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Perinatal stress and anxiety in Ireland: experiences and support needs (2024)
Journal Article
Looney, E., Houghton, C., Redsell, S., & Matvienko-Sikar, K. (2024). Perinatal stress and anxiety in Ireland: experiences and support needs. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2024.52

Objectives: Perinatal stress and anxiety from conception to two years postpartum have important adverse outcomes for women and infants. This study examined (i) women's perception of sources and experiences of perinatal stress and anxiety, (ii) women'... Read More about Perinatal stress and anxiety in Ireland: experiences and support needs.

What aspects of outcome measurement instruments are important to parents and caregivers in child health trials: Survey protocol [version 1; peer review: 1 approved] (2024)
Journal Article
Duffy, M., Looney, E., Dutch, D., Johnson, B., Kelly, L., Porter, L., Redsell, S., & Matvienko-Sikar, K. (2024). What aspects of outcome measurement instruments are important to parents and caregivers in child health trials: Survey protocol [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]. HRB Open Research, 7, Article 62. https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13977.1

Background

Trials of interventions to prevent illness and/or improve health outcomes in children play a crucial role in the advancement of paediatric healthcare, research, and policy. It is important for researchers and trialists involved in such... Read More about What aspects of outcome measurement instruments are important to parents and caregivers in child health trials: Survey protocol [version 1; peer review: 1 approved].

Identifying behavior change techniques (BCTs) in responsive feeding interventions to prevent childhood obesity—A systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Ní Eidhin, G. M. Á., Matvienko‐Sikar, K., & Redsell, S. A. (2024). Identifying behavior change techniques (BCTs) in responsive feeding interventions to prevent childhood obesity—A systematic review. Obesity Reviews, Article e13857. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13857

Background
Complex interventions that include responsive infant feeding components can potentially prevent childhood obesity. To develop a replicable responsive feeding intervention, an understanding of the most effective behavior change techniques... Read More about Identifying behavior change techniques (BCTs) in responsive feeding interventions to prevent childhood obesity—A systematic review.

What validated instruments, that measure implementation outcomes, are suitable for use in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) setting? A systematic review of systematic reviews (2024)
Journal Article
Dodds, E., Redsell, S., Timmons, S., & Manning, J. C. (2024). What validated instruments, that measure implementation outcomes, are suitable for use in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) setting? A systematic review of systematic reviews. Implementation Science, 19, Article 70

Background/aims
The measurement of implementation outcomes can establish the success of implementing evidence into practice. However, implementation outcomes are seldom measured in acute healthcare settings, such as Paediatric Intensive Care Units (... Read More about What validated instruments, that measure implementation outcomes, are suitable for use in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) setting? A systematic review of systematic reviews.

Refining the Choosing Health Infant feeding for Infant Health intervention and implementation strategy: Re-CHErIsH Study Protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Looney, E., Duffy, M., Ahern Galvin, H., Byrne, M., Golley, R., Hayes, C., Heffernan, T., Jennings, A., Johnson, B., Kearney, P. . M., Kelly, C., Leahy-Warren, P., McBride, M., McHugh, S., O’Neill, K., Redsell, S., Seidler, A. L., Toomey, E., & Matvienko-Sikar, K. (2024). Refining the Choosing Health Infant feeding for Infant Health intervention and implementation strategy: Re-CHErIsH Study Protocol. HRB Open Research, 7, Article 59. https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13935.1

Background
Childhood obesity is a significant global public health challenge, with significant adverse effects on both mental and physical health outcomes. During the period from birth to one-year, modifiable caregiver behaviours, such as what, how... Read More about Refining the Choosing Health Infant feeding for Infant Health intervention and implementation strategy: Re-CHErIsH Study Protocol.

improving Pain mAnagement for childreN and young people attendeD by Ambulance (PANDA): protocol for a realist review [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations] (2024)
Journal Article
Nicholls, G., Eaton, G., Ortega, M., Sumera, K., Baliousis, M., Hodgson, J., Laparidou, D., Siriwardena, A. N., Leighton, P., Redsell, S., Lord, B., Bujor, T., & Whitley, G. A. (2024). improving Pain mAnagement for childreN and young people attendeD by Ambulance (PANDA): protocol for a realist review [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]. NIHR Open Research, 4, Article 42. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13627.1

Background
Each year in England, 450,000 children and young people (CYP) under 18 years of age are transported by ambulance to emergency departments. Approximately 20% of these suffer acute pain caused by illness or injury. Pain is a highly complex... Read More about improving Pain mAnagement for childreN and young people attendeD by Ambulance (PANDA): protocol for a realist review [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations].

