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Maternal prenatal anxiety and depression and trajectories of cardiometabolic risk factors across childhood and adolescence: a prospective cohort study (2021)
Journal Article
Matvienko-Sikar, K., O' Neill, K., Fraser, A., Hayes, C., Howe, L., Huizink, A. C., …O'Keefe, L. M. (2022). Maternal prenatal anxiety and depression and trajectories of cardiometabolic risk factors across childhood and adolescence: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 11(12), Article e051681. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051681

Objectives: Quantifying long-term offspring cardiometabolic health risks associated with maternal prenatal anxiety and depression can guide cardiometabolic risk prevention. This study examines associations between maternal prenatal anxiety and depres... Read More about Maternal prenatal anxiety and depression and trajectories of cardiometabolic risk factors across childhood and adolescence: a prospective cohort study.

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.