City University Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research
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Maternal Health; Perinatal Mental Health; Maternity Care; Child Health
What do women think about REACH Pregnancy circles? Find out here:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....
#pregnancy
#antenatalcare
#groupantenatalcare
13 days ago
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Read the paper that outlines the principles and evidence behind group antenatal care and the REACH Pregnancy Programme here:
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#maternalhealth
#antenatalcare
#pregnancycircles
#pregnancy
15 days ago
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"It makes sense and it works." Read about maternity care providers' views on REACH pregnancy circles:
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#MaternalHealth
#PregnancyCare
#Midwifery
#antenatalcare
#HealthResearch
#MaternityCare
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`It makes sense and it works': Maternity care providers' perspectives on the feasibility of a group antenatal care model (Pregnancy Circles)
To test the feasibility of introducing a group antenatal care initiative (Pregnancy Circles) in an area with high levels of social deprivation and culā¦
https://ow.ly/Xrfp50Y5zMh
17 days ago
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REACH Pregnancy Programme (Pregnancy Circles) is the largest international trial of group antenatal care. Learn more about this groundbreaking research:
ow.ly/VtYp50Y5zvI
#MaternalHealth
#PregnancyCare
#AntenatalCare
#Research
#PublicHealth
#REACHProgramme
20 days ago
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Centre Member Dr Mandie Scamell leads the nested acceptability study in the #SonoBreech study. Discover more:
www.sonobreech.uk/
#SonoBreech
#BreechBirth
#Midwifery
#HealthResearch
22 days ago
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Click here for the first publication from the OPTIMAL study:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....
#inductionoflabour
#MaternalHealth
#Childbirth
#MaternityResearch
#WomensHealth
#Obstetrics
#Midwifery
24 days ago
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One of the projects led by researchers in Models of Maternal and Child Health Care group is the qualitative arm of the @NIHRresearch funded OPTIMAL study: OPtimal Timing of Induction of labour to improve Maternal and perinatAL outcomes:
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27 days ago
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The Models of Maternal and Child Health Care research group, led by
@ProfMcCourt
, evaluates and improves maternity, child, and family care services. Learn more about their impact on health outcomes.
#MaternalHealth
#ChildHealth
#MaternityCare
#HealthResearch
#CMCHR
29 days ago
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Over the next few weeks we will be talking about the amazing projects carried out by the researchers in the Centre
#maternalhealth
#research
#maternalandchildhealth
about 1 month ago
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Una, Patricia, Rose and Susan from the Centre have just published a fascinating paper on healthcare professionalsā views on optimisation of care for perinatal anxiety as part of the MAP Alliance study. Check it out here:
link.springer.com/ar...
#perinatalanxiety
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Healthcare professionalsā views on barriers, facilitators and optimisation of care for perinatal anxiety: a qualitative investigation
BMC Health Services Research - The experience of pregnancy and having a baby is a time of significant change and transition. One in five perinatal women experience problems with their emotional...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-025-13930-z
about 1 month ago
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The centre is made up of 3 research groups: Perinatal Mental Health, Models of Care and Public Health, and on Tuesday the PMH group met up to discuss current & future research priorities. Topics covered ranged from perinatal anxiety to mother-baby bond
#perinatalmentalhealth
#maternalmentalhealth
about 1 month ago
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Dr Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho from our Centre and her colleagues have published an article about transitioning to Midwife-Led Models of Care in Afghanistan. Read it here:
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Transitioning to Midwife-Led Models of Care in AfghanistanĀ | International Confederation of Midwives
Afghanistan faces a prolonged humanitarian crisis, with maternal and newborn mortality among the highest globally. The Afghan Midwives Association (AMA) has been strengthening midwifery through advocacy, leadership, and capacity building since 2005. AMAās Midwife-Led Maternity Care Centers provide a transformative model of women-led, women-centered careāensuring that even in crisis, Afghan women and families have access to high-quality, respectful maternity services.
https://internationalmidwives.org/transitioning-to-midwife-led-models-of-care-in-afghanistan/
about 2 months ago
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We hope you all had a lovely break and a happy new year! Looking forward to sharing more of our amazing achievements and work with you this year! :)
2 months ago
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Season's greetings from us all at the Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research. What a productive year it has been! We look forward to seeing you all in 2026!
3 months ago
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In September 2025 @ProfMcCourt was awarded an NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowship for Heather Reeves from the Department of Health and Social Care. Well done Chris!
#NIHRFellowship
#ResearchFunding
3 months ago
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In April 2025 Cassandra Yuill was awarded internal funding to carry out a project entitled "Learning from service failings ā groundwork for a large-scale mixed methods study of leadership and management in maternity services". Amazing work Cassandra!
#HealthcareResearch
3 months ago
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In March 2025 Marina Danielle was awarded the NIHR Pre-Application fund Round 4 funding from the Department of Health and Social Care. Well done Marina!
