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The effect of Wazzup Mama?! An antenatal intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress in pregnancy (2016)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y. J., Ausems, M., de Vries, R., & Nieuwenhuijze, M. J. (2016). The effect of Wazzup Mama?! An antenatal intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress in pregnancy. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 19(5), 779-788. https://doi.org/

We evaluated the effect of the intervention WazzUp Mama?! on antenatal maternal distress in a non-randomized pre-post study including healthy women in 17 Dutch midwifery practices. The control group (n = 215) received antenatal care-as-usual. The exp... Read More about The effect of Wazzup Mama?! An antenatal intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress in pregnancy.

Using Intervention Mapping for Systematic Development of a Midwife-Delivered Intervention for Prevention and Reduction of Maternal Distress during Pregnancy (2015)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., van Limbeek, E., Ausems, M., de Vries, R., & Nieuwenhuijze, M. (2015). Using Intervention Mapping for Systematic Development of a Midwife-Delivered Intervention for Prevention and Reduction of Maternal Distress during Pregnancy. International

The authors describe how Intervention Mapping was used to develop a midwife-led intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress during pregnancy. An extensive needs assessment showed that both pregnant women and midwives needed to be taught to re... Read More about Using Intervention Mapping for Systematic Development of a Midwife-Delivered Intervention for Prevention and Reduction of Maternal Distress during Pregnancy.

Factors influencing maternal distress among Dutch women with a healthy pregnancy (2015)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Ausems, M., Budé, L., Van Limbeek, E., De Vries, R., & Nieuwenhuijze, M. (2015). Factors influencing maternal distress among Dutch women with a healthy pregnancy. Women and Birth, 28(3), e36-e43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2015.

Background: Maternal distress is a public health concern. Assessment of emotional wellbeing is not integrated in Dutch antenatal care. Midwives need to understand the influencing factors in order to identify women who are more vulnerable to experien... Read More about Factors influencing maternal distress among Dutch women with a healthy pregnancy.

Reducing maternal anxiety and stress in pregnancy: what is the best approach? (2015)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y. (2015). Reducing maternal anxiety and stress in pregnancy: what is the best approach?. Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 27(2), 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1097/gco.0000000000000155

Purpose of review To briefly review results of the latest research on approaching antenatal maternal anxiety and stress as distinct constructs within a broad spectrum of maternal antenatal distress and the preventive strategic role of the maternal h... Read More about Reducing maternal anxiety and stress in pregnancy: what is the best approach?.

Antenatal interventions to reduce maternal distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials (2014)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Nieuwenhuijze, M., Ausems, M., Budé, L., & de Vries, R. (2014). Antenatal interventions to reduce maternal distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaeco

Background: Maternal distress can have adverse health outcomes for mothers and their children. Antenatal interventions may reduce maternal distress. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of antenatal interventions for the reduction of maternal d... Read More about Antenatal interventions to reduce maternal distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials.

Dutch midwives' behavioural intentions of antenatal management of maternal distress and factors influencing these intentions: An exploratory survey (2013)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y. J., Budé, L., Ausems, M., de Vries, R., & Nieuwenhuijze, M. J. (2014). Dutch midwives' behavioural intentions of antenatal management of maternal distress and factors influencing these intentions: An exploratory survey. Midwifery, 30(

Objective: to explore midwives' behavioural intentions and the determinants of these intentions with regard to the management of antenatal care of women with maternal distress. Design: an exploratory survey using a questionnaire. Descriptive stati... Read More about Dutch midwives' behavioural intentions of antenatal management of maternal distress and factors influencing these intentions: An exploratory survey.

Making the transition from 'being delivered' to 'giving birth' A literature review and reflection on the potential for introducing the UK model of 'caseload midwifery' to the Netherlands midwifery (2008)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. (2008). Making the transition from 'being delivered' to 'giving birth' A literature review and reflection on the potential for introducing the UK model of 'caseload midwifery' to the Netherlands midwifery. MIDIRS midwifery digest, 17(1), 35-40

This article reviews the literature about the use of caseload midwifery based on the UK model and explores the best way to implement this into Dutch community midwifery

A Clinical Decision (2008)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. (2008). A Clinical Decision. MIDIRS midwifery digest, 18(1), 35-38