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Adolescents in Scotland: Challenges and Opportunities for Sexual Risk Reduction

Journal Article
Morrison-Beedy, D., Martin, C. H., Pow, J., & Elliott, L. (2019)
Adolescents in Scotland: Challenges and Opportunities for Sexual Risk Reduction. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 30(6), 619-629. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000095
Sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and unplanned pregnancy challenge the health of Scottish teens. We conducted focus groups with teens (ages 16-19 years) recruited from an...

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

Traumatic childbirth experiences: practice‐based implications for maternity care professionals from the woman's perspective

Journal Article
Koster, D., Romijn, C., Sakko, E., Stam, C., Steenhuis, N., Vries, D., …Fontein‐Kuipers, Y. (2020)
Traumatic childbirth experiences: practice‐based implications for maternity care professionals from the woman's perspective. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 34(3), 792-799. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12786
Objective: To explore women’s traumatic childbirth experiences in order to make maternity care professionals more aware of women’s intrapartum care needs. Method: A qualitati...

Jumping Through Hoops: Families' Experiences of Pre-birth Child Protection

Book Chapter
Critchley, A. (2019)
Jumping Through Hoops: Families' Experiences of Pre-birth Child Protection. In Families in Motion: Ebbing and Flowing through Space and Time, (135-154). Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-415-620191009
This chapter considers the mobilities of families subject to child protection involvement at the threshold of the birth of a new baby. The author presents data arising from an...

The Scottish clinical supervision model for midwives

Journal Article
Key, S., Marshall, H., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2019)
The Scottish clinical supervision model for midwives. British Journal of Midwifery, 27(10), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2019.27.10.655
Following a change in UK legislation, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) model of statutory supervision for midwives ceased in 2017. In response, the Scottish Government ...

The general health questionnaire as a measure of emotional wellbeing in pregnant women

Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., Jomeen, J., Dilles, T., & Van Rompaey, B. (2019)
The general health questionnaire as a measure of emotional wellbeing in pregnant women. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 14(6), 447-456. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmhtep-05-2019-0028
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure reliability, validity and accuracy of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) as a measure of emotional wellbeing i...

The relationship between interpersonal trauma and substance misuse in pregnancy – a narrative review of the literature

Journal Article
Waddell, N., & Karatzias, T. (2019)
The relationship between interpersonal trauma and substance misuse in pregnancy – a narrative review of the literature. British Journal of Midwifery, 27(9), 578-588. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2019.27.9.578
Background There is a strong body of evidence supporting associations between interpersonal trauma (IPT) and substance use; however, this tends to focus on associations betwee...

The Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised Indicator (BSS-RI): a validation study in Iranian mothers

Journal Article
Omani-Samani, R., Hollins Martin, C. J., Martin, C. R., Maroufizadeh, S., Ghaheri, A., & Navid, B. (2021)
The Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised Indicator (BSS-RI): a validation study in Iranian mothers. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 34(11), 1827-1831. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2019.1651265
Objective: Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised Indicator (BSS-RI) is a short selfreport instrument designed to measure satisfaction of the childbearing women’s experiences of lab...

Young Dutch Millennial Women's Perspective towards Motherhood

Journal Article
Van Beeck, E. A., Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Baaima, I., & Schuiteman-Van Der Hoek, S. (2019)
Young Dutch Millennial Women's Perspective towards Motherhood. Global women's health, 2(1), 42-47
This qualitative study explores perspectives towards motherhood of young Millennial women for preconception care purposes. The findings highlight the specific views that Mille...
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Translating informed consent in Scottish maternity services

2022 - 2022
This project examines informed consent during pregnancy, labour and birth in the case of parents with limited English-proficiency (LEP) in Scotland (e.g. refugees and asylum seekers who have recently ...
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £500

The Bassett Scholarship for improving midwifery perinatal bereavement care in Lothian

2020 - 2024
This proposal will provide a midwife interested in the area of bereavement the opportunity to undertake a PhD over a 3 year period. This undertaking will develop skills and understanding of midwives w...
Funder: NHS Lothian | Value: £70,356

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) post perinatal loss: investigating final details for pilot trial and feasibility study

2019 - 2019
Approximately 3,500 women in the UK experience the trauma of perinatal loss each year. Up to 39% go on to develop perinatal PTSD. There is no effective treatment for these women, but EMDR is effective...
Funder: Chief Scientists Office | Value: £33,319

Slowing the flow of zero day admissions to hospital: data linkage to inform intervention prioritisation along paediatric referral pathways

2019 - 2021
The number of children admitted to Scottish hospitals continues to rise, and this is due to cases admitted and discharged on the same day (“zero day admissions”). We do not currently know how best to ...
Funder: Chief Scientists Office | Value: £19,237

An evaluation of the Care 24 service

2018 - 2022
The overall aim of the evaluation is to explore the experience and assess how successfully the Care 24 service meets the intended aims of the service initiative from the perspectives of families who h...
Funder: NHS Lothian | Value: £43,255

A brief school-based intervention to reduce sunburn in adolescence: A feasibility study

2018 - 2018
Lay summary: The sun can be harmful. If children/adolescents get sunburnt five or more times, they are twice as likely to get skin cancer as an adult. The sun can be beneficial. It is a source of vita...
Funder: Chief Scientists Office | Value: £1,273

NIHR global group: reducing childhood mortality through prevention of preterm birth mortality and morbidity and stillbirth.

2018 - 2021
Our NIHR global health research group will develop and implement clinical strategies to reduce preterm birth and stillbirth related morbidity and mortality, and provide a platform for future clinical ...
Funder: National Institute for Health Research | Value: £20,564

Scoping exercise to inform the development of an education strategy for the Children’s Hospice Across Scotland (CHAS)

2017 - 2019
The aim of the scoping exercise is to inform the development of an education strategy for CHAS relating to the delivery of palliative care for babies, children and young people (BCYP) and their famili...
Funder: Children's Hospice Association Scotland | Value: £23,203

Breastfeeding and breast pumps - project development

2017 - 2019
Improving breastfeeding outcomes is an international and national priority for infant and maternal health. However, breastfeeding rates in Scotland are amongst the lowest in Europe and the duration o...
Funder: Scottish Government | Value: £73,971

Breastfeeding and Breast pumps Interventions - workshops

2017 - 2018
This funding is for collaborative workshops to develop data collection tools and intervention components to inform a definitive trial of a breast pump intervention. It is part of the BABI study funded...
Funder: NHS Health Scotland | Value: £3,040