Prof Caroline Hollins-Martin's Outputs (163)

The midwife's role in supporting pregnant women who are alcohol dependent (2025)
Journal Article
Hollins-Martin, C. J., & Norris, G. (2025). The midwife's role in supporting pregnant women who are alcohol dependent. British Journal of Midwifery, 33(9), 508-516. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2025.0017

Excessive alcohol intake among pregnant women increases the likelihood of miscarriage, premature birth, intrauterine death and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The aim of this article is to inform midwives’ care, management and treatment of women who... Read More about The midwife's role in supporting pregnant women who are alcohol dependent.

Combined impact of CO₂ visual sensors and raised awareness on teacher’s behaviour, indoor climate and ventilation: An 8-month study in Scottish Primary Schools (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bain-Reguis, N., Smith, A., & Hollins-Martin, C. (2025). Combined impact of CO₂ visual sensors and raised awareness on teacher’s behaviour, indoor climate and ventilation: An 8-month study in Scottish Primary Schools. Proceedings, Healthy Buildings 2025, Reykjavík, Iceland. ISIAQ. https://www.isiaq.org/conference_proceedings.php

Schools are places where pupils and teachers spend prolonged periods in enclosed spaces, often with insufficient ventilation. The consequences of unhealthy indoor school environments are numerous for both children and teachers. The COVID-19 pandemic... Read More about Combined impact of CO₂ visual sensors and raised awareness on teacher’s behaviour, indoor climate and ventilation: An 8-month study in Scottish Primary Schools.

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. (2025). Emotional touchpoints and emotions of childbirth: A systematic mixed studies review and Epistemic Network Analysis. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 57(3), 301-320. 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.

Translation and psychometric validation of the Slovak Partner version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) (2025)
Journal Article
Mazúchová, L., Lochmannová, A., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2025). Translation and psychometric validation of the Slovak Partner version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2025.2508482

Background
Birth experiences significantly impact both parents’ psychological well-being, relationship dynamics, and early parenting. While the experiences of mothers during childbirth are widely studied, there is a growing need to understand and me... Read More about Translation and psychometric validation of the Slovak Partner version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R).

Measurement properties of the German version of the birth satisfaction scale-revised (BSS-R) in women with pre-existing medical conditions and high-risk pregnancy (2025)
Journal Article
Jost, E., Merz, W. M., Kosian, P., Hartmann, C., Schmid, M., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2025). Measurement properties of the German version of the birth satisfaction scale-revised (BSS-R) in women with pre-existing medical conditions and high-risk pregnancy. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 25(1), 488. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-025-07571-7

Background: The Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) is a validated questionnaire for assessment of childbirth experience which has been translated into many languages. It is the instrument of choice in the International Consortium for Health Out... Read More about Measurement properties of the German version of the birth satisfaction scale-revised (BSS-R) in women with pre-existing medical conditions and high-risk pregnancy.

Opening the door to inclusion report 2024. Making the invisible visible: the inclusion of LGBTQ+ health needs and concerns within nursing and midwifery pre-registration programs (2024)
Report
Brown, M., Hollins-Martin, C., Linden, M., & McCormick, F. (2024). Opening the door to inclusion report 2024. Making the invisible visible: the inclusion of LGBTQ+ health needs and concerns within nursing and midwifery pre-registration programs. https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofNursingandMidwifery/Research/research-themes/education-practice/Projects/LGBTQNetworkforNursingandMidwiferyAcademics/NetworkReport2024/LGBTQ%20%20Health%20Network%20Report%202024.pdf

How to improve the perceived health, comfort, and well-being of primary school teachers? A quantitative self-reported survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2024)
Journal Article
Bain-Reguis, N., Smith, A., Hollins-Martin, C., & Currie, J. (2024). How to improve the perceived health, comfort, and well-being of primary school teachers? A quantitative self-reported survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland. Science of the Total Environment, 957, 177808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177808

Teachers are among the most stressed professionals, for whom the built environment has an influence. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the pressure on schools, where enhanced ventilation is deemed essential to help reduce virus-laden p... Read More about How to improve the perceived health, comfort, and well-being of primary school teachers? A quantitative self-reported survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.

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 23-25). Measuring birth satisfaction in Vietnam [Poster]. Global Women’s Health Research Society (GLOW) 2024 - Rising to the challenge: women and newborn health in the context of global crises, Edinburgh. http://www.glowconference.org/

Translation and validation of the Czech Partner version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) (2024)
Journal Article
Lochmannová, A., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2024). Translation and validation of the Czech Partner version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2024.2401828

Background
The Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) is a widely used, psychometrically robust and brief self-report measure of birth experience from the mothers perspective. The current study sought to adapt and validate the BSS-R for partners,... Read More about Translation and validation of the Czech Partner version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R).

Translation and validation of the Polish-language version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) and its relationship to the type of delivery and the baby’s Apgar score (2024)
Journal Article
Pawlicka, P., Wróbel, W., Baranowska, B., Macewicz, D., Olech, M., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2024). Translation and validation of the Polish-language version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) and its relationship to the type of delivery and the baby’s Apgar score. Health Psychology Report, 12, 368-381. https://doi.org/10.5114/hpr/186231

Background
Maternal birth experience is being increasingly recognised as a key clinical outcome parameter. The Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) is a short self-report measure designed to assess birth experience. The current investigation sou... Read More about Translation and validation of the Polish-language version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) and its relationship to the type of delivery and the baby’s Apgar score.

