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...
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...
Mode of birth after caesarean section: individual prediction scores using Scottish population data
Journal Article
Denham, S. H., Humphrey, T., deLabrusse, C., & Dougall, N. (2019)
Mode of birth after caesarean section: individual prediction scores using Scottish population data. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2226-6
Background
Rising caesarean section (CS) rates are a global health concern. Contemporary data indicates that almost 50% of CS are electively performed, with a high proportion ...
The legal implications of dementia in the workplace
Journal Article
Egdell, V., Stavert, J., & McGregor, R. (2017)
The legal implications of dementia in the workplace. Ageing and society, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X17000642
Dementia is a growing issue in the United Kingdom (UK) with over 800,000 people affected. Of these people in excess of 40,000 are aged under 65 years. Thus, a significant numb...
Patterns of referral and waiting times for specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Journal Article
Smith, J., Kyle, R. G., Daniel, B., & Hubbard, G. (2018)
Patterns of referral and waiting times for specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 23(1), 41-49. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12207
Background
During 12 month period (2012/13) around 21,480 children and young people (CYP) were referred to CAMHS in Scotland (NHS Scotland 2013). At the end of September 2012 ...
Childhood Abuse and Current Intimate Partner Violence: A Population Study in Hong Kong
Journal Article
Yan, E., & Karatzias, T. (2020)
Childhood Abuse and Current Intimate Partner Violence: A Population Study in Hong Kong. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(1-2), 233-251. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260516682521
Previous studies have established that childhood violence victimization is associated with current experience of intimate partner violence (IPV). Existing literature, however,...
Organic vs. functional neurological disorders: The role of childhood psychological trauma
Journal Article
Karatzias, T., Howard, R., Power, K., Socherel, F., Heath, C., & Livingstone, A. (2017)
Organic vs. functional neurological disorders: The role of childhood psychological trauma. Child Abuse and Neglect, 63, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.11.011
Although the relationship between psychological trauma and medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) is well established, this relationship is less well understood in people with m...
Midwives’ experiences of asking the Whooley questions to assess current mental health: a qualitative interpretive study
Journal Article
McGlone, C., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Furber, C. (2016)
Midwives’ experiences of asking the Whooley questions to assess current mental health: a qualitative interpretive study. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 34(4), 383-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2016.1188278
Backgound: Perinatal Mental Illness (PMI) is a key cause of maternal
mortality and morbidity in the UK, with one goal of midwives to
identify those at risk during pregnancy. A...