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Prof Yvonne Kuipers' Outputs (96)

The social conception of space of birth according to women with positive birth experiences: A trans-European study (2025)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J., Thomson, G., van Beeck, E., Hresanová, E., Goberna-Tricas, J., Rodriguez Martin, S., Cuker, S. R., Chudaska, L., Waldner, I., Zenzmaier, C., & Leinweber, J. (2025). The social conception of space of birth according to women with positive birth experiences: A trans-European study. Women and Birth, 38(3), Article 101916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2025.101916

Background
The social space of birth—the birth environment, its occupants, and the human activities taking place—is interconnected with birth experiences.

Aim
To investigate how t... Read More about The social conception of space of birth according to women with positive birth experiences: A trans-European study.

Writing for publication: The basics (2025)
Journal Article
Sweet, L., Borrelli, S., Matvienko-Sikar, K., Kuipers, Y., & Fox, D. (2025). Writing for publication: The basics. Women and Birth, 38(2), Article 101878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2025.101878

Problem: Writing for publication can be a challenging experience. Whilst midwives develop writing skills through their university education, writing a journal article can be quite different.

Purpose: To explain some basic skills of scientific wri... Read More about Writing for publication: The basics.

The pre-implementation process of the continuity of midwifery care research strategy: An implementation science methodologically guided initiative (2025)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., Aitken-Arbuckle, A., Hardie, K., Corrigan, A., Jenkins, H., & Craig, J. (2025). The pre-implementation process of the continuity of midwifery care research strategy: An implementation science methodologically guided initiative. Evaluation and Program Planning, 110, Article 102552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102552

In 2017, the continuity of midwifery care model was introduced as the way forward in Scottish maternity and neonatal services. There is no shared research strategy aligning research needs with an agenda, setting goals and revising plans. In this pape... Read More about The pre-implementation process of the continuity of midwifery care research strategy: An implementation science methodologically guided initiative.

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.

Midwives’ readiness for midwife-led care: a mixed-methods study (2024)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J., Bosmans, V., Thaels, E., & Bock, V. D. (2024). Midwives’ readiness for midwife-led care: a mixed-methods study. Women and Birth, 37(6), Article 101840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101840

Background/Problem
To integrate midwife-led care in Belgian maternity services, understanding whether midwives are primed of executing the change is needed.

Aim
To explore Belgian midwives’ readiness for midwife-led care and understand the un... Read More about Midwives’ readiness for midwife-led care: a mixed-methods study.

A multi-actor perspective of humanised midwifery care excellence: An exploratory survey (2024)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., Bleijenbergh, R., Thaels, E., & Mestdagh, E. (2024). A multi-actor perspective of humanised midwifery care excellence: An exploratory survey. Women's Studies International Forum, 106, Article 102956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2024.102956

Humanised midwifery care is a fundamental human right and need. This exploratory online survey presents a collective perception of meaningful standards of humanised midwifery care for excellent daily practice obtained from an international multi-acto... Read More about A multi-actor perspective of humanised midwifery care excellence: An exploratory survey.

Denial of reproductive potential: a predictor of unperceived pregnancy in an Austrian neonaticide sample (2024)
Journal Article
Klier, C. M., Ina, B., Kuipers, Y., & Amon, S. (online). Denial of reproductive potential: a predictor of unperceived pregnancy in an Austrian neonaticide sample. Archives of Women's Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01481-x

Purpose: This study aims to describe the phenomenon of unperceived pregnancy followed by neonaticide with a focus on the lack of awareness of reproductive potential in an Austrian sample.

Methods: An explorative comparative study of neonaticide c... Read More about Denial of reproductive potential: a predictor of unperceived pregnancy in an Austrian neonaticide sample.

Developing an evaluation framework for an online midwifery programme: a practical participatory approach (2024)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., Norris, G., Crozier, S., & McLuckie, C. (in press). Developing an evaluation framework for an online midwifery programme: a practical participatory approach. Quality Assurance in Education, https://doi.org/10.1108/qae-03-2024-0048

Purpose:
This paper aims to generate knowledge about relevant evaluation topics that align with and represent the unique character of the midwifery programme for students living in the rural and remote areas of Scotland.

Design/methodology/approa... Read More about Developing an evaluation framework for an online midwifery programme: a practical participatory approach.

Perceived Reality and Subjective Importance of Shared Decision-Making During Perinatal Care (2024)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., Bosmans, V., De Bock, V., Van de Craen, N., & Mestdagh, E. (2024). Perceived Reality and Subjective Importance of Shared Decision-Making During Perinatal Care. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: An International Journal, 38(4), 504-521. https://doi.org/10.1891/rtnp-2024-0041

Aim: The aim of the study is to explore perceived reality and subjective importance of shared decision-making (SDM) during antenatal, intrapartum, and/or postpartum care, provided by the midwife and/or obstetrician.

Methods: A cross-sectional stu... Read More about Perceived Reality and Subjective Importance of Shared Decision-Making During Perinatal Care.

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.

Virtual Reality as a Method to Cope With Labor Pain: What Do Women Want? (2024)
Journal Article
Van Leugenhaege, L. V., Van De Craen, N., Maes, K., Vanden Bergh, L., Timmerman, K., Van Aken, S., Mestdagh, E., & Kuipers, Y. J. (2024). Virtual Reality as a Method to Cope With Labor Pain: What Do Women Want?. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 42(8), 574-582. https://doi.org/10.1097/CIN.0000000000001120

This study aimed to determine what childbearing women want when using virtual reality as an intrapartum pain management method. Researchers performed a qualitative exploratory study using content analysis. Two focus groups were organized including pr... Read More about Virtual Reality as a Method to Cope With Labor Pain: What Do Women Want?.

The midwife's support during transition to motherhood: A modified Delphi study among care providers and childbearing women (2024)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J., Van de Craen, N., Van den Branden, L., & Mestdagh, E. (2024). The midwife's support during transition to motherhood: A modified Delphi study among care providers and childbearing women. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 38(2), 461-475. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.13250

Objective: To reach consensus between care providers and childbearing women about the midwife's relevant and appropriate domains and elements to support transition to motherhood. Methods: A modified web‐based Delphi study was conducted in Flanders (B... Read More about The midwife's support during transition to motherhood: A modified Delphi study among care providers and childbearing women.

Deferred cord clamping to improve neonatal blood values. A systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Zemouri, C., Mestdagh, E., Stiers, M., Torfs, K., & Kuipers, Y. (2024). Deferred cord clamping to improve neonatal blood values. A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 153, Article 104718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104718

Background
Practices related to umbilical cord clamping at birth should be evidence-based. Deferred cord clamping, compared to immediate cord clamping, shows benefits for preterm neonates but this may also apply to healthy term neonates. Different b... Read More about Deferred cord clamping to improve neonatal blood values. A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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, W. Vandenhole, W. Van Dooren, & H. Van Regemortel (Eds.), Armoede en Ongelijkheid. Jaarboek 2023 (317-337). 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.

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of peer support among disadvantaged groups: A rapid scoping review (2023)
Journal Article
Mikolajczak-Degrauwe, K., Slimmen, S. R., Gillissen, D., de Bil, P., Bosmans, V., Keemink, C., Meyvis, I., & Kuipers, Y. J. (2023). Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of peer support among disadvantaged groups: A rapid scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 10(4), 587-601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2023.09.002

Objective
To explore the current state of knowledge and evidence about peer support for various disadvantaged groups; to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of peer support to reflect on peer support within health and soci... Read More about Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of peer support among disadvantaged groups: A rapid scoping review.