All Outputs (6)

Risk assessments and ethnicity in maternity care: looking through the wrong end of the telescope? (2024)
Journal Article
Melamed, A. (2024). Risk assessments and ethnicity in maternity care: looking through the wrong end of the telescope?. British Journal of Midwifery, 32(2), 98-104. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2024.32.2.98

Many Black and brown women are classified as ‘high risk’ and follow obstetric-led pathways. This may be the result of social determinants of health, or over pathologisation as a result of racial bias by healthcare providers and systems. There may be... Read More about Risk assessments and ethnicity in maternity care: looking through the wrong end of the telescope?.

Trans and non-binary experiences of maternity services: Cautioning against acting without evidence (2023)
Journal Article
Webb, K., Rickford, R., Edun, C., & Melamed, A. (2023). Trans and non-binary experiences of maternity services: Cautioning against acting without evidence. British Journal of Midwifery, 31(9), 512-518. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2023.31.9.512

Research into the experiences of trans and non-binary users of maternity services in England was recently commissioned by the Health and Wellbeing Alliance. It was conducted by the LGBT Foundation, culminating in the ‘improving trans and non-binary e... Read More about Trans and non-binary experiences of maternity services: Cautioning against acting without evidence.

Risk discourse in pregnancy and birth; a mechanism of control (2023)
Journal Article
Melamed, A. (2023). Risk discourse in pregnancy and birth; a mechanism of control. Radical Notion, 118-121

A post-structuralist feminist analysis of electronic fetal monitoring in labour (2023)
Journal Article
Melamed, A. (2023). A post-structuralist feminist analysis of electronic fetal monitoring in labour. British Journal of Midwifery, 31(3), 165-171. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2023.31.3.165

Constant electronic fetal monitoring has become a ubiquitous part of birth management in most high-income countries, both reflecting and creating the social context. This article uses a post-structuralist feminist critique to show that the use of the... Read More about A post-structuralist feminist analysis of electronic fetal monitoring in labour.

The Witch Trials, midwives and the battle for the body (2022)
Journal Article
Melamed, A. (2022). The Witch Trials, midwives and the battle for the body. Midwifery Matters,

During the 16th and 17th century, all across Europe, in every town and village, women were killed as witches; many of whom were midwives. How did this brutal period of our history affect midwifery? The process of the witch trials started with a stea... Read More about The Witch Trials, midwives and the battle for the body.

The true cost of maternity charging (2018)
Journal Article
O'Cearnaigh, R., & Melamed, A. (2018). The true cost of maternity charging. Practising Midwife,

The introduction of health charging for maternity services contributes to vulnerable migrant women not receiving the antenatal care they need. Despite the commitment to bringing down health inequalities by the Department of Health, this policy deters... Read More about The true cost of maternity charging.