The future of midwife-led continuity of care: Call for a dialogue (2024)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J. (2024). The future of midwife-led continuity of care: Call for a dialogue. Dialogues in Health, 4, Article 100170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2024.100170

Background/Purpose: Midwife-led continuity of care (MLCC) is an evidence-based care model positively influencing the health and wellbeing of women and their families. Despite the evidence, a sustainable future of the model is uncertain. The aim of th... Read More about The future of midwife-led continuity of care: Call for a dialogue.

‘Naming and faming’ maternity care providers: A mixed-methods study (2023)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., De Bock, V., Van de Craen, N., & Bosmans, V. (2024). ‘Naming and faming’ maternity care providers: A mixed-methods study. Midwifery, 130, 103912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103912

Background: Positive benchmarking can serve as a catalyst for maternity care improvement. Aim: To retrospectively benchmark Flemish maternity care providers’ qualities, based on women’s positive care experiences, and to explore which attributes o... Read More about ‘Naming and faming’ maternity care providers: A mixed-methods study.

Op Weg Naar Sociale Inclusie. In Armoede En Ongelijkheid. Jaarboek 2023 (2023)
Book Chapter
Mikolajczak-Degrauwe, K., Slimmen, S., Fontein-Kuipers, Y., & Timmermans, O. (2023). Op Weg Naar Sociale Inclusie. In Armoede En Ongelijkheid. Jaarboek 2023. In J. Coene, T. Ghys, B. Hubeau, S. Marchal, P. Raeymaeckers, R. Remmen, …H. Van Regemortel (Eds.), Armoede en Ongelijkheid. Jaarboek 2023 (317-337). Leuven: Acco Uitgeverij

Mikolajczak-Degrauwe K, Slimmen S, Fontein-Kuipers Y, Timmermans O. Op weg naar sociale inclusie: effecten van een Peer Support-methodiek. In: Coen J, Ghys T, Hubeau B, Marchal S, Raeymaeckers P, Remmen R, Vandenhole W, Van Dooren W, Van Regemortel H... Read More about Op Weg Naar Sociale Inclusie. In Armoede En Ongelijkheid. Jaarboek 2023.

Discursive constructions of student midwives’ professional identities: A discourse analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Mcluckie, C., & Kuipers, Y. (2024). Discursive constructions of student midwives’ professional identities: A discourse analysis. Nurse Education in Practice, 74, Article 103847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103847

Background The construction and performance of professional identity is significant to broader socio-cultural understandings of who ‘professionals’ are and what they do. Importantly, it is also implicated in the development and enactment of policy,... Read More about Discursive constructions of student midwives’ professional identities: A discourse analysis.

Evaluation of a web-based intervention to optimize perinatal emotional wellbeing: A nested case-control study (2023)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J., Bleijenbergh, R., Rimaux, S., & Mestdagh, E. (2024). Evaluation of a web-based intervention to optimize perinatal emotional wellbeing: A nested case-control study. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 24(1), Article 100422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100422

Background/Objective: WazzUp Mama© is a remotely delivered web-based tailored intervention to prevent and reduce perinatal emotional distress, originally developed in the Netherlands. The current study aimed to evaluate the adapted WazzUp Mama© int... Read More about Evaluation of a web-based intervention to optimize perinatal emotional wellbeing: A nested case-control study.

Factors associated with the intention of pregnant women to give birth with epidural analgesia: a cross-sectional study (2023)
Journal Article
Van Leugenhaege, L., Degraeve, J., Jacquemyn, Y., Mestdagh, E., & Kuipers, Y. J. (2023). Factors associated with the intention of pregnant women to give birth with epidural analgesia: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23(1), Article 598. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05887-w

Background In Belgium most women receive epidural analgesia during labour. Although, it offers satisfactory pain relief during labour, the risk on a series of adverse advents has been reported. The objective of this study was to determine factors a... Read More about Factors associated with the intention of pregnant women to give birth with epidural analgesia: a cross-sectional study.

Neonatal nursing in Vietnam: evaluation & sustainability of an education model (2023)
Presentation / Conference
MacVicar, S. (2023, May). Neonatal nursing in Vietnam: evaluation & sustainability of an education model. Presented at U!REKA Connects 2023, Amsterdam

Education programme to support knowledge and skills development for local neonatal nurse workforce on neuroprotective strategies for preterm infants, supporting breastfeeding and maternal attachment through introduction of kangaroo mother care (KMC).... Read More about Neonatal nursing in Vietnam: evaluation & sustainability of an education model.

On cloud nine? Maternal emotional wellbeing six weeks up to one year postpartum – A cross-sectional study (2023)
Journal Article
Van den Branden, L., Van de Craen, N., Van Leugenhaege, L., Bleijenbergh, R., Mestdagh, E., Timmermans, O., …Kuipers, Y. J. (2023). On cloud nine? Maternal emotional wellbeing six weeks up to one year postpartum – A cross-sectional study. Sexual and Reproductive HealthCare, 36, Article 100856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100856

Background: Little is known about the full scope of emotional wellbeing of mothers up to one year postpartum, to adequately support women during transition to motherhood. Reduced emotional wellbeing (REW) affects women’s adaption to the changes and c... Read More about On cloud nine? Maternal emotional wellbeing six weeks up to one year postpartum – A cross-sectional study.

How to evaluate the Scottish shortened midwifery programme – an exploration of stakeholders’ perceptions (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Crozier, S., Kuipers, Y., McLuckie, C., & Norris, G. (2022, November). How to evaluate the Scottish shortened midwifery programme – an exploration of stakeholders’ perceptions. Paper presented at Scotland Maternity and Midwifery Festival, Edinburgh

The presentation will outline the development of a new shortened midwifery programme in Scotland, the stakeholder-led participatory approach to evaluation and the emerging themes of interest for the management and leadership of midwifery education an... Read More about How to evaluate the Scottish shortened midwifery programme – an exploration of stakeholders’ perceptions.

