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Maternity & Perinatal Mental Health Publications

A full list of publications from the NIHR ARC South London Maternity and Perinatal Mental Health research theme, covering core and adopted projects from 2019 to 2026.

210
Total publications
8
Years of research
2026
Most recent year



Burton, S., Dasgupta, T, Sandall, S, Easter, A., Barry, Z., Rayment-Jones, H. The Role of Poverty-Related Social Determinants in Maternal and Perinatal Health Inequities: A cross-sectional study using the eLIXIR Born in South London, UK maternity-child data linkage. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2026.In press

Rayment‐Jones, H., Burton, S., Bridle, L., Mohamud, Y., Easter, A., Seed, P., eLIXIR Born in South London Partnership, Poston, L., Magee, L.A., Stewart, R. and Edwards, D., 2026. The Role of Ethnicity and Migration in Perinatal Inequalities: A Retrospective Cohort Study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

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Khan ZA, Turienzo CF, Rayment-Jones H, Vowles Z, Harding S, Sandall J. Women’s experiences of community-based midwifery continuity of care in South London: A longitudinal intersectional study. Women and Birth. 2026 Feb 1;39(1):102137.

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Carter J, Anumba D, Burden C, Gillespie S, Howell A, Judge A, Lenguerrand E, Amack SP, Savory N, Sheehan E, Thilaganathan B, Viner M, Wilson H, Winter C, Sandall J; Tommy’s National Centre for Maternity Improvement. Tommy's Clinical Decision Support Tool: an intervention development and feasibility study to inform a future randomised controlled trial. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2026 Feb 25.

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Rayment-Jones H, Burton S, Dasgupta T, Barry Z, De Backer K, Baker N, Wilson CA, Stevenson K, Vowles Z, Kitchen K, Easter A, Jolly A, Rankin J, Fernandez-Turienzo C, Sandall J; eLIXIR Born in South London Partnership; Poston L, Magee LA, Stewart R, Edwards D, Ashworth M, Sandall J, Wolfe I, Gillett C, Absoud M, Pickard L, Grey A, Spring S, Kazeem T, Jewell A, Broadbent M, Higgins F, de Jongh L, Dasgupta T, Gill C. Access and engagement with maternity, social care and mental health services for perinatal migrant women with no recourse to public funds and irregular status: A cross-sectional study using the eLIXIR born in South London, UK, maternity-child data linkage. Public Health. 2026 Mar;252:106175.

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Burton S, Cummings S, Connides-Smith C, Fairweather E, Montgomery C, Rose AK, Whalley P, Jones A. The stigma of alcohol use during pregnancy: Exploring the impact of alcohol strength and social context on public perceptions. PLoS One. 2026 Jan 8;21(1):e0339954.

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Baker N, Wilson CA, Bick D, Howard LM, Jones HR, Bakolis I, Chang YS, Soukup T. Infant feeding experiences and support needs in women with severe mental illness: A qualitative study in England. Women Birth. 2026 Feb;39(1):102156.

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Khan ZA, Turienzo CF, Rayment-Jones H, Vowles Z, Harding S, Sandall J. Women's experiences of community-based midwifery continuity of care in South London: A longitudinal intersectional study. Women Birth. 2026 Feb;39(1):102137.

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Wilson CA, Husin HM, Dashti SG, Catalao R, Borschmann R, Brown S, Howard LM, Kerr JA, Monk-Cunliffe J, Moran P, Patton GC, Olsson CA, Spry E. Preconception parental personality disorder and psychosocial outcomes during the perinatal period: a prospective population-based study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2026 Feb;61(2):391-401.

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Howell A, Thilaganathan B, Margelyte R, Burden C, Cheng V, Sandall J, Viner M, Brigante L, Anumba D, Winter C, Harlev-Lam B, Draycott T, Judge A, Lenguerrand E; Tommy’s National Centre for Maternity Improvement. Why current risk factor-based approaches fall short in predicting stillbirth: a national cohort study of nulliparous women in England. BMC Med. 2026 Jan 22;24(1):94.

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Rayment-Jones, H., Mohamud, Y., Lovell, H., Rankin, J., Sandall, J., et al. 2025. Maternal and early childhood health and social outcomes of migrants in high-income countries and the impact of policies that restrict access to healthcare; a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Migration and Health, p.100391.

