‘Naming and faming’ maternity care providers: A mixed-methods study
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., De Bock, V., Van de Craen, N., & Bosmans, V. (2024)
‘Naming and faming’ maternity care providers: A mixed-methods study. Midwifery, 130, 103912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103912
Background: Positive benchmarking can serve as a catalyst for maternity care improvement.
Aim: To retrospectively benchmark Flemish maternity care providers’ qualities, base...
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...
Dutch midwives’ views on and experiences with woman-centred care — A Q-methodology study
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., de Groot, R., van Beeck, E., van Hooft, S., & van Staa, A. (2019)
Dutch midwives’ views on and experiences with woman-centred care — A Q-methodology study. Women and Birth, 32(6), e567-e575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2019.01.003
Background: Woman-centred care is a philosophy for midwifery care management of the childbearing woman. There is no mutually recognised internalised way in midwifery to provid...
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...