Systematic Review of the Content Validity of Patient Reported Outcome Measures of Transition to Parenthood (2022)
Journal Article
Beeck, E. V., Van den Branden, L., Bramer, W. M., & Kuipers, Y. (2023). Systematic Review of the Content Validity of Patient Reported Outcome Measures of Transition to Parenthood. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 46(1), 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/01632787221127382

This review aims to identify self-report instruments examining aspects of transition to parenthood for use in practice and research. After performing a literature search in Embase, Medline, Web of Science, Cochrane, PsycINFO and Google Scholar, the P... Read More about Systematic Review of the Content Validity of Patient Reported Outcome Measures of Transition to Parenthood.

The validation of the brief COPE in a Belgian perinatal population (2022)
Journal Article
van Gils, Y., Bleijenbergh, R., Brosens, C., Van den Branden, L., Rimaux, S., & Kuipers, Y. J. (2022). The validation of the brief COPE in a Belgian perinatal population. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 26, 2050-2059. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03476-5

Introduction: The Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief-COPE) measures individuals’ coping strategies. There is limited evidence on the psychometric properties of this measure in a perinatal population. The aim of this study is to... Read More about The validation of the brief COPE in a Belgian perinatal population.

Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of positive childbirth experiences: A discussion paper (2022)
Journal Article
Leinweber, J., Fontein‐Kuipers, Y., Karlsdottir, S. I., Ekström‐Bergström, A., Nilsson, C., Stramrood, C., & Thomson, G. (2023). Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of positive childbirth experiences: A discussion paper. Birth, 50(2), 362-383. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12666

Introduction: A positive childbirth experience promotes women’s health, both during and beyond the perinatal period. Understanding what constitutes a positive childbirth experience is thus critical to providing high-quality maternity care. Currently... Read More about Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of positive childbirth experiences: A discussion paper.

Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Kuipers, Y. (2022, May). Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Presented at Nordic Midwifery Congress (NJF), Helsinki

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to influence psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women. Methods: We conducted a non-concurrent cross-sectional study among 1145 women living in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, 541 pregnan... Read More about Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Kuipers, Y., & Mestdagh, E. (2022, May). Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Paper presented at NJF Congress 2022, Helsinki, Finland

Background The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to influence psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women. Methods We conducted a non-concurrent cross-sectional study among 1145 women living in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, 541 pregnan... Read More about Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The social conception of space of birth narrated by women with negative and traumatic birth experiences (2022)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J., Thomson, G., Goberna-Tricas, J., Zurera, A., Hresanová, E., Temesgenová, N., …Leinweber, J. (2023). The social conception of space of birth narrated by women with negative and traumatic birth experiences. Women and Birth, 36(1), e78-e85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2022.04.013

Background Many women experience giving birth as a negative or even as a traumatic event. Birth space and its occupants are fundamentally interconnected with negative and traumatic experiences, highlighting the importance of the social space of bir... Read More about The social conception of space of birth narrated by women with negative and traumatic birth experiences.

Midwifery-led care: A single mixed-methods synthesis (2022)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., Degraeve, J., Bosmans, V., Thaels, E., & Mestdagh, E. (2023). Midwifery-led care: A single mixed-methods synthesis. International Journal of Healthcare Management, 16(1), 35-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/20479700.2022.2070824

Background: Midwifery Led Care (MLC) has shown to be beneficial for women and for midwives. The implementation of MLC remains challenging. Objective: To explore the utility of MLC and midwives' behavioural determinants. Methods: A systematic... Read More about Midwifery-led care: A single mixed-methods synthesis.

The intervening effect of the What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like-Revised questionnaire on maternal affect (2022)
Journal Article
Van Beeck, E., Pridham, K. F., & Kuipers, Y. (2022). The intervening effect of the What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like-Revised questionnaire on maternal affect. Research Ethics, 18(3), 250-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161221094929

The 'What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like-Revised' (WPL-R) is an instrument designed to measure adaptation to parenthood. In the process of pilot testing and validating the WPL-R in a postpartum Dutch population, we became aware of the potenti... Read More about The intervening effect of the What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like-Revised questionnaire on maternal affect.

Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J., Bleijenbergh, R., Van den Branden, L., van Gils, Y., Rimaux, S., Brosens, C., …Mestdagh, E. (2022). Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. PLOS ONE, 17(4), Article e0267042. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267042

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to influence psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women. Methods: We conducted a non-concurrent cross-sectional study among 1145 women living in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, 541 pregnan... Read More about Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper (2022)
Journal Article
Leinweber, J., Fontein‐Kuipers, Y., Thomson, G., Karlsdottir, S. I., Nilsson, C., Ekström‐Bergström, A., …Stramrood, C. (2022). Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper. Birth, 49(4), 687-696. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12634

Introduction: Many women experience giving birth as traumatic. Although women's subjective experiences of trauma are considered the most important, currently there is no clear inclusive definition of a traumatic birth to help guide practice, educatio... Read More about Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper.

When your dream job can become a nightmare: reports of work-related traumatic events (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Kuipers, Y. (2022, March). When your dream job can become a nightmare: reports of work-related traumatic events. Paper presented at Vormingsdag VBOV, Antwerp, Belgium

INTRODUCTION There is limited evidence of the effect and impact on midwives of being involved or witnessing traumatic work-related events. We categorised midwives’ selfreported traumatic work-related events and responses to an event and explored the... Read More about When your dream job can become a nightmare: reports of work-related traumatic events.