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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., O'Connor, D. A., & 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.

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.

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.

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.

A mixed methods investigation of an online intervention to facilitate student midwives’ engagement in effective conversations about weight-related behaviour change with pregnant women (2018)
Journal Article
Hart, J., Furber, C., Chisholm, A., Aspinall, S., Lucas, C., Runswick, E., …Peters, S. (2018). A mixed methods investigation of an online intervention to facilitate student midwives’ engagement in effective conversations about weight-related behaviour change with pregnant women. Midwifery, 63, 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2018.05.001

Objective
(1) To identify whether an online training intervention could increase midwifery students’ knowledge of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) and intentions to use them in practice. (2) To identify students’ views and current experiences of t... Read More about A mixed methods investigation of an online intervention to facilitate student midwives’ engagement in effective conversations about weight-related behaviour change with pregnant women.

Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic stewardship, and the midwife's role (2017)
Journal Article
Furber, C., G Allison, D., & Hindley, C. (2017). Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic stewardship, and the midwife's role. British Journal of Midwifery, 25(11), 693-698. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2017.25.11.693

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest challenges to health care. With a reduced number of effective antibiotics, treatable conditions, such as ear, tooth and urine infections, may therefore become life-threatening. In order to minimise anti... Read More about Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic stewardship, and the midwife's role.

Who will educate and prepare the midwives of the future? The crisis in midwifery education in the UK. (2017)
Journal Article
Furber, C. (2017). Who will educate and prepare the midwives of the future? The crisis in midwifery education in the UK. #Journal not on list, 27(3), 277 - 280

Evidence clearly indicates that midwifery care is crucial in maintaining high-quality maternity and neonatal services with midwifery education being fundamental to sustaining the profession (Renfrew et al 2014) and future workforce (West et al 2017).... Read More about Who will educate and prepare the midwives of the future? The crisis in midwifery education in the UK..

The Newborn Infant Physical Examination: Incorporating the theory into midwifery education (2017)
Journal Article
Jones, T., & Furber, C. (2017). The Newborn Infant Physical Examination: Incorporating the theory into midwifery education. British Journal of Midwifery, 25(9), 593-597. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2017.25.9.593

Background
The Newborn Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) can be performed by any qualified health professional, although changes to the roles of health professionals has led to an increase in midwives undertaking continuing professional development... Read More about The Newborn Infant Physical Examination: Incorporating the theory into midwifery education.

Student midwives’ awareness, knowledge, and experiences of antenatal anxiety within clinical practice (2017)
Journal Article
McGookin, A., Furber, C., & Smith, D. M. (2017). Student midwives’ awareness, knowledge, and experiences of antenatal anxiety within clinical practice. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 35(4), 380-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2017.1337270

Objective: The current study aimed to explore student midwives’ awareness, knowledge, and experiences of supporting women with antenatal anxiety (ANA) within clinical practice.

Background: ANA is associated with negative outcomes for mother and ba... Read More about Student midwives’ awareness, knowledge, and experiences of antenatal anxiety within clinical practice.

Group psychological intervention for maternal depression: A nested qualitative study from Karachi, Pakistan (2017)
Journal Article
Husain, N., Chaudhry, N., Furber, C., Fayyaz, H., Kiran, T., Lunat, F., …Fatima, B. (2017). Group psychological intervention for maternal depression: A nested qualitative study from Karachi, Pakistan. World Journal of Psychiatry, 7(2), 98. https://doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v7.i2.98

AIM
To understand the experience of maternal depression, the factors implicated in accessing health, and the acceptability of the psychosocial intervention.

METHODS
The participants were recruited from the paediatrics outpatient department of Ci... Read More about Group psychological intervention for maternal depression: A nested qualitative study from Karachi, Pakistan.

Integrating public health practice into the graduate's role through pre-registration education (2017)
Journal Article
Furber, C., Pusey, H., Busby, A., & Stringer, E. (2017). Integrating public health practice into the graduate's role through pre-registration education. British Journal of Midwifery, 25(5), 321-327. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2017.25.5.321

Public health is now clearly defined in policy and statute as an integral part of the midwife's role and this work continues to develop as health challenges emerge and diversify.

To clarify the knowledge and skills required by contemporary midwive... Read More about Integrating public health practice into the graduate's role through pre-registration education.

Women’s and clinicians perspectives of presentation with reduced fetal movements: a qualitative study (2016)
Journal Article
Smyth, R. M. D., Taylor, W., Heazell, A. E., Furber, C., Whitworth, M., & Lavender, T. (2016). Women’s and clinicians perspectives of presentation with reduced fetal movements: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-016-1074-x

Background
Worldwide maternal perception of fetal movements has been used for many years to evaluate fetal wellbeing. It is intuitively regarded as an expression of fetal well-being as pregnancies in which women consistently report regular fetal mov... Read More about Women’s and clinicians perspectives of presentation with reduced fetal movements: a qualitative study.

Midwives’ experiences of asking the Whooley questions to assess current mental health: a qualitative interpretive study (2016)
Journal Article
McGlone, C., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Furber, C. (2016). Midwives’ experiences of asking the Whooley questions to assess current mental health: a qualitative interpretive study. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 34(4), 383-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2016.1188278

Perinatal Mental Illness (PMI) is a key cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in the UK, with one goal of midwives to identify those at risk during pregnancy. At present, the system of preliminary identification of existing PMI in the UK involves... Read More about Midwives’ experiences of asking the Whooley questions to assess current mental health: a qualitative interpretive study.

Testing HIV positive in pregnancy: A phenomenological study of women׳s experiences (2016)
Journal Article
Lingen-Stallard, A., Furber, C., & Lavender, T. (2016). Testing HIV positive in pregnancy: A phenomenological study of women׳s experiences. Midwifery, 35, 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.02.008

Objective
globally women receive HIV testing in pregnancy; however, limited information is available on their experiences of this potentially life-changing event. This study aims to explore women׳s experiences of receiving a positive HIV test result... Read More about Testing HIV positive in pregnancy: A phenomenological study of women׳s experiences.