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Rayment-Jones, H., Burton, S., Dasgupta, T., De Backer, K., Baker, N., Wilson, C., Stevenson, K., Barry, Z., Vowles, Z., Kitchen, K., Easter, A., Jolly, A., Fernandez Turienzo, C., Rankin, J., eLIXIR Born in South London Partnership, & Sandall, J. (2025). Access and engagement with maternity, social care and mental health services for perinatal migrant women with no recourse to public funds and irregular status: A cross-sectional study using the eLIXIR Born in South London, UK maternity-child data linkage. Public Health.

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Fernandez Turienzo C, Burton S, Khan Z, Rayment‐Jones H, Newburn M, Seed PT, Vowles Z, Sandall J, Easter A, eLIXIR‐BiSL Partnership, Poston L. The Impact of Community‐Based Midwife Continuity of Care Models for Women Living in Areas of Social Disadvantage and Ethnic Diversity in the United Kingdom: A Prospective Cohort Study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2025.

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Turienzo CF, November L, Kamara M, Conteh O, Kamara P, Kingsford AM, Koroma PJ, Munu M, Ridout AE, Sam B, Seed PT. Community-based mentoring to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in adolescent pregnancies in Sierra Leone (2YoungLives): a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 2025 Jun 28;405(10497):2302-12.

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Kuhrt K, Janneh F, Cole R, Ridout A, Fernandez-Turienzo C, Seed PT, Bramham K, Shennan AH. Evaluating shock index for prediction of adverse maternal outcomes related to postpartum haemorrhage and maternal sepsis in Sierra Leone: a prospective observational cohort study. EClinicalMedicine. 2025 Nov 1;89.

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Kuhrt K, Cole R, M’Bayoh M, Mabula-Bwalya C, Hurrell A, Ridout A, Fernandez-Turienzo C, Seed PT, Chappell LC, Bramham K, Shennan AH. Point-of-Care Placental Growth Factor for Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Sierra Leone. Hypertension. 2025 Oct;82(10):1719-28.

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Ridout AE, Moses FL, Herm-Singh S, Beoku-Betts C, Businge E, Turienzo CF, Goodhart V, Hurrell A, Kamara D, Kamara J, Koroma K. Evaluating the real-world scale-up of the CRADLE Vital Signs Alert intervention into routine maternity care in Sierra Leone (CRADLE-5): a stepped-wedge, type 2 hybrid implementation–effectiveness, cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health. 2025 Dec 1;1(4):e270-80.

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Kuhrt K, Mabula-Bwalya C, Boulding H, Beardmore-Gray A, Ridout A, Koroma O, Sam B, Williams PT, Smart F, Meleki I, Mwila M. A novel approach to expedite evidence to impact in pre-eclampsia: co-developed policy labs in Zambia and Sierra Leone. BMC Global and Public Health. 2025 7;3(1):3.

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Anwar S, Turienzo CF, Tsang L, Smith SG, Fletcher H, Toulza F, Cliff JM, Brown M, Dockrell HM. Impact of helminth co-infection and treatment on mycobacterial growth inhibition in UK migrants with TB infection. IJTLD open. 2025 Apr 1;2(4):217-23.

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Elkheir N, Zelaya LS, Penagos LV, Lopez L, Ville R, Sienra-Iracheta E, Fisayo T, Lok P, Ryan F, Bayona A, Romero JG. Community-based serological screening for Chagas disease in London: a cross-sectional, observational pilot study. BMJ Public Health. 2025 Oct 27;3(2).

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Dasgupta T, Rayment-Jones H, Horgan G, Begum Y, Peter M, Silverio SA, Magee LA. Understanding care-seeking of pregnant women from underserved groups: a systematic review and meta-ethnography. Front Public Health. 2025 Nov 20;13:1683740.

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Lovell H, Wicks E, Thompson H, Brace L, Stacey T, Rayment-Jones H, Harding S. Recruitment, retention and reporting of ethnic representativeness in maternity trials: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2025 Nov 26;15(11):e098926.

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Anderson M, Baldwin S, Rayment-Jones H, Challacombe FL. The impact of general anaesthetic caesarean section on parental mental health & infant bonding: A scoping review. Midwifery. 2025 Dec;151:104630.

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Burton S, Solmi F, Dalrymple KV, Flynn AC, Godfrey KM, Poston L, Easter A. The effect of lifestyle intervention and depression symptoms on binge eating and relation of binge eating to gestational weight gain and child birth weight in the UPBEAT cohort of pregnant women living with obesity. PLoS One. 2025 Sep 18;20(9):e0332569.

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Catalao R, Kebede L, Mulushoa A, Eshetu T, Medhin G, Abdella A, Alem A, Keynejad RC, Sandall J, Howard LM, Prince M, Hanlon C. Exposure to trauma in pregnant women and its association with previous perinatal complications, IPV and antenatal service satisfaction in rural Ethiopia: a cross-sectional facility-based study. PLoS One. 2025 Sep 5;20(9):e0319362.

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Roebuck C, Sandall J, West R, Atherden C, Parkyn K, Johnson O. Impact of midwife continuity of carer on stillbirth rate and first feed in England. Commun Med (Lond). 2025 Aug 7;5(1):339.

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Matthew J, Lovell H, Barry Z, Nihouarn Sigurdardottir J, Deforges I, Story L, Skelton E, Malamateniou C, Rutherford M, Silverio SA. Diversity of representation in pregnancy research: A national mixed-methods survey of women's perceptions and experiences in the United Kingdom. Women Birth. 2025 Jul;38(4):101942.

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Jacobsson B, Requejo JH, Dey T, Lavin T, Mannah MT, Menon R, Valencia C, Sharma G, Shennan A, Shakibazadeh E, Lumbiganon P, Bar-Zeev S, Steen S, Nguku A, Obara H, Noguchi L, Okong P, Singh SA, Sandall J, Gruending A, Qureshi Z, Vogel JP. Women's health and maternal care services: seizing missed opportunities to prevent and manage preterm birth. Reprod Health. 2025 Jun 23;22(Suppl 2):109.

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Whybrow R, Chappell L, Webster L, Girling J, Brown H, Wilson H, Green M, Sandall J. What matters to you? Improving the adoption of shared decision-making for birth planning in women with chronic hypertension: a multicentre multiple methods study. BMJ Open. 2025 Jun 17;15(6):e094607.

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Kayode G, Thilaganathan B, Burden C, Howell A, Cheng V, Sandall J, Viner M, Brigante L, Anumba D, Winter C, Harlev-Lam B, Draycott T, Judge A, Lenguerrand E; Tommy's National Centre for Maternity Improvement. Disparities in Stillbirths in England: Analysis of A Population-Based Study of 1.3 Million Births. BJOG. 2025 Jul;132(8):1130-1138

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De Backer K, Rayment-Jones H, Montgomery E, Easter A. Separation at birth due to safeguarding concerns: Using reproductive justice theory to re-think the role of midwives. Birth. 2025 Sep;52(3):412-420.

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Eshetu T, Fekadu E, Abdella A, Mulushoa A, Medhin G, Belina M, Alem A, Keynejad R, Robbins T, Seward N, Shennan A, Howard LM, Prince M, Sandall J, Hanlon C. Towards person-centred maternal and newborn care in Ethiopia: a mixed method study of satisfaction and experiences of care. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025 Jan 30;25(1):85. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-07116-4.

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Winsloe C, Elhindi J, Vieira MC, Relph S, Arcus CG, Alagna A, Briley A, Johnson M, Page LM, Shennan A, Thilaganathan B, Marlow N, Lees C, Lawlor DA, Khalil A, Sandall J, Copas A, Pasupathy D; DESiGN Trial team. Differences in Factors Associated With Preterm and Term Stillbirth: A Secondary Cohort Analysis of the DESiGN Trial. BJOG. 2025 Jan;132(1):89-98.

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Mamrath S, Greenfield M, Fernandez Turienzo C, Fallon V, Silverio SA. Postpartum anxiety in people giving birth during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: results from an online survey using mixed methods. PLOS One. 2024; 7;19(3):e0297454

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Fernandez Turienzo C, Kamara M, November L, Kamara P, Kingsford AM, Ridout A, et al. (2024) A community-based mentoring scheme for pregnant and parenting adolescents in Sierra Leone: Protocol for a hybrid pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. PLoS ONE 19(3): e0294538

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November L, Kamara M, Kamara P, Thomas S, Kingsford AM, Shennan AH, Sandall J, Fernandez Turienzo C, Williams PT. Meaningful community engagement and involvement in global health and research: ‘Changing mindsets with a million conversations’ in Sierra Leone. J Glob Health 2024;14:03019.

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Sandall J, Fernandez Turienzo C, Devane D, Soltani H, Gillespie P, Gates S, Jones LV, Shennan AH, Rayment-Jones H. Midwife continuity of care models versus other models of care for childbearing women. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD004667. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004667.pub6. Accessed 11 April 2024.

