Media
Canada’s health-care system isn’t designed for parents with disabilities: experts.
Global News, September 22, 2019Online
URL: https://globalnews.ca/news/5925556/parenting-disability/
How Canadian Midwives Are Making Birth Better For LGBTQ+ Parents
HuffPost, March 27, 2019Online
URL: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/03/27/midwives-birth-lgbtq-parents_a_23700755/
Why parents with disabilities often become advocates for themselves — and their kids
Yes, people like me can have babies: What it’s like to give birth as a woman with a physical disability
Today's Parent, January 25, 2019Online
URL: https://www.todaysparent.com/family/special-needs/yes-people-like-me-can-have-babies/
Rates of recognized pregnancy in women with disabilities in Ontario, Canada
by Hilary K. Brown, Simon Chen, Astrid Guttmann, Susan M. Havercamp, Susan Parish, Joel G. Ray, Lesley A. Tarasoff, Simone N. Vigod, Adele Carty, Yona Lunsky
Published by American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
November 2, 2019
Trans people's experiences with assisted reproduction services: a qualitative study.
by Sarah James-Abra, Lesley A. Tarasoff, datejie green, Rachel Epstein, Scott Anderson, Stu Marvel, Leah S. Steele, Lori E. Ross
Published by Human Reproduction
April 22, 2015
Perceptions of partner support among pregnant plurisexual women: A qualitative study.
by Lori E. Ross, Abbie E. Goldberg, Lesley A. Tarasoff, CiCi Guo
Published by Sexual and Relationship Therapy
January 15, 2018
Positive Identity Experiences of Young Bisexual and Other Nonmonosexual People: A Qualitative Inquiry.
by Corey E. Flanders, Lesley A. Tarasoff, Melissa Marie Legge, Margaret Robinson, Giselle Gos
Published by Journal of Homosexuality
October 31, 2016
Using interactive theatre to help fertility providers better understand sexual and gender minority patients.
by Lesley A. Tarasoff, Rachel Epstein, Datejie C. Green, Scott Anderson, Lori E. Ross
Published by Medical Humanities
July 8, 2014
Experiences of women with physical disabilities during the perinatal period: a review of the literature and recommendations to improve care.
by Lesley A. Tarasoff
Published by Health Care for Women International
September 2, 2013
"We don't know. We've never had anybody like you before": Barriers to perinatal care for women with physical disabilities.
by Lesley A. Tarasoff
Published by Disability and Health Journal
April 5, 2017
Integrated treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women with problematic substance use: Service descriptions and client perceptions of care.
by Lesley A. Tarasoff, Karen Milligan, Thao Lan Le, Amelia M. Usher, Karen Urbanoski
Published by Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
April 18, 2018
Bisexual Stigma, Sexual Violence, and Sexual Health among Bisexual and Other Plurisexual Women: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study.
by Corey E. Flanders, RaeAnn E. Anderson, Lesley A. Tarasoff, Margaret Robinson
Published by Journal of Sex Research
January 11, 2019
Maternal disability and risk for pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis
by Lesley A. Tarasoff, Saranyah Ravindran, Hannan Malik, Dinara Salaeva, Hilary K. Brown
Published by American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
July 12, 2019
Biography
Lesley A. Tarasoff is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health & Society at the University of Toronto Scarborough and the Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Her current research focuses on the preconception and perinatal health of women with disabilities in Ontario.
In 2018, Tarasoff completed her PhD in Public Health Sciences from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, as well as a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University.
For more information, visit www.latarasoff.com