Jordan
Faculty of Nursing/ The Hashemite University
Jamila Abuidhail is a Professor at Maternal, Child and Family Health Care Nursing Department in the Faculty of Nursing/ The Hashemite University in Jordan. I earned my Ph.D in Maternal and Child Health Care from Glasgow Caledonian University/ UK in 2008.
Dr. Abuidhail has been working on projects about exclusive breastfeeding to enhance the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among Jordanian women and to decrease the barriers that prevent practicing exclusive breastfeeding. Another project regarding antenatal and postnatal breastfeeding education among Jordanian mothers.
The current project is about application of evidence- based maternal and newborn practices in the labor room in Jordanian hospitals.
Dr. Abuidhail has been member in Jordan Nurses and Midwives Council; member in Sigma Theta/ Jordan Charter, January, 2016; member in the Scientific Committee of International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) , 2019; Board Member in Breastfeeding Support Association in Jordan, 2016 and the Chair of Breastfeeding Support Association in Jordan, 2022.
Research interest is in the area of maternal and child health issues specifically breastfeeding, reproductive health, health education, women’s health and health informatics in maternal nursing care.