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Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia in Scotland: a national HPA-1 epidemiological study involving 26,506 pregnant women. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bessos, H., Fagge, T., Wilson, D., Harkness, M., Rentoul, F., Ahya, R., Cairns, J., Urbaniak, S., & Turner, M. (2002, August). Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia in Scotland: a national HPA-1 epidemiological study involving 26,506 pregnant women. Presented at 27th Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion

Objective: Severe neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
(NAITP) in the Caucasian population is mainly due to a mismatch in the HPA-I epitope between mother and fetus. In August 1999 we began a 2 year study of HPA-I NAITP in pregnant women in Scotland... Read More about Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia in Scotland: a national HPA-1 epidemiological study involving 26,506 pregnant women..

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. (2002)
Journal Article
Harkness, M. (2002). Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. British Journal of Midwifery, 10(2), 99-103. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2002.10.2.10195

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) affects one in every 1000–2000 live births. Intracranial haemorrhage is the most serious complication of this condition, but the severity of thrombocytopenia in affected pregnancies varies widely. Effective... Read More about Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia..

Independent predictors of breastfeeding intention in a disadvantaged population of pregnant women (2001)
Journal Article
Mclnnes, R. J., Love, J. G., & Stone, D. H. (2001). Independent predictors of breastfeeding intention in a disadvantaged population of pregnant women. BMC Public Health, 1(10), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-1-10

Background: Breastfeeding rates in Scotland are very low, particularly in the more disadvantaged areas. Despite a number of interventions to promote breastfeeding very few women actually intend to breastfeed their baby. The aim of this study was to i... Read More about Independent predictors of breastfeeding intention in a disadvantaged population of pregnant women.

Validity study of the severity index, a simple measure of urinary incontinence in women (2001)
Journal Article
Hanley, J., Capewell, A., & Hagen, S. (2001). Validity study of the severity index, a simple measure of urinary incontinence in women. BMJ, 322(7294), 1096-1097. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1096

A severity index that diagnoses urinary incontinence as slight, moderate, or severe appears to be effective, according to a study of 237 women. The index is based on how frequently the woman experiences incontinence and how much urine is lost.

The process of implementing a community-based peer breast-feeding support programme: the Glasgow experience (2001)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., & Stone, D. H. (2001). The process of implementing a community-based peer breast-feeding support programme: the Glasgow experience. Midwifery, 17(1), 65-73. https://doi.org/10.1054/midw.2000.0236

Aim: to document the process of implementing and maintaining a community-based peer- support programme.

Design and setting: a community-based study located in a socio-economically disadvantaged housing estate on the outskirts of Glasgow.

Partic... Read More about The process of implementing a community-based peer breast-feeding support programme: the Glasgow experience.

Professional issues. Knowledge about attitudes can help change behaviour. (2001)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J. (2001). Professional issues. Knowledge about attitudes can help change behaviour. British Journal of Midwifery, 8, 690-694

This paper addresses the issue of social attitudes. The purpose is to facilitate understanding of attitude structures and the application of this knowledge to midwifery practice. Attitudes have been defined and their development within individuals de... Read More about Professional issues. Knowledge about attitudes can help change behaviour..

Evaluation of a community-based intervention to increase breastfeeding prevalence (2000)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., Love, J. G., & Stone, D. H. (2000). Evaluation of a community-based intervention to increase breastfeeding prevalence. Journal of public health medicine, 22(2), 138-145

BACKGROUND:

The aim of the study was to determine whether peer counselling in the antenatal and post-natal period would increase the prevalence and duration of breastfeeding among low-income women in Glasgow.

METHODS:

The study was designe... Read More about Evaluation of a community-based intervention to increase breastfeeding prevalence.

Women's Stories. (1999)
Journal Article
McHugh, N. (1999). Women's Stories. Midwifery matters / Association of Radical Midwives, 82, 3-3

Positioning. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McHugh, N. (1998, May). Positioning

Workshop on Breastfeeding and Positioning.

Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: the Myth of Madonna (1997)
Book Chapter
Littlewood, J., & McHugh, N. (1997). Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: the Myth of Madonna. In Maternal Distress and Postnatal Depression (89-104). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13755-8_6

This chapter is concerned with the extent to which postnatal depression and maternal distress may be regarded as occurring cross-culturally. Consequently, the first part of the chapter will be concerned with an evaluation of cross-cultural evidence c... Read More about Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: the Myth of Madonna.

Promoting breastfeeding in an inner city area (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. (1996). Promoting breastfeeding in an inner city area. Changing childbirth update, 7-7

The author writes about the Easterhouse Breastfeeding Promotion Project. Mothers who had breastfed were recruited and trained to present breastfeeding as the most natural choice to pregnant mothers in this socially deprived area.

The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R., & Stone, D. (1996). The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area. Prenatal and neonatal medicine, 1(supplement 1), 130-130

The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area.

Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., & Tappin, D. M. (1996). Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased. BMJ, 313(7070), 1484-1485. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.313.7070.1484c

EDITOR,—In the deprived housing estates on the periphery of Glasgow roughly 7% of babies are breast fed at the end of the first week of life. Much research has related infant feeding to maternal background and socioeconomic status,1 2 and, despite pr... Read More about Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased.

Does hysterectomy in a premenopausal woman affect ovarian function? (1996)
Journal Article
Chalmers, C. (1996). Does hysterectomy in a premenopausal woman affect ovarian function?. Medical Hypotheses, 46(6), 573-575. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-9877%2896%2990134-6

Women undergoing a hysterectomy without oophorectomy in their premenopausal years would expect to benefit from continued secretion of oestrogens to protect them from the conditions and symptoms associated with the climacteric and postmenopause. Howev... Read More about Does hysterectomy in a premenopausal woman affect ovarian function?.