Professor HELEN SPIBY's Outputs (10)

Optimising digital clinical consultations in maternity care: a realist review and implementation principles (2024)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Clancy, G., Evans, K., Booth, A., Nazmeen, B., Timmons, S., Sunney, C., Clowes, M., Jones, N., & Spiby, H. (2024). Optimising digital clinical consultations in maternity care: a realist review and implementation principles. BMJ Open, 14(10), Article e079153. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079153

OBJECTIVES
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to increased use of digital clinical consultations (phone or video calls) within UK maternity services. This project aimed to review the evidence on digital clinical consultations in maternity systems to illu... Read More about Optimising digital clinical consultations in maternity care: a realist review and implementation principles.

Challenges and opportunities of sustained public involvement in maternal health research: a practice case study with reflections from researchers and public contributors (2024)
Journal Article
Roberts, J., Sunney, C., Ekeh, J. I., Tchuissi, C. N., Norman, R., & Spiby, H. (2024). Challenges and opportunities of sustained public involvement in maternal health research: a practice case study with reflections from researchers and public contributors. Research for All, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.14324/rfa.08.1.08

It is widely agreed that collaboration with people with lived experience of specific health conditions or health services is both a moral imperative and a utility to improve research quality, validity and impact. However, there is little agreement ab... Read More about Challenges and opportunities of sustained public involvement in maternal health research: a practice case study with reflections from researchers and public contributors.

The impact of different doses of oral iron supplementation during pregnancy: a pilot randomized trial (2024)
Journal Article
Stanworth, S. J., Churchill, D., Sweity, S., Holmes, T., Hudson, C., Brown, R., Lax, S., Murray, J., Spiby, H., Roy, N., Farmer, A., Gale, C., Crayton, E., Lorencatto, F., Griffiths, J., Mullings, J., Last, S., & Knight, M. (2024). The impact of different doses of oral iron supplementation during pregnancy: a pilot randomized trial. Blood Advances, 8(21), 5683-5694. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2024013408

The burden of iron-deficiency anemia remains significant during pregnancy. Oral iron is first-line medication, but there is uncertainty about a range of factors including adherence and side-effects of different doses. We conducted a pilot randomized... Read More about The impact of different doses of oral iron supplementation during pregnancy: a pilot randomized trial.

How to Implement Digital Clinical Consultations in UK Maternity Care: the ARM@DA Realist Review (2024)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Clancy, G., Evans, K., Booth, A., Nazmeen, B., Sunney, C., Clowes, M., Jones, N. W., Timmons, S., & Spiby, H. (in press). How to Implement Digital Clinical Consultations in UK Maternity Care: the ARM@DA Realist Review. Health and Social Care Delivery Research,

Background: Digital transformation is a key component within the NHS Maternity Transformation Programme. The Covid-19 pandemic led to an acceleration of digital innovation, in particular, the use of digital clinical consultations (telephone/video con... Read More about How to Implement Digital Clinical Consultations in UK Maternity Care: the ARM@DA Realist Review.

Maternity support workers’ experiences of workplace trauma and post-traumatic stress symptoms (2024)
Journal Article
Slade, P., Smart, C., Krahé, C., & Spiby, H. (2024). Maternity support workers’ experiences of workplace trauma and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Midwifery, 136, Article 104071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2024.104071

Background Maternity support workers (MSWs) are now a key part of the maternity workforce. They work in environments with potential exposure to traumatic events, but little is known about their rates of exposure or... Read More about Maternity support workers’ experiences of workplace trauma and post-traumatic stress symptoms.

Examining the key features of specialist health service provision for women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the Global North: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Albert, J., Wells, M., Spiby, H., & Evans, C. (2024). Examining the key features of specialist health service provision for women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the Global North: a scoping review. Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 5, Article 1329819. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2024.1329819

Background: Health care for women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the Global North is often described as sub-optimal and focused on maternity care. Specialist FGM/C services have emerged with little empirical evidence informing serv... Read More about Examining the key features of specialist health service provision for women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in the Global North: a scoping review.

Motherhood, Human Trafficking, and Asylum Seeking: The Experiences and Needs of Survivor Mothers in Birthing and Postnatal Care (2024)
Journal Article
Bosatta, L., Crespi de Valldaura, M., Bales, K., Spiby, H., & Ni Bhriain, L. (2024). Motherhood, Human Trafficking, and Asylum Seeking: The Experiences and Needs of Survivor Mothers in Birthing and Postnatal Care. Societies, 14(5), Article 69. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14050069

This article aims to illuminate the little-studied phenomenon of asylum-seeking child-bearing women in the UK, survivors of violence and human trafficking. This is a significant issue in terms of the proportion of women affected and the paucity of ca... Read More about Motherhood, Human Trafficking, and Asylum Seeking: The Experiences and Needs of Survivor Mothers in Birthing and Postnatal Care.

TransfOrming Transnational intErcultural sensitivity for Midwifery students through an inclusive mobility model: A mixed-method evaluation of the TOTEMM project (2024)
Journal Article
Borrelli, S., Konstantinidis, S., Fumagalli, S., Kärema, A., Mets-Oja, S., Nespoli, A., Sands, G., Smit, A.-M., van Oost, M. A., Walker, L., & Spiby, H. (2024). TransfOrming Transnational intErcultural sensitivity for Midwifery students through an inclusive mobility model: A mixed-method evaluation of the TOTEMM project. Nurse Education Today, 138, Article 106186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106186

Background: Contemporary midwifery curricula require that student midwives have insight and understanding of global health practice and intercultural sensitivity. The current mobility model excludes large numbers of students from engaging in transnat... Read More about TransfOrming Transnational intErcultural sensitivity for Midwifery students through an inclusive mobility model: A mixed-method evaluation of the TOTEMM project.

Developing initial programme theories for a realist synthesis on digital clinical consultations in maternity care: contributions from stakeholder involvement (2024)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Clancy, G., Evans, K., Booth, A., Nazmeen, B., Timmons, S., Sunney, C., Clowes, M., Wyn Jones, N., & Spiby, H. (2024). Developing initial programme theories for a realist synthesis on digital clinical consultations in maternity care: contributions from stakeholder involvement. Journal of Research in Nursing, 29(2), 127-140. https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871241226911

Background: The COVID pandemic prompted an increase in the use of digital clinical consultations (telephone or video calls) within midwifery and nursing care. This paper reports on a realist review project related to maternity care that seeks to illu... Read More about Developing initial programme theories for a realist synthesis on digital clinical consultations in maternity care: contributions from stakeholder involvement.

The impact of prior care experience on nursing students' compassionate values and behaviours: A mixed methods study (2024)
Journal Article
Field-Richards, S. E., Aubeeluck, A., Callaghan, P., Keeley, P., Redsell, S. A., Spiby, H., Stacey, G., & Lymn, J. S. (2024). The impact of prior care experience on nursing students' compassionate values and behaviours: A mixed methods study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 153, Article 104732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104732

Background: Compassion is critical to the provision of high-quality healthcare and is foregrounded internationally as an issue of contemporary concern. Paid care experience prior to nurse training has been suggested as a potential means of improving... Read More about The impact of prior care experience on nursing students' compassionate values and behaviours: A mixed methods study.