The general health questionnaire as a measure of emotional wellbeing in pregnant women
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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...
Young Dutch Millennial Women's Perspective towards Motherhood
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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...
Portrayal of Shared Decision-Making in Lifetime Documentary Series 'One Born Every Minute'
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Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Van Duijvenbode, J., & Pluymaekers, M. (2019)
Portrayal of Shared Decision-Making in Lifetime Documentary Series 'One Born Every Minute'. SM journal of nursing, 5(1),
Background: Pregnant women use childbirth reality programs to prepare themselves for childbirth. It is unknown how shared decision-making in intrapartum midwifery care is repr...
I-POEMS Listening to the voices of women with a traumatic birth experience
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Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Koster, D., Romijn, C., Sakko, E., Stam, C., Steenhuis, N., …Willigen, I. V. (2018)
I-POEMS Listening to the voices of women with a traumatic birth experience. Journal of Psychology and Cognition, 3(2), 29-36. https://doi.org/10.35841/psychology-cognition.3.2.29-36
This qualitative study, utilizing a feminist perspective, aimed to explore and articulate women's recall of emotional birth trauma experiences. The reason being that one in ev...
Reports of work-related traumatic events: a mixed-methods study
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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...
Validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions to identify maternal distress in Dutch pregnant women
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Fontein-Kuipers, Y., & Jomeen, J. (2019)
Validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions to identify maternal distress in Dutch pregnant women. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 14(1), 33-45. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmhtep-06-2018-0034
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions for routine screening of maternal distress in Dutch antenatal care.
D...
Conflicting Values
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Kuipers, Y., den Hartog-van Veen, H., Klop, L., & Zondag, L. (2018)
Conflicting Values. Clinical Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1(1),
Objective: The objective of the study was to explore the dilemma’s, the conflicting values, and their underlying factors that Dutch
midwives experience when they find it diff...
Shared Decision-Making Regarding Place of Birth–Mission Impossible or Mission Accomplished?
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Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Banda, A., Hassink, E. O., & Ruiter, D. D. (2017)
Shared Decision-Making Regarding Place of Birth–Mission Impossible or Mission Accomplished?. Women's Health, 3(2), 36-44. https://doi.org/10.17140/whoj-3-120
Aim: To explore Dutch pregnant women’s experiences of shared-decision making about place of birth to better understand this process for midwifery care purposes.
Design: Quali...
Responding to maternal distress: from needs assessment to effective intervention
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Fontein-Kuipers, Y., van Limbeek, E., Ausems, M., de Vries, R., & Nieuwenhuijze, M. (2017)
Responding to maternal distress: from needs assessment to effective intervention. International Journal of Public Health, 62(4), 441-452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0910-0
Objectives To perform a needs assessment of maternal distress to plan the development of an intervention for the prevention and reduction of antenatal maternal distress.
Meth...
An Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress in the Netherlands - Its Development from Start to Finish
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Kuipers, Y. F. (2016)
An Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress in the Netherlands - Its Development from Start to Finish. Women's Health International, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.19104/whi.2016.115
Prevalence rates and the health problems related to maternal distress instigated the development of an intervention to prevent and reduce maternal distress during pregnancy. I...