#NIHRFunding
#ResearchAward
#FundingSuccess
3 months ago
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In March 2025 Dr Rebecca Webb and Genesis Chorwe-Sungani were awarded an Academy of Medical Sciences Networking Grant to set up INTERSECT Africa
www.intersectstudy.o...
. Well done Becca and Genesis!
#AcademyOfMedicalSciences
#NetworkingGrant
3 months ago
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In Feb 2025 Rose Meades was awarded HEIF funding from City St George's to carry out a project entitled "Building and piloting educational resources to support consent and best practice in awake hysteroscopy". Amazing work Rose! @RoseCoatesBN5
#Hysteroscopy
#ConsentInHealthcare
3 months ago
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Back in February of this year, Octavia Wiseman received funding from NHS England and NHS Improvement to deliver Pregnancy Circles Training to Salford NHS Trust - Well done Octavia :)
#NHSFunding
#PregnancyCircles
3 months ago
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Back in September Dr Rebecca Webb & Dr Georgie Constantinou were awarded a Barts Charity Research Seed Grant to co-design recommendations for psychological support offered to bereaved families after experiencing a perinatal loss. Well done to both!
#PerinatalLoss
#ResearchGrant
3 months ago
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Prof Susan Ayers published an astonishing 12 papers from March-August this year. Here are the doi's of a few of them:
doi.org/10.1080/2329...
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doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
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doi.org/10.1080/1381...
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doi.org/10.1186/s128...
3 months ago
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In the lead up to the festive period we are going to be celebrating the achievements of our amazing colleagues in the Centre this year so watch this space!
#feelingfestive
#academicachievements
3 months ago
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In the lead up to the festive period we are going to be celebrating the achievements of our amazing colleagues in the Centre this year so watch this space!
#feelingfestive
#academicachievements
3 months ago
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Congratulations to Dr Rebecca Webb for winning the Outstanding Postdoctoral Research Scientist award at @citystgeorges.bsky.social School of Health and Medical Sciences Research Day on Wednesday
#postdoc
#awards
#research
3 months ago
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Congratulations to Dr Rebecca Webb for winning the Oustanding Postdoctoral Research Scientist award at @citystgeorges.bsky.social School of Health and Medical Sciences Research Day on Wednesday!
#congratulations
#postdoc
#research
3 months ago
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Dr Emma-Jane Berridge is a midwife and academic. She is the Co-Head of Midwifery and Radiography. She is also the Programme Director for the MSc Midwifery & MSc Enhanced Midwifery Care.
#Midwifery
#AcademicMidwife
3 months ago
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Anna Madeley joined City St George's at the beginning of this month. She is a Senior Midwifery Lecturer. She has diverse research interests including: complex care planning, institutional and reproductive human rights, midwifery education, and critical thinking. Welcome Anna!
3 months ago
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Shujana Keraudren is an academic midwife with an interest in incorporating salutogenic theories within maternal and child health research. She is a Midwifery Lecturer and leads on the Baby Friendly Initiatives for the Midwifery Department.
#Midwifery
#BabyFriendlyInitiative
3 months ago
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Fedwa Harrak is a professional midwife and recently joined City St George's as a midwifery lecturer. She is a skilled midwife, educator, and public health advocate
#PublicHealth
#Midwifery
#WomensHealth
4 months ago
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Ariadna Sole is an experienced Midwife and Midwifery lecturer at City St George's. She leads the Advocate and Ambassador module on the Midwifery undergraduate degree
#Midwifery
#MidwiferyEducation
4 months ago
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Marlene Maldifassi is a midwifery lecturer and an Infant Feeding Lead Midwife. She leads the Public Health Module for the midwifery course at City St George's.
#InfantFeeding
#Midwifery
#PublicHealth
4 months ago
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Watch Prof Susan Ayers on @citystgeorges.bsky.social TikTok explain the hidden impact of traumatic birth and childbirth-related PTSD.
ow.ly/FNui50Xty8f
4 months ago
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Applications are open for an MRC LID funded studentship, working with Prof Susan Ayers & Dr Becca Webb on an exciting INTERSECT (
ow.ly/n8EP50Xtxv9
) sub-study looking at the associations between birth trauma & hair cortisol levels. More info/to apply follow this link:
ow.ly/vfSx50Xtxxb
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International Survey Of Childbirth-related Trauma | Intersect Study
The Intersect Study, an international survey of childbirth-related trauma. Save this homegage to your favorites and keep returning to stay up-to-date with the latest developments.
https://ow.ly/n8EP50Xtxv9
4 months ago
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Ethel Rugge is a senior lecturer in Midwifery. She recently joined City St George's. Ethel worked on the Collaborative Learning in Practice (CLiP) project which has a key role in facilitating placement capacity in midwifery.
