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Childbirth on television: a scoping review and recommendations for further research (2019)
Journal Article
Roberts, J., & De Benedictis, S. (2019). Childbirth on television: a scoping review and recommendations for further research. Feminist Media Studies, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2019.1690025

Factual and reality television shows that depict childbirth are both commercially successful and controversial. Social debate focuses on the potential implications for women’s experiences of birth and their health. This scoping review critically anal... Read More about Childbirth on television: a scoping review and recommendations for further research.

Are midwives in the Netherlands satisfied with their jobs? A systematic examination of satisfaction levels among hospital and primary-care midwives in the Netherlands (2019)
Journal Article
Cronie, D., Perdok, H., Verhoeven, C., Jans, S., Hermus, M., de Vries, R., & Rijnders, M. (2019). Are midwives in the Netherlands satisfied with their jobs? A systematic examination of satisfaction levels among hospital and primary-care midwives in the Netherlands. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4454-x

The experiences of spirituality among adults with mental health difficulties: a qualitative systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Milner, K., Crawford, P., Edgley, A., Hare-Duke, L., & Slade, M. (2019). The experiences of spirituality among adults with mental health difficulties: a qualitative systematic review. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 29, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2045796019000234

Aims Despite an increasing awareness of the importance of spirituality in mental health contexts, a ‘religiosity gap’ exists in the difference in value placed on spirituality and religion by professionals compared with service users. This may be du... Read More about The experiences of spirituality among adults with mental health difficulties: a qualitative systematic review.

An analysis of media reporting on the closure of freestanding midwifery units in England (2019)
Journal Article
Rayment, J., McCourt, C., Scanlon, M., Culley, L., Spiby, H., Bishop, S., & de Lima, L. A. (2020). An analysis of media reporting on the closure of freestanding midwifery units in England. Women and Birth, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2018.12.012

Problem Despite clinical guidelines and policy promoting choice of place of birth, 14 Freestanding Midwifery Units were closed between 2008 and 2015, closures reported in the media as justified by low use and financial constraints. Background Th... Read More about An analysis of media reporting on the closure of freestanding midwifery units in England.

Experiences and views of midwives performing antenatal cardiotocography in Dutch primary care: A qualitative study (2019)
Journal Article
van der Pijl, M. S., Tiel Groenestege, E. Q., & Verhoeven, C. J. (2019). Experiences and views of midwives performing antenatal cardiotocography in Dutch primary care: A qualitative study. Midwifery, 72, 60-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2019.02.003

How do midwives facilitate women to give birth during physiological second stage of labour? A protocol for a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Verhoeven, C. J., Spence, D., Nyman, V., Otten, R. H. J., & Healy, M. (2019). How do midwives facilitate women to give birth during physiological second stage of labour? A protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 8, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-018-0916-1

Background Midwives’ practices during the second stage of labour vary nationally and internationally. We aim to retrieve evidence that supports high-quality intrapartum care by conducting a systematic review of the literature. Methods Electronic... Read More about How do midwives facilitate women to give birth during physiological second stage of labour? A protocol for a systematic review.

The ontology of early labour (and the difficulties of talking about it): Using interview methods to investigate uncertain and gendered concepts (2019)
Journal Article
Roberts, J. (2019). The ontology of early labour (and the difficulties of talking about it): Using interview methods to investigate uncertain and gendered concepts. Methodological Innovations, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/2059799119825594

This article presents reflections on the process of collecting interview data about fathers’ experiences of ‘early labour’. Early labour is the first phase of labour, defined in textbooks by regular contractions and cervical dilation of up to 4 cm. W... Read More about The ontology of early labour (and the difficulties of talking about it): Using interview methods to investigate uncertain and gendered concepts.