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Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Research Unit

People

Dr Catherine Best

Dr Catherine Best

Associate Professor, Institute for Social Marketing

Dr Marty Chamberlain

Dr Marty Chamberlain

Lecturer in Criminology, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Lynne Gilmour

Dr Lynne Gilmour

Research Fellow, NMAHP

Ms Louise Honeybul

Ms Louise Honeybul

Research Assistant, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Professor Anne Whittaker

Professor Anne Whittaker

Professor of Nursing, NMAHP

Outputs

Article

Acceptability of identification and management of perinatal anxiety: a qualitative interview study with postnatal women OPEN ACCESS EDITED BY

Meades R, Moran PM, Hutton U, Khan R, Maxwell M, Cheyne H, Delicate A, Shakespeare J, Hollins K, Pisavadia K, Doungsong P, Edwards RT, Sinesi A, Ayers S, Zineldin M, Paul JL, Lakdawala BM & Pm M (2024) Acceptability of identification and management of perinatal anxiety: a qualitative interview study with postnatal women OPEN ACCESS EDITED BY. Front. Public Health, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1466150

Article

Towards an assessment of psychosocial work factors in a multi-level mental health intervention in the workplace: results from the MENTUPP pilot-study

Tsantila F, Rugulies R, Coppens E, De Witte H, Arensman E, Kahar A, Cerga-Pashoja A, Corcoran P, De Winter L, Greiner B, Griffin E, Hogg B, Leduc C, Leduc M & Maxwell M (2024) Towards an assessment of psychosocial work factors in a multi-level mental health intervention in the workplace: results from the MENTUPP pilot-study. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-024-02096-6

Article

The effects of different types of organisational workplace mental health interventions on mental health and wellbeing in healthcare workers: a systematic review

Aust B, Leduc C, Cresswell-Smith J, O’Brien C, Rugulies R, Leduc M, Dhalaigh DN, Dushaj A, Fanaj N, Guinart D, Maxwell M, Reich H, Ross V, Sadath A & Paterson C (2024) The effects of different types of organisational workplace mental health interventions on mental health and wellbeing in healthcare workers: a systematic review. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 97 (5), pp. 485-522. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-024-02065-z

Article

Childhood adversity and mental health admission patterns prior to young person suicide (CHASE): a case-control 36 year linked hospital data study, Scotland UK 1981–2017

Dougall N, Savinc J, Maxwell M, Karatzias T, O'connor RC, Williams B, John A, Cheyne H, Fyvie C, Bisson JI, Hibberd C, Abbott-Smith S, Nolan L & Murray J (2024) Childhood adversity and mental health admission patterns prior to young person suicide (CHASE): a case-control 36 year linked hospital data study, Scotland UK 1981–2017. BJPsych Open, 10 (e124), p. 1–11. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/childhood-adversity-and-mental-health-admission-patterns-prior-to-young-person-suicide-chase-a-casecontrol-36-year-linked-hospital-data-study-scotland-uk-19812017/FB49448D61F8DCBC55CA8C1F0E81BADC; https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.69

Article

Antenatal care of women who use opioids: a qualitative study of practitioners’ perceptions of strengths and challenges of current service provision in Scotland

Hughes T, McFadden A, Whittaker A, Boardman JP & Marryat L (2024) Antenatal care of women who use opioids: a qualitative study of practitioners’ perceptions of strengths and challenges of current service provision in Scotland. Whittaker A (Researcher) BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24 (1), Art. No.: 75. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06265-w; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06265-w

Article

Text message conversations between peer supporters and women to deliver infant feeding support using behaviour change techniques: A qualitative analysis

Knox O, Parker D, Johnson D, Dombrowski SU, Thomson G, Clarke J, Hoddinott P, Jolly K & Ingram J (2023) Text message conversations between peer supporters and women to deliver infant feeding support using behaviour change techniques: A qualitative analysis. Midwifery, 127, Art. No.: 103838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103838

Article

Understanding capacity for implementing new interventions: A qualitative study of speech and language therapy services for children with speech sound disorder

Nicoll A, Roulstone S, Williams B & Maxwell M (2023) Understanding capacity for implementing new interventions: A qualitative study of speech and language therapy services for children with speech sound disorder. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12979

Conference Paper (unpublished)

Co-producing with children and young people for a meta-ethnography on experiences of chronic pain, treatments and services.

Silveira Bianchim M, Jordan A, Uny I, Noyes J, Forbat L, Line C, Ruth T & France E (2023) Co-producing with children and young people for a meta-ethnography on experiences of chronic pain, treatments and services.. Abstracts of the 27th Cochrane Colloquium. Cochrane Colloquium, London, UK, 04.09.2023-06.09.2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd202301

Book Chapter

Review of current scales and their psychometric properties

Sinesi A (2021) Review of current scales and their psychometric properties. In: Dryer R & Brunton R (eds.) Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Theory, Research, and Practice. First edition ed. London: Routledge, pp. 161-176. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003014003/pregnancy-related-anxiety-rachel-dryer-robyn-brunton?refId=5b340c8d-95d1-4d84-934c-8ac38c4f45e2; https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003014003

Article

Evidence for implementation of interventions to promote mental health in the workplace: a systematic scoping review protocol

Paterson C, Leduc C, Maxwell M, Aust B, Amann BL, Cerga-Pashoja A, Coppens E, Couwenbergh C, O’Connor C, Arensman E & Greiner BA (2021) Evidence for implementation of interventions to promote mental health in the workplace: a systematic scoping review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 10 (1), Art. No.: 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01570-9

Review

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Perinatal Mental Health Care in Health and Social Care Settings: A Systematic Review

Webb R, Uddin N, Ford E, Easter A, Shakespeare J, Roberts N, Alderdice F, Coates R, Hogg S, Cheyne H, Ayers S & the MATRIx study team (2021) Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Perinatal Mental Health Care in Health and Social Care Settings: A Systematic Review. Lancet Psychiatry, 8 (6), pp. 521-534. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2820%2930467-3

Projects

Test, evidence, transition: supporting faster breast cancer diagnosis
PI: Dr Erica Gadsby
Funded by: Cancer Research UK
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A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services and treatments
PI: Professor Emma France
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Improving Maternal Mental Health in South East Asia through assets based approaches
PI: Professor Margaret Maxwell
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Creating Safe Handover Systems In Pre-Hospital Care
PI:
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Vale of Leven Inspiring Care Scholarship Programme, Within the Clinical Academic Research Careers
PI: Professor Margaret Maxwell
Funded by: Scottish Government
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