
Publications
Book Chapters
Setchell, Jenny, Olson, Rebecca, Turpin, Merrill, Costa, Nathalia, Barlott, Tim, O'Halloran, Kate, Wigginton, Britta and Hodges, Paul (2024). Afflexivity in post-qualitative inquiry: prioritising affect and reflexivity in the evaluation of a health information website. Progressing Critical Posthuman Perspectives in Health Sociology. (pp. 105-120) edited by Kim McLeod and Simone Fullagar. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003498896-8
Heard, Emma and Wigginton, Britta (2023). Intersectionality and Global Public Health. Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health. (pp. 313-331) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-25110-8_26
Journal Articles
Blackmore, Bianca, Moran, Claire and Wigginton, Britta (2024). A content analysis of freely available menstrual education resources in Australia. Health Education Journal, 83 (8), 868-877. doi: 10.1177/00178969241247768
Wigginton, B, Reeves, M M and DiSipio, T (2023). Exploring motivations for participating in research among Australian women with advanced gynaecological cancer: a qualitative study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 31 (9) 511, 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s00520-023-07979-x
Coombe, Jacqueline, Wigginton, Britta, Loxton, Deborah, Lucke, Jayne and Harris, Melissa L. (2021). How young Australian women explain their use of condoms, withdrawal and fertility awareness: a qualitative analysis of free-text comments from the CUPID study. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 24 (11), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2021.1979656
Setchell, Jenny, Olson, Rebecca, Turpin, Merrill, Costa, Nathalia, Barlott, Tim, O’Halloran, Kate, Wigginton, Britta and Hodges, Paul (2021). Afflexivity in post-qualitative inquiry: prioritising affect and reflexivity in the evaluation of a health information website. Health Sociology Review, (3), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/14461242.2021.1976068
Bryce, Suzanne, Scales, Inawantji, Herron, Lisa-Maree, Wigginton, Britta, Lewis, Meron and Lee, Amanda (2020). Maitjara Wangkanyi: insights from an ethnographic study of food practices of households in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (21) 8109, 8109-22. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17218109
Wigginton, Britta, Thomson, Zoe O., Sandler, Carolina X. and Reeves, Marina M. (2019). Reflexive intervention development: using qualitative research to inform the development of an intervention for women with metastatic breast cancer. Qualitative Health Research, 30 (5), 104973231988490-678. doi: 10.1177/1049732319884901
Wigginton, Britta and Lafrance, Michelle N. (2019). Learning critical feminist research: a brief introduction to feminist epistemologies and methodologies. Feminism and Psychology. doi: 10.1177/0959353519866058
Heard, Emma, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Wigginton, Britta and Mutch, Allyson (2019). Applying intersectionality theory in health promotion research and practice. Health Promotion International, 35 (4), 866-876. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daz080
Lafrance, Michelle N and Wigginton, Britta (2019). Doing critical feminist research: a Feminism and Psychology reader. Feminism and Psychology, 29 (4), 095935351986307-552. doi: 10.1177/0959353519863075
Krusz, Emily, Davey, Tamzyn, Wigginton, Britta and Hall, Nina (2019). What contributions, if any, can non-Indigenous researchers offer toward decolonizing health research?. Qualitative Health Research, 30 (2), 104973231986193-216. doi: 10.1177/1049732319861932
Staneva, Aleksandra A and Wigginton, Britta (2018). The happiness imperative: exploring how women narrate depression and anxiety during pregnancy. Feminism and Psychology, 28 (2), 173-193. doi: 10.1177/0959353517735673
Wigginton, Britta, Fjeldsoe, Brianna, Mutch, Allyson and Lawler, Sheleigh (2018). Creating reflexive health promotion practitioners: our process of integrating reflexivity in the development of a health promotion course. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 5 (1), 237337991876637-78. doi: 10.1177/2373379918766379
Wigginton, Britta, Farmer, Kim, Kapambwe, Sharon, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Reeves, Marina M and Lawler, Sheleigh P (2018). Death, contagion and shame: The potential of cancer survivors' advocacy in Zambia. Health Care for Women International, 39 (5), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2018.1424854