Reflective evaluations of perinatal bereavement care provision in the US and UK: an exploratory qualitative comparative study (2024)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., Côté Arsenault, D., & Norris, G. (2024). Reflective evaluations of perinatal bereavement care provision in the US and UK: an exploratory qualitative comparative study. Bereavement, 3. https://doi.org/10.54210/bj.2024.1119

There is increased recognition of the need to improve standards of perinatal bereavement care, due to its frequency and potential sequelae. As part of a Fulbright Scholar award, United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) researchers collaborated to e... Read More about Reflective evaluations of perinatal bereavement care provision in the US and UK: an exploratory qualitative comparative study.

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. (2025). Translation and validation of Vietnamese version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 43(5), 1161-1174. 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).

Translation and validation of the Hungarian version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) (2024)
Journal Article
Abrán, H., Kovács, K., Horvát, Z., Erőss, E., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2024). Translation and validation of the Hungarian version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Midwifery, 132, 103983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2024.103983

Background
Evidence relating maternal birth experience to a range of maternal and neonatal outcomes is increasingly compelling. Consequently valid and reliable self-report of birth experience from the mothers perspective is critical.

Aim
The cur... Read More about Translation and validation of the Hungarian 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, 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.

Exploring parents’ experiences and holistic needs following late miscarriage: a narrative systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Giannatiempo, F., Hollins Martin, C., Patterson, J., & Welsh, N. (2025). Exploring parents’ experiences and holistic needs following late miscarriage: a narrative systematic review. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 43(4), 879-904. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2023.2297905

Up to 2% of all pregnancies result in pregnancy loss between 14 + 0 and 23 + 6 weeks’ gestation, which is defined as ‘late miscarriage’. Lack of consensus about definition of viability paired with existing multiple definitions of perinatal loss make... Read More about Exploring parents’ experiences and holistic needs following late miscarriage: a narrative systematic review.

Research recipes for midwives: 16-step guide to writing a research proposal (2023)
Book
Hollins Martin, C. J. (2024). Research recipes for midwives: 16-step guide to writing a research proposal. Wiley.

Research Recipes for Midwives A 16-step guide to writing a research proposal Development of a research question, identification of a research method, and working through the steps to build a sample are complex and hugely important stages in the caree... Read More about Research recipes for midwives: 16-step guide to writing a research proposal.

The influence of a single antenatal relaxation class (ARC) on perinatal psychological wellbeing and childbirth experience: an observational study (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tabib, M., Humphrey, T., Hollins-Martin, C., Forbes-McKay, K., & MacVicar, S. (2023, November 7). The influence of a single antenatal relaxation class (ARC) on perinatal psychological wellbeing and childbirth experience: an observational study [Presentation / Talk]. 2023 Lothian health and care professions research conference: achieving impactful healthcare research through clinical academic collaborations, Edinburgh, UK. https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2158780

A Thematic Analysis of Narratives About Birth Satisfaction and Health Awareness From Postnatal Women Who Have High and Low Trauma Scores on the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (2023)
Journal Article
Emmens, B., Hollins Martin, C. J., Patterson, J., & Martin, C. R. (2023). A Thematic Analysis of Narratives About Birth Satisfaction and Health Awareness From Postnatal Women Who Have High and Low Trauma Scores on the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist. International Journal of Childbirth, 13(4), 285-300. https://doi.org/10.1891/ijc-2022-0036

BACKGROUND: Around one-third of women experience childbirth trauma, with 3%–15% developing postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder (PP-PTSD).

AIM: Explore birth satisfaction and health perception across two groups of postnatal women with either h... Read More about A Thematic Analysis of Narratives About Birth Satisfaction and Health Awareness From Postnatal Women Who Have High and Low Trauma Scores on the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist.

Translation and validation of the Japanese version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale‐Revised (2023)
Journal Article
Tezuka, A., Hiroyama, N., Suzuki, M., Matsuoka, M., Martin, C. J. H., & Martin, C. R. (2024). Translation and validation of the Japanese version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale‐Revised. Japan Journal of Nursing Science, 21(1), e12569. https://doi.org/10.1111/jjns.12569

Aim: This study aimed to develop a Japanese version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised and evaluate its reliability and validity.

Methods: After translating the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised into Japanese, we conducted an Internet-based cr... Read More about Translation and validation of the Japanese version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale‐Revised.

Women’s Experiences of Care Provider Interaction During Decision-Making About Induction of Labor: A Narrative Systematic Review of the Qualitative Literature (2023)
Journal Article
Reid, K., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2023). Women’s Experiences of Care Provider Interaction During Decision-Making About Induction of Labor: A Narrative Systematic Review of the Qualitative Literature. International Journal of Childbirth, 13(3), 197-212. https://doi.org/10.1891/ijc-2022-0088

BACKGROUND: In addition to improving maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity, the World Health Organization now additionally requests that maternity care providers provide high-quality respectful care to childbearing women. Within this study, p... Read More about Women’s Experiences of Care Provider Interaction During Decision-Making About Induction of Labor: A Narrative Systematic Review of the Qualitative Literature.