Deferred cord clamping to improve neonatal blood values. A systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal Article
Zemouri, C., Mestdagh, E., Stiers, M., Torfs, K., & Kuipers, Y. (2024)
Deferred cord clamping to improve neonatal blood values. A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 153, Article 104718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104718
Background
Practices related to umbilical cord clamping at birth should be evidence-based. Deferred cord clamping, compared to immediate cord clamping, shows benefits for pret...
‘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...
Op Weg Naar Sociale Inclusie. In Armoede En Ongelijkheid. Jaarboek 2023
Book Chapter
Mikolajczak-Degrauwe, K., Slimmen, S., Fontein-Kuipers, Y., & Timmermans, O. (2023)
Op Weg Naar Sociale Inclusie. In Armoede En Ongelijkheid. Jaarboek 2023. In J. Coene, T. Ghys, B. Hubeau, S. Marchal, P. Raeymaeckers, R. Remmen, …H. Van Regemortel (Eds.), Armoede en Ongelijkheid. Jaarboek 2023 (317-337). Leuven: Acco Uitgeverij
Mikolajczak-Degrauwe K, Slimmen S, Fontein-Kuipers Y, Timmermans O. Op weg naar sociale inclusie: effecten van een Peer Support-methodiek. In: Coen J, Ghys T, Hubeau B, Marcha...
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...
Evaluation of a web-based intervention to optimize perinatal emotional wellbeing: A nested case-control study
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J., Bleijenbergh, R., Rimaux, S., & Mestdagh, E. (2024)
Evaluation of a web-based intervention to optimize perinatal emotional wellbeing: A nested case-control study. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 24(1), Article 100422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100422
Background/Objective: WazzUp Mama© is a remotely delivered web-based tailored intervention to prevent and reduce perinatal emotional distress, originally developed in the Net...
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of peer support among disadvantaged groups: A rapid scoping review
Journal Article
Mikolajczak-Degrauwe, K., Slimmen, S. R., Gillissen, D., de Bil, P., Bosmans, V., Keemink, C., …Kuipers, Y. J. (2023)
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of peer support among disadvantaged groups: A rapid scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 10(4), 587-601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2023.09.002
Objective
To explore the current state of knowledge and evidence about peer support for various disadvantaged groups; to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and...
A multidisciplinary evaluation, exploration, and advancement of the concept of a traumatic birth experience
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., Thomson, G., Škodová, Z., Bozic, I., Lísa Sigurðardóttir, V., Goberna-Tricas, J., …Klier, C. (2024)
A multidisciplinary evaluation, exploration, and advancement of the concept of a traumatic birth experience. Women and Birth, 37(1), 51-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.08.004
Background
Understanding a woman’s traumatic birth experience benefits from an approach that considers perspectives from various fields of healthcare and social sciences.
Aim...
Emotional wellbeing of student midwives during COVID-19
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., & Mestdagh, E. (in press)
Emotional wellbeing of student midwives during COVID-19. Women and Birth, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2022.11.012
Background
Mental health of students in higher education was affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aim
To examine the emotional wellbeing of midwifery students in the Nether...
Students as researchers: an example of high-level participation of undergraduate midwifery students as co-investigators in research
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., & Verschuren, S. (in press)
Students as researchers: an example of high-level participation of undergraduate midwifery students as co-investigators in research. Women and Birth, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2022.11.004
Background
There is a shift in focus of the curricula of undergraduate midwifery research-education - from research content to the research process, and the student from being...
Systematic Review of the Content Validity of Patient Reported Outcome Measures of Transition to Parenthood
Journal Article
Beeck, E. V., Van den Branden, L., Bramer, W. M., & Kuipers, Y. (in press)
Systematic Review of the Content Validity of Patient Reported Outcome Measures of Transition to Parenthood. Evaluation and the Health Professions, https://doi.org/10.1177/01632787221127382
This review aims to identify self-report instruments examining aspects of transition to parenthood for use in practice and research. After performing a literature search in Em...