Wigginton, Britta, Harris, Melissa L., Loxton, Deb and Lucke, Jayne (2017). Who takes responsibility for contraception, according to young Australian women?. Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, 15, 2-9. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2017.11.001
Pfeffer, Daniel, Wigginton, Britta, Gartner, Coral and Morphett, Kylie (2017). Smokers' understandings of addiction to nicotine and tobacco: a systematic review and interpretive synthesis of quantitative and qualitative research. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 20 (9), 1038-1046. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntx186
Wigginton, Britta (2017). Reimagining gender in psychology: What can critical psychology offer?. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 11 (6) e12318, 1-14. doi: 10.1111/spc3.12318
Goldhammer, Denisa L., Fraser, Catriona, Wigginton, Britta, Harris, Melissa L., Bateson, Deborah, Loxton, Deborah, Stewart, Mary, Coombe, Jacqueline and Lucke, Jayne C. (2017). What do young Australian women want (when talking to doctors about contraception)?. BMC Family Practice, 18 (1) 35, 35. doi: 10.1186/s12875-017-0616-2
Sharma, Ratika, Wigginton, Britta, Meurk, Carla, Ford, Pauline and Gartner, Coral E. (2017). Motivations and limitations associated with vaping among people with mental illness: a qualitative analysis of Reddit discussions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14 (1) 7, 7.1-7.15. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14010007
Wigginton, Britta, Morphett, Kylie and Gartner, Coral Elizabeth (2017). Differential access to health care and support? A qualitative analysis of how Australian smokers conceptualise and respond to stigma. Critical Public Health, 27 (5), 577-590. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2016.1266298
Wigginton, Britta, Gartner, Coral and Rowlands, Ingrid J. (2017). Is it safe to vape? Analyzing online forums discussing e-cigarette use during pregnancy. Women's Health Issues, 27 (1), 93-99. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2016.09.008
Wigginton, Britta, Morphett, Kylie and Gartner, Coral Elizabeth (2016). Is it the nicotine? Australian smokers’ accounts of nicotine addiction and the implications for smoking cessation. Addiction Research and Theory, 25 (4), 293-301. doi: 10.1080/16066359.2016.1269892
Coombe, Jacqueline, Harris, Melissa L., Wigginton, Britta, Lucke, Jayne C. and Loxton, Deborah (2016). Contraceptive use at the time of unintended pregnancy: findings from the contraceptive use, pregnancy intention and decisions study. Australian Family Physician, 45 (11), 842-848.
Wigginton, Britta, Harris, Melissa L., Loxton, Deborah and Lucke, Jayne C. (2016). A qualitative analysis of women's explanations for changing contraception: the importance of non-contraceptive effects. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 42 (4), 256-262. doi: 10.1136/jfprhc-2015-101184
Wigginton, Britta and Setchell, Jenny (2016). Researching stigma as an outsider: considerations for qualitative outsider research. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 13 (3), 246-263. doi: 10.1080/14780887.2016.1183065
Wigginton, Britta and Lafrance, Michelle N. (2016). How do women manage the spoiled identity of a ‘pregnant smoker’? An analysis of discursive silencing in women’s accounts. Feminism and Psychology, 26 (1), 30-51. doi: 10.1177/0959353515598335
Wigginton, Britta, Moran, Claire, Harris, Melissa L., Loxton, Deborah and Lucke, Jayne (2015). Young Australian women explain their contraceptive choices. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 18 (7), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2015.1117138
Wigginton, Britta, Harris, Melissa L., Loxton, Deborah, Herbert, Danielle and Lucke, Jayne (2015). The feminisation of contraceptive use: Australian women's accounts of accessing contraception. Feminism & Psychology, 25 (2), 178-198. doi: 10.1177/0959353514562802
Harris, Melissa L., Loxton, Deborah, Wigginton, Britta and Lucke, Jayne C. (2015). Harris et al. Respond to "Social Media Recruitment". American Journal of Epidemiology, 181 (10), 750-751. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwv008
