK and Ireland, funded by the International Confederation of Midwives, the Health Research Board, the Health Services Executive, the Committee for Public Management Research, the National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery, the Women's Health Council, the Crisis Pregnancy Agency, and the National Council on Aging and Older people.