Theme 1: Health before pregnancy starts and optimising health throughout pregnancy
How do women who have not had a baby use GP services? Claire Carson (Lead), Yangmei Li, Jenny Kurinczuk, Maria Quigley, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Fiona Alderdice, Peter Brocklehurst, Julia Sanders, Dimitrios Siassakos
How to encourage women to take part in maternity surveys? Maria Quigley & Fiona Alderdice (Leads), Sian Harrison, Charles Opondo
Harrison S, Alderdice F, Henderson J, Redshaw M, Quigley MA. Trends in response rates and respondent characteristics in five National Maternity Surveys in England during 1995–2018. Archives of Public Health. 2020;78(1):46.
Harrison S, Alderdice F, Quigley MA. External validity of prevalence estimates from the national maternity surveys in England: The impact of response rate. PLoS One. 2020;15(11):e0242815.
Harrison S, Alderdice F, McLeish J, Quigley MA. You and Your Baby: A national survey of health and care during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Oxford: National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford; 2021. Report No.: ISBN: 978-1-8383678-4-8.
Fellmeth G, Harrison S, McNeill J, Lynn F, Redshaw M, Alderdice F. Identifying postnatal anxiety: comparison of self-identified and self-reported anxiety using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022;22(1):180.
Kelly L, Officer R, Kurinczuk JJ, Fitzpatrick R, Alderdice F. Refinement of the Well-being in Pregnancy (WiP) questionnaire: cognitive interviews with women and healthcare professionals and a validation survey. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2022;22(1):325.
Kelly L, Kurinczuk JJ, Fitzpatrick R, Alderdice F. Correction: Refinement of the Well-being in Pregnancy (WiP) questionnaire: cognitive interviews with women and healthcare professionals and a validation survey. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022;22(1):403.
Fellmeth G, Harrison S, Quigley MA, Alderdice F. A Comparison of Three Measures to Identify Postnatal Anxiety: Analysis of the 2020 National Maternity Survey in England. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(11):6578.
McLeish J, Harrison S, Quigley MA, Alderdice F. Learning from a crisis: a qualitative study of the impact on mothers' emotional wellbeing of changes to maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, using the National Maternity Survey 2020. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022;22(868).
McLeish J, Harrison S, Quigley MA, Alderdice F. Policy Implications Paper 1: Learning from mothers' feedback on maternity care changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2023.
What support do women need after the birth of their first baby and what information do they need about their care after birth? Fiona Alderdice (Lead), Jenny McLeish
McLeish J, Harvey M, Redshaw M, Alderdice F. "Reassurance that you're doing okay, or guidance if you're not": A qualitative descriptive study of pregnant first time mothers' expectations and information needs about postnatal care in England. Midwifery. 2020;89:102813.
McLeish J, Harvey M, Redshaw M, Alderdice F. A qualitative study of first time mothers' experiences of postnatal social support from health professionals in England. Women and Birth. 2021;34(5):e451-e60.
What does research already tell us about how many parents experience anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when their babies are admitted to a neonatal unit (NNU)? Fiona Alderdice (Lead), Reem Malouf, Sian Harrison, Alan Stein
Malouf R, Harrison S, Burton HAL, Gale C, Stein A, Franck LS, Alderdice F. Prevalence of anxiety and post-traumatic stress (PTS) among the parents of babies admitted to neonatal units: A systematic review and meta-analysis. EClinicalMedicine. 2022;43:101233.