Harris, Melissa L, Loxton, Deborah, Wigginton, Britta and Lucke, Jayne C (2015). Recruiting online: Lessons from a longitudinal survey of contraception and pregnancy intentions of young Australian women. American Journal of Epidemiology, 181 (10), 737-746. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwv006
Morison, Tracy, Gibson, Alexandra Farren, Wigginton, Britta and Crabb, Shona (2015). Online Research Methods in Psychology: Methodological Opportunities for Critical Qualitative Research. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 12 (3), 223-232. doi: 10.1080/14780887.2015.1008899
Adamson, Michelle, Morawska, Alina and Wigginton, Britta (2015). Mealtime duration in problem and non-problem eaters. Appetite, 84, 228-234. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.10.019
Harris, Melissa L., Herbert, Danielle, Loxton, Deborah, Dobson, Annette Jane, Wigginton, Britta and Lucke, Jayne C. (2014). Recruiting young women for health surveys: traditional random sampling methods are not cost-effective. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38 (5), 495-495. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12281
Wigginton, Britta and Lafrance, Michelle N. (2014). 'I think he is immune to all the smoke I gave him': how women account for the harm of smoking during pregnancy. Health, Risk and Society, 16 (6), 530-546. doi: 10.1080/13698575.2014.951317
Wigginton, Britta and Lee, Christina (2014). "But I Am Not One to Judge Her Actions": Thematic and Discursive Approaches to University Students' Responses to Women Who Smoke While Pregnant. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 11 (3), 265-276. doi: 10.1080/14780887.2014.902523
Wigginton, Britta and Lee, Christina (2013). A story of stigma: Australian women's accounts of smoking in pregnancy. Critical Public Health, 23 (4), 466-481. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2012.753408
Wigginton, Britta and Lee, Christina (2013). Stigma and hostility towards pregnant smokers: does individuating information reduce the effect?. Psychology and Health, 28 (8), 862-873. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2012.762101
Conference Papers
Ashby, C., Kinghorn, M., Von Senden, R., Wigginton, B., Sullivan, D., Yaqoot, F., Kalmadka, S. and Caple, R. (2024). Cultural determinants of Sleep Health for First Nations adolescents: Perspectives of Service Providers in Remote Communities. Sleep DownUnder 2024, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 16-19 October 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae070.152
Thomson, Zoe, Reeves, M. M. and Wigginton, B. (2019). Dietary and weight management support needs of women diagnosed with premenopausal breast cancer. COSA's 46th Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological cancer; Age and gender in cancer practice; Digital health in cancer, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 12-14 November 2019. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13263
Sharma, Ratika, Wigginton, Britta, Meurk, Carla, Ford, Pauline and Gartner, Coral Elizabeth (2017). “Vaping not only saved my life, but freed me from a cage": A qualitative analysis of social media discussions about motivations for and barriers to smokers with mental illness switching to e-cigarettes. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy, 8-11 March 2017.
Research Reports
King, M., Hall, N. L., Wigginton, B. and Krusz, E. (2020). Dignity Everyday: exploring a women’s health issue with students of Western Cape, Queensland. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/d3bacb5
Hall, N. L., Anders, W., Barney, C., Barrington, D. J., Courtenay, R., Creamer, S., Davey, T., Elu, M., Hennegan, J., King, M., Krusz, E., Langham, E., Martin, H., Parter, K., Penrith, B., Ross, C., Trevallion, I., Wigginton, B. and Williams, K. (2017). Indigenous Girls’ and Women’s Menstrual Hygiene Management in Australia: Identifying culturally-appropriate options to reduce barriers: Summary Report and Next Steps. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Theses
Wigginton, Britta (2015). “Put that out I can hear your baby coughing”: exploring the stigma associated with women’s smoking during pregnancy. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.918
Britta Wigginton (2010). Investigating guidelines for children's mealtime duration. Honours Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland.