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Discursive constructions of student midwives’ professional identities: A discourse analysis

Journal Article
Mcluckie, C., & Kuipers, Y. (2024)
Discursive constructions of student midwives’ professional identities: A discourse analysis. Nurse Education in Practice, 74, Article 103847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103847
Background The construction and performance of professional identity is significant to broader socio-cultural understandings of who ‘professionals’ are and what they do. Impor...

Midwifery Practice and Education in Antwerp: Forecasting Its Future With Scenario Planning

Journal Article
Bleijenbergh, R., Mestdagh, E., & Kuipers, Y. J. (2022)
Midwifery Practice and Education in Antwerp: Forecasting Its Future With Scenario Planning. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 53(1), 21-29. https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20211210-07
Background: Midwifery across the world is facing changes and uncertainties. By recognizing plausible future options, a contemporary and strategic scope of midwifery practice a...

Factors Influencing the Maternal Life Balance of Flemish Mothers, a Cross-Sectional Study

Journal Article
Kuipers, J., Van Leugenhaege, L., Van de Craen, N., Van den Branden, L., Bleijenbergh, R., Mestdagh, E., & Van Rompaey, B. (2021)
Factors Influencing the Maternal Life Balance of Flemish Mothers, a Cross-Sectional Study. Applied research in quality of life, 16(2), 611-627. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-019-09779-0
This cross-sectional study examined the levels of maternal life balance and its influencing factors. The sample was composed of 731 Flemish mothers who self-reported on percei...

It takes a village to raise a child. PATH project

Presentation / Conference
Kuipers, Y. (2019, November)
It takes a village to raise a child. PATH project. Presented at Perinatal Quality Network (PQN) for perinatal mental health services, annual forum Royal College of Psychiatrists, London

Proactive behaviour in midwifery practice: A qualitative overview based on midwives’ perspectives

Journal Article
Mestdagh, E., Timmermans, O., Fontein-Kuipers, Y., & Van Rompaey, B. (2019)
Proactive behaviour in midwifery practice: A qualitative overview based on midwives’ perspectives. Sexual and Reproductive HealthCare, 20, 87-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2019.04.002
Background: Midwifery practice is in the process of continuing developments and contemporary working conditions asking for proactive behaviour, which could increase work-effic...

Reports of work-related traumatic events: a mixed-methods study

Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Duivis, H., Schamper, V., Schmitz, V., Stam, A., & Koster, D. (2018)
Reports of work-related traumatic events: a mixed-methods study. European Journal of Midwifery, 2, https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/100611
INTRODUCTION There is limited evidence of the effect and impact on midwives of being involved or witnessing traumatic work-related events. We categorised midwives’ selfreport...

‘ISeeYou’: A woman-centred care education and research project in Dutch bachelor midwifery education

Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Romeijn, E., Zwijnenberg, A., Eekhof, W., & van Staa, A. (2018)
‘ISeeYou’: A woman-centred care education and research project in Dutch bachelor midwifery education. Health Education Journal, 77(8), 899-914. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896918784618
Objective: To examine how student midwives in higher education learn to become competent and confident woman-centred practitioners. Design: Participant observation study usin...

ISeeYou – Evaluation of a woman-centred care pilot project in Bachelor midwifery education and research

Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., & Romeijn, E. (2018)
ISeeYou – Evaluation of a woman-centred care pilot project in Bachelor midwifery education and research. Midwifery, 58, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2017.11.005
Aim: to evaluate the ISeeYou project that aims to equip first year Bachelor midwifery students to support them in their learning of providing woman-centred care. Methods: the...

Dutch midwives' behavioural intentions of antenatal management of maternal distress and factors influencing these intentions: An exploratory survey

Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y. J., Budé, L., Ausems, M., de Vries, R., & Nieuwenhuijze, M. J. (2014)
Dutch midwives' behavioural intentions of antenatal management of maternal distress and factors influencing these intentions: An exploratory survey. Midwifery, 30(2), 234-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2013.06.010
Objective: to explore midwives' behavioural intentions and the determinants of these intentions with regard to the management of antenatal care of women with maternal distress...

The comparison of birth outcomes and birth experiences of low-risk women in different sized midwifery practices in the Netherlands

Journal Article
Yvonne Fontein, J. (2010)
The comparison of birth outcomes and birth experiences of low-risk women in different sized midwifery practices in the Netherlands. Women and Birth, 23(3), 103-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2010.01.002
Objective: To examine maternal birth outcomes and birth experiences of low-risk women in the Netherlands in different sized midwifery practices. Design: Descriptive study usi...