All Outputs (34)

'But isn't it the baby that decides when it will be born?': Temporality and women's embodied experiences of giving birth (2016)
Journal Article

Drawing on primary ethnographic research, this paper explores the intermeshing of different forms of time in contemporary childbirth, including the ways in which pregnant women are embedded within, informed by, and resist institutional categorization... Read More about 'But isn't it the baby that decides when it will be born?': Temporality and women's embodied experiences of giving birth.

Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe: A critical exploration of tools and indicators (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Escuriet et al. Background: This paper critically reviews published tools and indicators currently used to measure maternity care performance within Europe, focusing particularly on whether and how current approaches enable systematic appraisa... Read More about Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe: A critical exploration of tools and indicators.

Cross-sectional study comparing public and private hospitals in Catalonia: Is the practice of routine episiotomy changing? (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Escuriet et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Background: In Spain, the Strategy for Assistance in Normal Childbirth (SANC) promoted a model of care, which respects the physiological birth process and discards unnecessary routine interventions, su... Read More about Cross-sectional study comparing public and private hospitals in Catalonia: Is the practice of routine episiotomy changing?.

Obstetric interventions in two groups of hospitals in Catalonia: A cross-sectional study (2014)
Journal Article

Background: Childbirth assistance in highly technological settings and existing variability in the interventions performed are cause for concern. In recent years, numerous recommendations have been made concerning the importance of the physiological... Read More about Obstetric interventions in two groups of hospitals in Catalonia: A cross-sectional study.

Cross-cultural bodies through space: European travellers, permanent body marking, and liminality (2014)
Book Chapter

Normal birth: Experiences from Portugal and beyond (2014)
Report

The linked response: Lessons emerging from integration of HIV and reproductive health services in Cambodia (2013)
Journal Article

A qualitative assessment was made of service provider and user perceptions of the quality of integrated reproductive health services established through a pilot intervention in Cambodia. The intervention aimed to promote pregnant women's HIV testing... Read More about The linked response: Lessons emerging from integration of HIV and reproductive health services in Cambodia.

Monstrous fears: Experiences of pregnancy and opiate use in Vietnam, and strategies for support (2013)
Journal Article

Maternity for opiate users in Vietnam is challenging due to the criminalization of drug use, stigmatization, and poor specialist knowledge among health providers. This article outlines action research conducted among Vietnamese women who had experien... Read More about Monstrous fears: Experiences of pregnancy and opiate use in Vietnam, and strategies for support.

Deconstructing 'barriers' to access: Minority ethnic women and medicalised maternal health services in Vietnam (2012)
Journal Article

Low maternal health service utilisation amongst minority ethnic women in Vietnam is often attributed to 'traditional customs'. Drawing on secondary data and original, qualitative research amongst Hmong and Thai communities, this paper analyses minori... Read More about Deconstructing 'barriers' to access: Minority ethnic women and medicalised maternal health services in Vietnam.

Editorial introduction (2011)
Journal Article

This additional issue of Culture, Health & Sexuality brings together a selection of papers that examine contemporary sexual and reproductive norms and practices amongst minority ethnic communities in South-East Asia and Bhutan. The result of a collab... Read More about Editorial introduction.

Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: A systematic search for evidence (2011)
Journal Article

Accessible summary: All healthcare professionals caring for people with serious mental illness should be aware of the signs of physical problems and take action to help patients improve their health. Our objective is to develop education for healthca... Read More about Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: A systematic search for evidence.

The development of the serious mental illness physical Health Improvement Profile: Practice Development (2009)
Journal Article

WHITE J., GRAY R. & JONES M. (2009) Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 16, 493-498 The development of the serious mental illness physical Health Improvement Profile People with serious mental illness (SMI), such as schizophrenia and bip... Read More about The development of the serious mental illness physical Health Improvement Profile: Practice Development.

Short summary of research with young people for the development of impactful RSHE 2023
Report

The Women and Equalities Committee inquiry (2016), found sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools to be widespread, facilitated by access to online pornography. UK research found most children have seen pornography by 16, with 75% reporting t... Read More about Short summary of research with young people for the development of impactful RSHE 2023.

Final report RSHE recommendations to schools 2023
Report

The Women and Equalities Committee inquiry (2016), found sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools to be widespread, facilitated by access to online pornography. UK research found most children have seen pornography by 16, with 75% reporting t... Read More about Final report RSHE recommendations to schools 2023.