All Outputs (7)

Responding to maternal distress: from needs assessment to effective intervention (2016)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., van Limbeek, E., Ausems, M., de Vries, R., & Nieuwenhuijze, M. (2017). Responding to maternal distress: from needs assessment to effective intervention. International Journal of Public Health, 62(4), 441-452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0910-0

Objectives To perform a needs assessment of maternal distress to plan the development of an intervention for the prevention and reduction of antenatal maternal distress.

Methods We searched PubMed, OVID and EBSCO and applied the PRECEDE logic mode... Read More about Responding to maternal distress: from needs assessment to effective intervention.

Development of a Concourse for a Q-Method Study about Midwives’ 2perspectives of Woman-Centered Care (2016)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y. (2017). Development of a Concourse for a Q-Method Study about Midwives’ 2perspectives of Woman-Centered Care. Health Education and Care, 1(2), 31-36. https://doi.org/10.15761/hec.1000107

Objective: To transparently describe the development of a Q-set for a Q-method study about midwives’ perspectives of woman-centered care.

Research design: Q-methodology is a relevant study approach to identify key viewpoints that are relevant for... Read More about Development of a Concourse for a Q-Method Study about Midwives’ 2perspectives of Woman-Centered Care.

An Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress in the Netherlands - Its Development from Start to Finish (2016)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. F. (2016). An Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress in the Netherlands - Its Development from Start to Finish. Women's Health International, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.19104/whi.2016.115

Prevalence rates and the health problems related to maternal distress instigated the development of an intervention to prevent and reduce maternal distress during pregnancy. Intervention Mapping served as a framework for the intervention development.... Read More about An Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress in the Netherlands - Its Development from Start to Finish.

Maternal Distress-Every Unhappy Pregnant Woman is Unhappy in Her Own Way (2016)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y. (2016). Maternal Distress-Every Unhappy Pregnant Woman is Unhappy in Her Own Way. Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.16966/2474-7769.106

Maternal distress varies in prevalence rates and displays various complaints, signs and symptoms. Additionally, multiple factors and causes contribute to both women’s vulnerability and manifestation of maternal distress. Worldwide maternal distress p... Read More about Maternal Distress-Every Unhappy Pregnant Woman is Unhappy in Her Own Way.

Midwives’ perceptions of influences on their behaviour of woman-centered care: a qualitative study (2016)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Boele, A., & Stuij, C. (2016). Midwives’ perceptions of influences on their behaviour of woman-centered care: a qualitative study. Frontiers in Women’s Health, 1(2), 36-42. https://doi.org/10.15761/fwh.1000107

Aim: To explore Dutch pregnant women’s experiences of shared-decision making about place of birth to better understand this process for midwifery care purposes.

Design: Qualitative exploratory study with a constant comparison/grounded theory desig... Read More about Midwives’ perceptions of influences on their behaviour of woman-centered care: a qualitative study.

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/10.1007/s00737-016-0614-8

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.

WazzUp Mama?! The development of an intervention to prevent and reduce maternal distress during pregnancy (2016)
Thesis
Kuipers, Y. WazzUp Mama?! The development of an intervention to prevent and reduce maternal distress during pregnancy. (Thesis). Maastricht University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2871410

Intervention Mapping was used as a framework 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 recognise th... Read More about WazzUp Mama?! The development of an intervention to prevent and reduce maternal distress during pregnancy.