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De Backer, K., Rayment-Jones, H., Lever Taylor, B., Bicknel-Morel, T., Montgomery, E., Sandall, J. Easter, A. 2024. Healthcare experiences of pregnant and postnatal women and healthcare professionals while facing child protection in the perinatal period: A systematic review and Critical Interpretative Synthesis. PlosOne, 19 (7), e0305738.

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De Backer, K., Rayment-Jones, H., Montgomery, E., Easter, A. 2024. Separation at birth due to safeguarding concerns: Using Reproductive Justice Theory to re-think the role of midwives. Birth (Special Issue Critical Midwifery Studies)

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Silverio SA, George-Carey R, Memtsa M, Kent-Nye FE, Magee LA, Sheen KS, Burgess K, Oza M, Storey C, Sandall J, PUDDLES UK Collaboration Sampson Amy Haddad Leonie Payne Elana Sambrook Laura Goodhart Venetia. Preliminary findings on the experiences of care for women who suffered early pregnancy losses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2024 Aug 9;24(1):522.

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Dasgupta T, Boulding H, Easter A, Sutedja T, Khalil A, Mistry HD, Horgan G, Van Citters AD, Nelson EC, von Dadelszen P, Duncan EL, The Resilient Study Group, Silverio SA, Magee LA. Post-Pandemic Maternity Care Planning for Vaccination: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Women, Partners, Health Care Professionals, and Policy Makers in the United Kingdom. Vaccines (Basel). 2024 Sep 11;12(9):1042.

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Silverio SA, Harris EJ, Jackson L, Fallon V; PRaM Study Group; Easter A, von Dadelszen P, Jurković D, Magee LA. Freedom for some, but not for Mum: the reproductive injustice associated with pandemic 'Freedom Day' for perinatal women in the United Kingdom. Front Public Health. 2024 Aug 7;12:1389702. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1389702. PMID: 39171311; PMCID: PMC11338017.

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Peterson L, Bridle L, Dasgupta T, Easter A, Ghobrial S, Ishlek I, Magee LA, Mansfield A, Panayotidis I, Rosen O'Sullivan H, Shangaris P, Banerjee A, Silverio SA. Oscillating autonomy: a grounded theory study of women's experiences of COVID-19 infection during pregnancy, labour and birth, and the early postnatal period. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Jul 29;24(1):511. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06685-8. PMID: 39075436; PMCID: PMC11285433.

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Vowles Z, Lovell H, Black M, Sandall J, Easter A. Models of care for pregnant women with multiple long-term conditions and the role of the midwife: A scoping review. Women Birth. 2024 Sep;37(5):101645. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101645. Epub 2024 Jul 15. PMID: 39013274.

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De Backer K, Pali A, Challacombe FL, Hildersley R, Newburn M, Silverio SA, Sandall J, Howard LM, Easter A. Women's experiences of attempted suicide in the perinatal period (ASPEN-study) – a qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry. 2024 Apr 3;24(1):255. doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-05686-3. PMID: 38570802; PMCID: PMC10988966.

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Adams MA, Bevan C, Booker M, Hartley J, Heazell AE, Montgomery E, Sanford N, Treadwell M, Sandall J. Strengthening open disclosure in maternity services in the English NHS: the DISCERN realist evaluation study. Health Soc Care Deliv Res. 2024 Aug;12(22):1-159.

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Carlisle N, Dalkin S, Shennan AH, Sandall J. IMplementation of the Preterm Birth Surveillance PAthway: a RealisT evaluation (The IMPART Study). Implement Sci Commun. 2024 May 21;5(1):57.

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Sandall J. Intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring: imperfect technologies and clinical uncertainties-what can a human factors and social science approach add? BMJ Qual Saf. 2024 Mar 25;33(4):220-222.

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Kayode G, Howell A, Burden C, Margelyte R, Cheng V, Viner M, Sandall J, Carter J, Brigante L, Winter C, Carroll F. Socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in preterm births in an English maternity setting: a population-based study of 1.3 million births. BMC medicine. 2024 Sep 20;22(1):371.

Sandall J, Carter J, Carlisle N. Reducing the risk of preterm birth. BMJ. 2024 Dec 16;387:q2772.

