'Powers, passages and passengers' : the construction and performance of student midwives' professional identities
Thesis
McLuckie, C. (2021)
'Powers, passages and passengers' : the construction and performance of student midwives' professional identities. (Thesis). University of Stirling. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2793206
This thesis details my study of the discourses within which student midwives construct and perform their professional identities. The title employs a metaphor commonly used in...
Bleeding Free
Digital Artefact
MacLeod, K., Morgan, L., & Cochrane, R. (2021)
Bleeding Free. [Digital video]
A documentary film about period poverty and menstrual health. The film focuses on the importance of free access to period products and how this improves the life chances for w...
A Pre–Post Study Design: Evaluating the Effect of an Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress Among a Pregnant Population
Book
Kuipers, Y. (2020)
A Pre–Post Study Design: Evaluating the Effect of an Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress Among a Pregnant Population. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529713985
It is well known that pregnant women can suffer from maternal distress. Effective interventions can contribute to optimize antenatal maternal emotional wellbeing. A carefully ...
Effectiveness of a guided ACT-based self-help resilience training for depressive symptoms during pregnancy: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial embedded in a prospective cohort
Journal Article
Witteveen, A. B., Henrichs, J., Walker, A. L., Bohlmeijer, E. T., Burger, H., Fontein-Kuipers, Y., …de Jonge, A. (2020)
Effectiveness of a guided ACT-based self-help resilience training for depressive symptoms during pregnancy: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial embedded in a prospective cohort. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03395-9
Background
During pregnancy, about 10 to 20% of women experience depressive symptoms. Subclinical depression increases the risk of peripartum depression, maternal neuro-endocr...
Home-based end of life care for children and their families – a systematic scoping review and narrative synthesis
Journal Article
Malcolm, C., Katherine, K., & Charlotte, T. (2020)
Home-based end of life care for children and their families – a systematic scoping review and narrative synthesis. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 55, 126-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2020.07.018
Abstract
Problem: There is a growing international drive to deliver children’s palliative care services closer to home. Families should have choice of where end of life (EOL)...
The comparison of the interpersonal action component of woman-centred care reported by healthy pregnant women in different sized practices in the Netherlands: A cross-sectional study
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. (., van Beeck, E., van den Berg, L., & Dijkhuizen, M. (2021)
The comparison of the interpersonal action component of woman-centred care reported by healthy pregnant women in different sized practices in the Netherlands: A cross-sectional study. Women and Birth, 34(4), e376-e383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2020.08.002
Background: The number of interventions is lower, and the level of satisfaction is higher among women who receive midwife-led primary care from one or two midwives, compared t...
A comparison of the Fear of Childbirth Scale with the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale to identify childbirth-related fear in a sample of Dutch pregnant women: a diagnostic accuracy comparative cross-sectional study
Journal Article
Kuipers, J., Henrichs, J., & Evans, K. (2020)
A comparison of the Fear of Childbirth Scale with the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale to identify childbirth-related fear in a sample of Dutch pregnant women: a diagnostic accuracy comparative cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103615
Background: Because of the considerable negative effects of women’s childbirth-related anxiety, fear and worries, and the time constraints that midwives perceive to assess wom...
Implementing continuity of midwife carer – just a friendly face? A realist evaluation
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., Aitken-Arbuckle, A., Lake, S., Hollins Martin, C., & MacArthur, J. (2020)
Implementing continuity of midwife carer – just a friendly face? A realist evaluation. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05159-9
Background
Good quality midwifery care saves the lives of women and babies. Continuity of midwife carer (CMC), a key component of good quality midwifery care, results in bette...
On cloud 9? Maternal emotional wellbeing 6 weeks to 1 year postpartum: A cross-sectional study in Flanders, MEtoWE project
Presentation / Conference
Kuipers, Y. (2020, March)
On cloud 9? Maternal emotional wellbeing 6 weeks to 1 year postpartum: A cross-sectional study in Flanders, MEtoWE project. Poster presented at Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2020), Dublin
A Q-methodology study: MEtoWE project
Presentation / Conference
Kuipers, Y. (2020, March)
A Q-methodology study: MEtoWE project. Poster presented at Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2020), Dublin
Objective: In this study we aimed to reveal midwives’ distinct perspectives about midwifery support of women in their transition process during the continuum from pregnancy to...