Factors influencing use and choice of Core Outcome Sets and outcome measurement instruments in trials of interventions to prevent childhood obesity: A survey protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Matvienko-Sikar, K., Anokye, R., Dutch, D., Duffy, M., Looney, E., Brown, V., Browne, J., Dahly, D., Devane, D., Harrington, J., Hayes, C., Johnson, B., Kearney, P. M., J Kirkham, J., Leahy-Warren, P., Murphy, A. W., Redsell, S., Seidler, A. L., & Skouteris, H. (in press). Factors influencing use and choice of Core Outcome Sets and outcome measurement instruments in trials of interventions to prevent childhood obesity: A survey protocol. HRB Open Research, 7, Article 28. https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13884.1

Background

Two core outcome sets for childhood obesity prevention have been developed; standardised sets of outcome measurement instruments for these core outcome sets are currently being developed. Core outcome sets and standardised measurement s... Read More about Factors influencing use and choice of Core Outcome Sets and outcome measurement instruments in trials of interventions to prevent childhood obesity: A survey protocol.

Starting a career in research nursing during a global pandemic (2024)
Journal Article
Rodgers, K., Jones, A., Carlin, A., Redsell, S., & Andreyev, J. (2024). Starting a career in research nursing during a global pandemic. British Journal of Nursing, 33(5), 266-270. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.5.266

In the spring of 2020, two nurses (KR and AJ) commenced their research nurse careers amid the SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) global pandemic. This reflective article discusses their experiences of beginning a clinical research nursing career, presented as a c... Read More about Starting a career in research nursing during a global pandemic.

Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol (2023)
Journal Article
Porter, L., Matvienko-Sikar, K., Wharrad, H., Spiby, H., Siriwardena, A. N., Howitt, C., …Redsell, S. (2024). Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol. Healthcare, 12(1), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010029

Responsive infant feeding is a key strategy for childhood obesity prevention. Responsive feeding involves caregivers responding to infant hunger and satiety cues in a timely and developmentally appropriate manner. There is a dearth of evidence-based... Read More about Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol.

Which outcome measurement instruments are used to measure core infant feeding outcomes in children up to 1 year of age? A scoping review protocol (2023)
Journal Article
Matvienko-Sikar, K., Adair, L., Bell, L. K., Birken, C. S., Brown, V., Dahly, D., …Terwee, C. B. (2023). Which outcome measurement instruments are used to measure core infant feeding outcomes in children up to 1 year of age? A scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 6, Article 67. https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13797.1

Background
How, what, and when infants are fed plays a role in the aetiology of childhood obesity. Heterogeneity in how infant feeding outcomes are measured in trials of interventions to prevent childhood obesity limits evidence syntheses and unders... Read More about Which outcome measurement instruments are used to measure core infant feeding outcomes in children up to 1 year of age? A scoping review protocol.

Barriers and Enablers to Weight Management Programmes for Working Men: A Qualitative Study (2023)
Journal Article
Broughton, M., Lymn, J. S., & Redsell, S. A. (2023). Barriers and Enablers to Weight Management Programmes for Working Men: A Qualitative Study. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023, Article 7854774. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/7854774

Gender-sensitised weight management programmes have been developed to encourage more men to access support. Whilst these programmes have proved successful for some groups of men, they are not a panacea, and the views of men who have never attended an... Read More about Barriers and Enablers to Weight Management Programmes for Working Men: A Qualitative Study.

“We are experiencing pain on our own”: mental health care to prevail over impacts of cultural silence on HIV (2023)
Journal Article
Mwalabu, G., Evans, C., Redsell, S., Petruka, P., & Mapulanga, P. (2023). “We are experiencing pain on our own”: mental health care to prevail over impacts of cultural silence on HIV. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 17(4), 463-474. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-08-2022-0089

Purpose: This qualitative case study aims to investigate how current services meet the emotional needs of young women growing up with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Young women (15–19 years old), caregivers and service provi... Read More about “We are experiencing pain on our own”: mental health care to prevail over impacts of cultural silence on HIV.

Healthcare professionals’ experiences and perceptions of providing support for mental health during the period from pregnancy to two years postpartum (2022)
Journal Article
Pope, J., Redsell, S., Houghton, C., & Matvienko-Sikar, K. (2023). Healthcare professionals’ experiences and perceptions of providing support for mental health during the period from pregnancy to two years postpartum. Midwifery, 118, Article 103581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2022.103581

Objective: Mental health issues in the perinatal period are common, and can have negative consequences for maternal and child health. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) who provide women with perinatal care are well-placed to detect mental health issues... Read More about Healthcare professionals’ experiences and perceptions of providing support for mental health during the period from pregnancy to two years postpartum.

