All Outputs (4)

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.

Maternal depression and the role of psychosocial intervention: Perception of community health workers in Pakistan (2016)
Journal Article
Karbhari, A., Chaudhry, N., Kiran, T., Fayyaz, H., Fatima, B., Furber, C., …Husain, N. (2016). Maternal depression and the role of psychosocial intervention: Perception of community health workers in Pakistan. European Psychiatry, 33,

Low-income countries have a critical shortage of health professionals. In countries such as Pakistan, Community Health Workers (CHWs) can play an important role in improving access to healthcare services and hence improve health outcomes.To explore t... Read More about Maternal depression and the role of psychosocial intervention: Perception of community health workers in Pakistan.