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Chisholm A, Tucker KL, Crawford C, Green M, Greenfield S, Hodgkinson J, Lavallee L, Leeson P, Mackillop L, McCourt C, Sandall J, Wilson H, Chappell LC, McManus RJ, Hinton L. Self-monitoring blood pressure in pregnancy: evaluation of women's experiences of the BUMP trials. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Nov 28;24(1):800.

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Worrall S, Christiansen P, Carlisle N, Fallon V, Khalil A, Shennan AH, Tribe RM, Carter J, Silverio SA; UK Preterm Clinical Network. Anxiety, depression, and perceived wellbeing in antenatal women at risk of preterm birth: a retrospective cohort study. Front Glob Womens Health. 2024 Dec 6;5:1511352.

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Stevenson K, Edwards S, Ogunlana K, Alomari M, Agoropopoola R, Henderson W, Clemente NS, Rayment-Jones H, McGranahan M, Castaner MM, Luchenski S, Fellmeth G, Stevenson F, Knight M, Aldridge R. Public health, policy, and clinical interventions to improve perinatal care for migrant women and infants in high-income countries: a systematic review. EClinicalMedicine. 2024 Nov 19;78:102938.

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Parslow E, Rayment-Jones H. Birth outcomes for women planning Vaginal Birth after Caesarean (VBAC) in midwifery led settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Midwifery. 2024 Dec;139:104168.

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Webb R, Ford E, Shakespeare J, Easter A, Alderdice F, Holly J, Coates R, Hogg S, Cheyne H, McMullen S, Gilbody S, Salmon D, Ayers S. Conceptual framework on barriers and facilitators to implementing perinatal mental health care and treatment for women: the MATRIx evidence synthesis. Health Soc Care Deliv Res. 2024 Jan;12(2):1-187. doi: 10.3310/KQFE0107. PMID: 38317290.

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Fernandez-Turienzo C, Sandall J. Delivering high-quality childbirth care. Nat Med. 2024 Feb;30(2):348-349. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-02812-2. PMID: 38336834.

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Chisholm A, Tucker KL, Crawford C, Green M, Greenfield S, Hodgkinson J, Lavallee L, Leeson P, Mackillop L, McCourt C, Sandall J, Wilson H, Chappell LC, McManus RJ, Hinton L. Self-monitoring blood pressure in Pregnancy: Evaluation of health professional experiences of the BUMP trials. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2024 Jan 31;35:88-95. doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2024.01.134. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38301352.

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Sandall J. Intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring: imperfect technologies and clinical uncertainties-what can a human factors and social science approach add? BMJ Qual Saf. 2024 Jan 19:bmjqs-2023-016716. Epub ahead of print.

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Challacombe FL, Suchomelova Z, Zampieri C, Hall M, Curran C, Shennan A, Story L. Preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM): a study of patient experiences and support needs. J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2024 Feb 16:1-18. Epub ahead of print.

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Challacombe FL, Tinch-Taylor R, Sabin K, Potts L, Lawrence V, Howard L, Carter B. Exposure-based cognitive-behaviour therapy for anxiety-related disorders in pregnancy (ADEPT): Results of a feasibility randomised controlled trial of time-intensive versus weekly CBT. J Affect Disord. 2024 Jan 1;344:414-422. Epub 2023 Oct 15.

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Costa R, Mesquita A, Motrico E, Domínguez-Salas S, Dikmen-Yildiz P, Saldivia S, Vousoura E, Osorio A, Wilson CA, Bina R, Levy D, Christoforou A, González MF, Hancheva C, Felice E, Pinto TM. Unmet needs in mental healthcare for women with clinically significant symptoms of perinatal depression and/or anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2024 Feb 11. Epub ahead of print.

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Dasgupta, T., Horgan, G., Peterson, L., Mistry, H.D., Balls, E., Wilson, M., Smith, V., Boulding, H., Sheen, K.S., Van Citters, A. and Nelson, E.C., 2024. Women’s experiences of maternity care in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A follow-up systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis. Women and Birth, p.101588.

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Webb R, Uddin N, Constantinou G, Ford E, Easter A, Shakespeare J, Hann A, Roberts N, Alderdice F, Sinesi A, Coates R, Hogg S, Ayers S; MATRIx Study Team. Meta-review of the barriers and facilitators to women accessing perinatal mental healthcare. BMJ Open. 2023 Jul 20;13(7):e066703. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066703. PMID: 37474171; PMCID: PMC10360426.

