A5086641884- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Family Support in Illness
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
2024
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
2021-2022
St Thomas' Hospital
2022
Kings Health Partners
2022
Imperial College London
2022
University of Surrey
2010
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant lifecourse rupture, not least to those who had specific physical vulnerabilities the virus, but also were suffering with mental ill health. Women and birthing people pregnant, experienced perinatal bereavement, or in first post-partum year (i.e., perinatal) exposed number of risk factors for health, including alterations way which their care was delivered. Methods A consensus statement derived from cross-disciplinary collaboration...
Purpose Women with little-to-no English continue to have poor birth outcomes and low service user satisfaction. When language support services are used it enhances the relationship between midwife woman, improves ensures safer practice. However, this study has shown a reluctance use professional interpreter by midwives. This aims understand experiences of midwives using services. Design/methodology/approach A maximum variation purposive sampling strategy was recruit (N = 12) qualitative,...
Testing positive for COVID-19 was associated with higher rates of detrimental psycho-social and physical health outcomes. The pandemic caused unprecedented disruption to everyday life. This included major reconfiguration maternal, child, perinatal mental care services provision. study aimed investigate the experiences those who tested during pregnancy, labour birth, or early postnatal period. National on-line recruitment from across United Kingdom resulted in sixteen mothers being invited...
Abstract Background Perinatal anxiety is common: up to 40% of pregnant women and new mothers experience high levels anxiety. Given its prevalence, interventions that are low-intensity, highly accessible cost-efficient, target modifiable risk factors for needed. Repetitive negative thinking (RNT)—such as worrying about ways things will go wrong in the future or ruminating past events—is a factor development RNT maintained by tendency generate interpretations ambiguous situations. Methods A...
Abstract Background The human and financial costs of diabetes related illness treatment are significant increasing. This is also true women who develop gestational in pregnancy, the majority which subsequently likely to type 2 diabetes. National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) guidance sets out clear expectations care pregnant should receive. However, evidence suggests reality a long way from this guidance. Methods Data was collected population health management system...