Effects of maternal stress and/or anxiety interventions in the first 1000 days:Systematic review of reviews (2021)
Journal Article
Matvienko-Sikar, K., Redsell, S., & Flannery, C. (2021). Effects of maternal stress and/or anxiety interventions in the first 1000 days:Systematic review of reviews. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2021.1976400

Objective: Effective interventions are needed to mitigate effects of stress and anxiety from conception and up to two years postpartum (the first 1000 days), but it is unclear what works, for what populations and at what time points. This review aime... Read More about Effects of maternal stress and/or anxiety interventions in the first 1000 days:Systematic review of reviews.

Barriers and enablers to Caregivers' Responsive feeding Behaviour (CRiB): A systematic review to inform childhood obesity prevention (2021)
Journal Article
Redsell, S. A., Slater, V., Rose, J., Olander, E., & Matvienko-Sikar, K. (2021). Barriers and enablers to Caregivers' Responsive feeding Behaviour (CRiB): A systematic review to inform childhood obesity prevention. Obesity Reviews, 22(7), Article e13228. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13228

Responsive infant feeding is a critical component of childhood obesity prevention. However, there is little guidance for caregivers on how to do this successfully. The first step to developing an intervention to promote responsive feeding is to syste... Read More about Barriers and enablers to Caregivers' Responsive feeding Behaviour (CRiB): A systematic review to inform childhood obesity prevention.

Effects of interventions for women and their partners to reduce or prevent stress and anxiety: A systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Matvienko-Sikar, K., Flannery, C., Redsell, S., Hayes, C., Kearney, P. M., & Huizink, A. (2021). Effects of interventions for women and their partners to reduce or prevent stress and anxiety: A systematic review. Women and Birth, 34(2), e97-e117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2020.02.010

© 2021 The Authors Background: The period from conception to two years postpartum (the first 1000 days) represents a normative transitional period, which can be potentially stressful for some parents. Parental stress and anxiety adversely impacts psy... Read More about Effects of interventions for women and their partners to reduce or prevent stress and anxiety: A systematic review.

Community midwives' and health visitors' experiences of research recruitment: a qualitative exploration using the Theoretical Domains Framework (2021)
Journal Article
Rose, J., Lynn, K., Akister, J., Maxton, F., & Redsell, S. A. (2021). Community midwives' and health visitors' experiences of research recruitment: a qualitative exploration using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 22, Article e5. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423621000050

Background: Successful research is frequently hampered by poor study recruitment, especially in community settings and with participants who are women and their children. Health visitors and community midwives are well placed to invite young families... Read More about Community midwives' and health visitors' experiences of research recruitment: a qualitative exploration using the Theoretical Domains Framework.

Identifying interventions with Gypsies, Roma and Travellers to promote immunisation uptake: methodological approach and findings (2020)
Journal Article
Dyson, L., Bedford, H., Condon, L., Emslie, C., Ireland, L., Mytton, J., …Jackson, C. (2020). Identifying interventions with Gypsies, Roma and Travellers to promote immunisation uptake: methodological approach and findings. BMC Public Health, 20, Article 1574. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09614-4

Background
In the UK, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities are generally considered to be at risk of low or variable immunisation uptake. Many strategies to increase uptake for the general population are relevant for GRT communities, however... Read More about Identifying interventions with Gypsies, Roma and Travellers to promote immunisation uptake: methodological approach and findings.

Proactive assessment of obesity risk during infancy (ProAsk): a qualitative study of parents’ and professionals’ perspectives on an mHealth intervention. (2019)
Journal Article
Rose, J., Glazebrook, C., Wharrad, H., Siriwardena, A. N., Swift, J. A., Nathan, D., …Redsell, S. (2019). Proactive assessment of obesity risk during infancy (ProAsk): a qualitative study of parents’ and professionals’ perspectives on an mHealth intervention. BMC Public Health, 19, Article 294. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6616-5

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Prevention of childhood obesity is a public health priority. Interventions that establish healthy growth trajectories early in life promise lifelong benefits to health and wellbeing. Proactive Assessment of Obesity Risk during Infancy... Read More about Proactive assessment of obesity risk during infancy (ProAsk): a qualitative study of parents’ and professionals’ perspectives on an mHealth intervention..