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Khan, Z., Vowles, Z., Fernandez Turienzo, C., Barry, Z., Brigante, L., Downe, S., Easter, A., Harding, S., McFadden, A., Montgomery, E. and Page, L., 2023. Targeted health and social care interventions for women and infants who are disproportionately impacted by health inequalities in high-income countries: a systematic review. International journal for equity in health, 22(1), p.131.

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Walker S, Spillane E, Stringer K, Trepte L, Davies SM, Bresson J, Sandall J, Shennan A; OptiBreech Collaborative. OptiBreech collaborative care versus standard care for women with a breech-presenting fetus at term: A pilot parallel group randomised trial to evaluate the feasibility of a randomised trial nested within a cohort. PLoS One. 2023 Nov 15;18(11):e0294139. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294139. PMID: 37967120; PMCID: PMC10650999.

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Ridout AE, Moses FL, Herm-Singh S, Turienzo CF, Seed PT, Goodhart V, Vousden N, Sam B, Momoh M, Kamara D, Kuhrt K, Samura S, Beoku-Betts C, Hurrell A, Bramham K, Kenneh S, Smart F, Chappell L, Sandall J, Shennan A; CRIBS Collaborative Group. CRADLE-5: a stepped-wedge type 2 hybrid implementation-effectiveness cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the real-world scale-up of the CRADLE Vital Signs Alert intervention into routine maternity care in Sierra Leone-study protocol. Trials. 2023 Sep 15;24(1):590. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07587-4. PMID: 37723530; PMCID: PMC10506317.

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Baker N, Bick D, Bamber L, Wilson CA, Howard LM, Bakolis I, Soukup T, Chang YS. A mixed methods systematic review exploring infant feeding experiences and support in women with severe mental illness. Matern Child Nutr. 2023 Oct;19(4):e13538. Epub 2023 Jun 5.

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Challacombe FL, Sabin K, Jacobson S, Tinch-Taylor R, Potts L, Carter B, Lawrence V. Patient and therapist experiences of exposure therapy for anxiety-related disorders in pregnancy: qualitative analysis of a feasibility trial of intensive versus weekly CBT. BJPsych Open. 2023 Oct 12;9(6):e189.

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Hall M, Challacombe F, Curran C, Shennan A, Story L. Googling preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes: A systematic review of patient information available on the internet. BJOG. 2023 Oct;130(11):1298-1305.

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Keynejad RC, Deraz O, Ingenhoff R, Eick F, Njie H, Graff S, Adhikari TB, Zajec P, Mautner MC, Salazar A, Lichtwarck HO, Gaifém F, Abera HH, Amare HH, Alemayehu SB, Mulushoa A, Grosse P. Decoloniality in global health research: ten tasks for early career researchers. BMJ Glob Health. 2023 Nov 24;8(11):e014298.

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Keynejad RC, Bitew T, Sorsdahl K, Myers B, Honikman S, Medhin G, Deyessa N, Mulushoa A, Fekadu E, Howard LM, Hanlon C. Problem-solving therapy for pregnant women experiencing depressive symptoms and intimate partner violence: A randomised, controlled feasibility trial in rural Ethiopia. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Oct 27;3(10):e0002054.

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Stevenson, K., Ogunlana, K., Henderson, W., Edwards, S., Clemente, N., Raymont-Jones, H., McGranahan, M., Castaner, M.M., Fellmeth, G., Luchenski, S. and Stevenson, F., 2023. Interventions to improve maternity outcomes for migrant women in high-income countries: preliminary findings from a systematic review. Population Medicine, 5(Supplement).

Brigante L, Coxon K, Fernandez Turienzo C, Sandall J. "She was there all the time". A qualitative study exploring how women at higher risk for preterm birth experience midwifery continuity of care. Women Birth. 2023 Jan 20:S1871-5192(23)00016-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2023.01.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36682950.

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Fernandez Turienzo C, Hull LH, Coxon K, Bollard M, Cross P, Seed PT, Shennan AH, Sandall J; POPPIE Pilot Collaborative Group. A continuity of care programme for women at risk of preterm birth in the UK: Process evaluation of a hybrid randomised controlled pilot trial. PLoS One. 2023 Jan 12;18(1):e0279695. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279695. PMID: 36634125; PMCID: PMC9836307.

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Lovell H, Silverio SA, Story L, Skelton E, Matthew J. Factors which influence ethnic minority women's participation in maternity research: A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies. PLoS One. 2023 Feb 24;18(2 February). e0282088. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282088

Magee L, