All Outputs (9)

Emotional touchpoints and emotions of childbirth: A systematic mixed studies review and Epistemic Network Analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J., Greig, Y., Martinez, S. A., King, M., & Martin, C. H. (online). Emotional touchpoints and emotions of childbirth: A systematic mixed studies review and Epistemic Network Analysis. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, https://doi.org/10.1111/psrh.70022

Background: Emotional touchpoints are moments during perinatal care that evoke an emotional response in a woman. There is a lack of knowledge regarding the centrality of how touchpoints and emotions are framed in the real‐life experiences of childbea... Read More about Emotional touchpoints and emotions of childbirth: A systematic mixed studies review and Epistemic Network Analysis.

Human Communication Elements of the Continuity of Midwife Carer Newsletter: A Descriptive Case Report (2024)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J., Greig, Y., & Norris, G. (2025). Human Communication Elements of the Continuity of Midwife Carer Newsletter: A Descriptive Case Report. Creative Nursing, 31(1), 30-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/10784535241298275

Background: The Continuity of Midwife Care (CMC) model is an evidence-based care model that positively influences the health and well-being of women, their families, and midwives. Although effective communication strategies have not been determined,... Read More about Human Communication Elements of the Continuity of Midwife Carer Newsletter: A Descriptive Case Report.

Measuring birth satisfaction in Vietnam (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacVicar, S., Jordan, A., Vu, H., Ngoc Tran, H., Greig, Y., Thi Tuyet Nguyen, H., Norris, G., Martin, C. R., & Hollins Martin, C. (2024, September). Measuring birth satisfaction in Vietnam. Poster presented at Global Women’s Health Research Society (GLOW) 2024 - Rising to the challenge: women and newborn health in the context of global crises, Edinburgh

The Puerperium (2024)
Book Chapter
Greig, Y., & Rankin, J. (2024). The Puerperium. In J. Rankin (Ed.), Physiology in Childbearing: With anatomy and related biosciences (683-694). (5th). Elsevier

This chapter focuses on both the normal physiology during the early postpartum period and the pathophysiology that can occur including emotional distress and more serious mental health complications.
A significant section of the chapter is given to... Read More about The Puerperium.

Strategies and interventions used to provide communication education for midwifery students. A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Rodriguez Martin, S., Greig, Y., Shaw, E., McKellar, L., & Kuipers, Y. (2024). Strategies and interventions used to provide communication education for midwifery students. A scoping review. Nurse Education in Practice, 78, Article 103995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2024.103995

Aim
To examine the current literature on educational strategies and interventions developed with the objective of teaching or enhancing communication skills of student midwives during their pre-registration education programmes.

Design
A scoping... Read More about Strategies and interventions used to provide communication education for midwifery students. A scoping review.

Midwifery Care For Pregnant Women Who Live With Obesity: A Guide to Explaining the Risks and Providing Practical Advice (2024)
Book
Greig, Y. M. (2024). Midwifery Care For Pregnant Women Who Live With Obesity: A Guide to Explaining the Risks and Providing Practical Advice. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003332398

This practical guide equips midwives with the skills and knowledge necessary to support pregnant women living with obesity, from communicating meaningfully about weight through to providing evidence-based information about optimising health and makin... Read More about Midwifery Care For Pregnant Women Who Live With Obesity: A Guide to Explaining the Risks and Providing Practical Advice.

Translation and validation of Vietnamese version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) (2024)
Journal Article
MacVicar, S., Jordan, A., Vu, H., Ngoc Tran, H., Greig, Y., Thi Tuyet Nguyen, H., Norris, G., Martin, C. R., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (online). Translation and validation of Vietnamese version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2024.2338176

Background
The 10-item Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) is a quick and easy survey instrument recommended by the International Consortium for Health Outcome Measures as the tool of choice for measuring women’s birth satisfaction.

Aim
To... Read More about Translation and validation of Vietnamese version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R).

A qualitative descriptive training needs analysis of midwives perceived continuous professional development in providing intranatal respectful maternal care (2024)
Journal Article
Norris, G., Hollins Martin, C. J., Moylan, A., & Greig, Y. (2024). A qualitative descriptive training needs analysis of midwives perceived continuous professional development in providing intranatal respectful maternal care. Nurse Education Today, 136, Article 106144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106144

Background: The Vietnam midwifery report acknowledges that while health services are available in Vietnam, there is growing need to increase levels of respectful maternal care provided to women in labour.

Objective: In conjunction with newborns V... Read More about A qualitative descriptive training needs analysis of midwives perceived continuous professional development in providing intranatal respectful maternal care.

Obesity matters: the skills that strengthen midwifery practice when caring for obese pregnant women (2021)
Journal Article
Greig, Y., Williams, A. F., & Coulter-Smith, M. (2021). Obesity matters: the skills that strengthen midwifery practice when caring for obese pregnant women. British Journal of Midwifery, 29(5), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2021.29.5.278

Obese pregnant women (BMI > 30kg/m²) are at increased risk of developing complications during pregnancy, labour and birth. Furthermore, their offspring are at risk of short- and long-term health complications. Midwives are ideally situated to inform... Read More about Obesity matters: the skills that strengthen midwifery practice when caring for obese pregnant women.