All Outputs (64)

A Systematic Review of Key Principles Relating to Decolonising Interventions in Midwifery Education (2025)
Journal Article
Thomas, S., Allan, G., Heaslip, . V., & Furber, C. (in press). A Systematic Review of Key Principles Relating to Decolonising Interventions in Midwifery Education. Women and Birth,

Problem: Midwifery education is predominantly influenced by Eurocentric models, contributing to systemic health inequalities for marginalised groups.

Background: The health disparities for ethnically diverse maternity service users are well docum... Read More about A Systematic Review of Key Principles Relating to Decolonising Interventions in Midwifery Education.

The design, implementation of evaluation methods for a Digital Clinical Placement enhancing midwifery learner’s professional capabilities in post-natal bereavement care episodes (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, H. E., & Furber, C. (2024, November). The design, implementation of evaluation methods for a Digital Clinical Placement enhancing midwifery learner’s professional capabilities in post-natal bereavement care episodes. Presented at PerCIE International Conference 2024: Rebalancing Perspectives: Knowing Me, Knowing You., Online

Design and implementation of evaluation methods for a Digital Clinical Placement, enhancing midwifery learner's professional capabilities in postnatal bereavement episodes. (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Furber, C., & Evans-Griffiths, H. (2024, November). Design and implementation of evaluation methods for a Digital Clinical Placement, enhancing midwifery learner's professional capabilities in postnatal bereavement episodes. Paper presented at PeRcie International Conference, Online

Presentation delivered at PerCIE International Conference 2024: Rebalancing Perspectives: Knowing Me, Knowing You., Online

Exploring the experience of participants in a pilot scheme to recognise teaching excellence in healthcare: A mixed methods approach (2024)
Journal Article
Burns, D., Grundy, J., White, H., A O'Connor, D., & Furber, C. (2024). Exploring the experience of participants in a pilot scheme to recognise teaching excellence in healthcare: A mixed methods approach. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 7, 100255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2024.100255

Background: Within healthcare settings, practice-based healthcare professionals are expected to teach, supervise, assess and/or support learners in their respective disciplines. Ongoing development opportunities focusing specifically on teaching skil... Read More about Exploring the experience of participants in a pilot scheme to recognise teaching excellence in healthcare: A mixed methods approach.

Verbal feedback for written assessment: evaluating a novel feedback communication strategy (2024)
Journal Article
Furber, C., & Singleton, G. (2024). Verbal feedback for written assessment: evaluating a novel feedback communication strategy. British Journal of Midwifery, 32(11), 584-590. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2024.0029

Background/Aims: Feedback plays a pivotal role in learning, but traditional written feedback often lack engagement and specificity, hindering learners' ability to effectively apply feedback. In midwifery education, the need for innovative feedback de... Read More about Verbal feedback for written assessment: evaluating a novel feedback communication strategy.

THE CAPACITY MYSTERY: how can education and practice placement providers collaborate to maximise and expand learning environment capacity for student midwives whilst maintaining quality assurance. (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Furber, C. (2024, May). THE CAPACITY MYSTERY: how can education and practice placement providers collaborate to maximise and expand learning environment capacity for student midwives whilst maintaining quality assurance. Paper presented at Royal College of Midwife annual conference, Liverpool

Greater Manchester Midwifery TPEP: Capacity Review and Placement expansion for Midwifery learners. (2024)
Report
Flaherty, C., Furber, C., & Le Blanc, C. (in press). Greater Manchester Midwifery TPEP: Capacity Review and Placement expansion for Midwifery learners. NHSE

Summary of exploration of midwifery learning environments for student midwives in Greater Manchester

With Women : a collection of stories from Black & Asian Midwives. (2024)
Book
Millan, C., Murphy, K., & Furber, C. (2024). With Women : a collection of stories from Black & Asian Midwives. Manchester: The University of Manchester. https://doi.org/10.17866/m4pd-9498

A book created by students from Loreto High School working with Student Midwives and Midwives from Manchester.

Midwives’ experiences of discussing health behaviour change within routine maternity care: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis (2024)
Journal Article
Talbot, H., Peters, S., Furber, C., & Smith, D. M. (2024). Midwives’ experiences of discussing health behaviour change within routine maternity care: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis. Women and Birth, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2024.01.002

Problem
Behaviours, such as smoking, alcohol use, unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity and vaccination non-adherence may lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Background
Pregnancy has been identified as an opportune time for midwives to suppo... Read More about Midwives’ experiences of discussing health behaviour change within routine maternity care: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.