#Midwifery
#CityStGeorges
4 months ago
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Zoi Vardavaki is a midwifery lecturer at City St George's University of London. She is an experienced academic, midwife, and part-time doctoral student. She is passionate about promoting the physiology of birth to optimise peopleās experiences.
#Midwifery
4 months ago
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Cassandra Yuill, Chris McCourt and their MSc student Caitlin Foley have published an interesting article about midwives' perceptions of the Ockenden review. Read it here:
www.sciencedirect.co...
#OckendenReview
#Midwifery
#Midwives
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An exploration of midwivesā perceptions of the Ockenden review: a qualitative study
This study aims to understand midwivesā perceptions of the Ockenden report.The Ockenden report was published following an inquiry into maternity serviā¦
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877575625001041
4 months ago
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Clinical psychologist Kyla Vaillancourt is doing her PhD focused on the implementation of observational mother-infant interaction tools within specialist Perinatal Mental Health Services.
#PerinatalMentalHealth
#ClinicalPsychology
#MentalHealthResearch
4 months ago
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Taghreed Alsubaie is a PhD student in the Centre. Her PhD is about Factors Associated with Postpartum Mental Health Difficulties among Women in Saudi Arabia
#PostpartumHealth
#SaudiArabia
#MentalHealthAwareness
4 months ago
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Lisa Apini-Welcland's PhD research is entitled "Birth narratives from women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, variations in obstetric outcomes and autonomy of decision-making in Germany and UK: A Mixed-Methods Study"
ow.ly/zCaF50WPwhI
#BirthNarratives
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Lisa Apini-Welcland | City St George's, University of London
Lisa Apini-Welcland is a research student at the School of Health and Psychological Sciences of City, University of London.
https://ow.ly/zCaF50WPwhI
4 months ago
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Rosa Celadon @rosaceladon, is completing her PhD in the centre entitled 'An exploratory study of black mothersā traumatic birth experiences in the UK'
#BlackMothers
#TraumaticBirth
#UKMaternity
4 months ago
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Jo Gould is carrying out her PhD in the Centre entitled- 'What are the barriers and facilitators of effective interdisciplinary collaboration on UK labour wards? An ethnographic study'
#EthnographicStudy
#LabourWards
#InterdisciplinaryCollaboration
#UKHealthcare
#Midwifery
4 months ago
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Scarlett Spratt is a PhD student using data from the INTERSECT study to complete her PhD entitled: Maternity Care Systems and Childbirth-Related Trauma
#MaternityCare
#ChildbirthTrauma
#MaternalHealth
#PhDResearch
5 months ago
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Lorraine Ashley is a PhD student in the Centre. Her thesis is entitled: Research focusing on lived experiences, quality of care, and the social and cultural determinants that influence the maternity care experiences of Black women and birthing people
#LivedExperiences
5 months ago
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Anna Horn @feministnoire is a PhD student in the centre. Her PhD is titled: Centring Liberation: A Black Feminist Ethnography of Group Antenatal Care.
ow.ly/umEN50WPw3p
#BlackFeminism
#AntenatalCare
#Ethnography
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Anna Horn | City St George's, University of London
Anna Horn is a research student at the School of Health and Psychological Sciences of City, University of London.
https://ow.ly/umEN50WPw3p
5 months ago
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Katherine Waterfall's PhD thesis is entitled 'A research project exploring the relationship between refugee women and NHS midwivesā
#RefugeeWomen
#NHSMidwives
#PhDResearch
#Midwifery
5 months ago
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Liz Dudeney @DudeneyLiz is a PhD student. Her thesis is entitled: 'Identifying women at risk of suicide in pregnancy and after birth'
ow.ly/UmFW50WPw0h
#PregnancyHealth
#MaternalMentalHealth
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Liz Dudeney ā¢ City St George's, University of London
Liz Dudeney is a research student at the School of Health and Psychological Sciences of City, University of London.
https://ow.ly/UmFW50WPw0h
5 months ago
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Dr Kyla Vaillancourt @drkylavaill is a clinical psychologist and NIHR research fellow. Her project is focused on the implementation of observational mother-infant interaction tools within specialist Perinatal Mental Health Services.
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Dr Kyla Vaillancourt | City St George's, University of London
Dr Kyla Vaillancourt, NIHR Doctoral Fellow, is an academic at the School of Health and Psychological Sciences of City, University of London.
https://ow.ly/njHo50WPvWh
5 months ago
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PhD student Aliyha Ghumman is completing her PhD titled āImproving Maternity Care for Women Who Have Undergone Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C): A Participatory Co-designed Projectā
#MaternityCare
#WomensHealth
#PhDResearch
5 months ago
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Dr Una Hutton is a research assistant in the Centre. She has previously worked on the MATRIx 2 project, and is now working on MAP Alliance
www.mapstudy.org/
#PerinatalAnxiety
#perinatalmentalhealth
5 months ago
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