Verbal Feedback Assessment: An Evaluation of a Novel Feedback Communication Strategy (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Singleton, G., & Furber, C. (2023, December). Verbal Feedback Assessment: An Evaluation of a Novel Feedback Communication Strategy. Paper presented at Advance HE, Liverpool

Co- Creation in action: Curriculum design (2023)
Presentation / Conference
White, H., & Furber, C. (2023, December). Co- Creation in action: Curriculum design. Paper presented at Advance HE, Liverpool

With women: Stories from midwives of ethnic heritage. Promoting insight into the art and science of midwifery to our local communities (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Furber, C. (2022, October). With women: Stories from midwives of ethnic heritage. Promoting insight into the art and science of midwifery to our local communities. Paper presented at Royal College of Midwives Annual conference 2022, Cardiff, Wales

This talk outlined work that is ongoing in supporting midwifery as a career to local communities and schools

Perspectives of depressed mothers on: Use of technology to deliver integrated parenting intervention in Pakistan (2022)
Journal Article
Sattar, R., Chaudhry, N., Khalid, T., Kiran, T., Lakhanpaul, M., Husain, M., …Husain, N. (2022). Perspectives of depressed mothers on: Use of technology to deliver integrated parenting intervention in Pakistan. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 157, 110893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.110893

Exploring the STEP-uP to practice: A survey of UK Lead Midwives for Education views of the STudent midwife Extended Practice Placement during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Cooke, A., Hancock, A., White, H., Clark, N., Gibb, F., McNeill, J., …Furber, C. (2021). Exploring the STEP-uP to practice: A survey of UK Lead Midwives for Education views of the STudent midwife Extended Practice Placement during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Midwifery, 101, 103048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.103048

Objective
to assess the effect of implementation of the extended placement option available to midwifery students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design
Online survey open from 2nd June 2020 to 15th July 2020.

Setting
United... Read More about Exploring the STEP-uP to practice: A survey of UK Lead Midwives for Education views of the STudent midwife Extended Practice Placement during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Recognition of Excessive blood loss At ChildbirTh (REACT) Study: a two‐phase exploratory, sequential mixed methods inquiry using focus groups, interviews and a pilot, randomised crossover study (2021)
Journal Article
Hancock, A., Weeks, A., Furber, C., Campbell, M., & Lavender, T. (2021). The Recognition of Excessive blood loss At ChildbirTh (REACT) Study: a two‐phase exploratory, sequential mixed methods inquiry using focus groups, interviews and a pilot, randomised crossover study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 128(11), 1843-1854. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16735

Objectives
To explore how childbirth-related blood loss is evaluated and excessive bleeding recognised; and to develop and test a theory of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) diagnosis.

Design
Two-phase, exploratory, sequential mixed methods design us... Read More about The Recognition of Excessive blood loss At ChildbirTh (REACT) Study: a two‐phase exploratory, sequential mixed methods inquiry using focus groups, interviews and a pilot, randomised crossover study.

Exploring Lived Experiences of Adolescents Presenting with Self-Harm and Their Views about Suicide Prevention Strategies: A Qualitative Approach (2021)
Journal Article
Naz, A., Naureen, A., Kiran, T., Husain, M. O., Minhas, A., Razzaque, B., …Chaudhry, N. (2021). Exploring Lived Experiences of Adolescents Presenting with Self-Harm and Their Views about Suicide Prevention Strategies: A Qualitative Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), 4694. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094694

Suicide is a serious global public health problem and the third leading cause of death in those 15–35 years old. Self-harm is the major predictor of future suicide attempts and completed suicide yet remains poorly understood. There is limited evidenc... Read More about Exploring Lived Experiences of Adolescents Presenting with Self-Harm and Their Views about Suicide Prevention Strategies: A Qualitative Approach.

Fathers’ roles matter too: An ethnographic study examining fathers’ roles and the influences on their roles during labour and birth (2021)
Journal Article
Longworth, M. K., Furber, C., & Kirk, S. (2021). Fathers’ roles matter too: An ethnographic study examining fathers’ roles and the influences on their roles during labour and birth. Midwifery, 92, 102857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2020.102857

Maternity worforce reflecting the community's needs - race matter (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Furber, C. (2020, November). Maternity worforce reflecting the community's needs - race matter. Presented at Royal College of Midwives Annual conference, online

Development and assessment of smartphone based intervention (TechMotherCare) for maternal depression in Pakistan (2020)
Journal Article
Chaudhry, I., Chaudhry, N., Khalid, T., Kiran, T., Husain, M., Furber, C., & Husain, N. (2020). Development and assessment of smartphone based intervention (TechMotherCare) for maternal depression in Pakistan. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 133, 110029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110029

Eating disorders in pregnancy: practical considerations for the midwife (2019)
Journal Article
Stringer, E. C., & Furber, C. (2019). Eating disorders in pregnancy: practical considerations for the midwife. British Journal of Midwifery, 27(3), 146-150. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2019.27.3.146

Women who have eating disorders represent up to 8% of pregnant women today. The risks to both a mother and her baby are significant if an eating disorder is present. It is important that midwives have the knowledge, skills and confidence to enquire a... Read More about Eating disorders in pregnancy: practical considerations for the midwife.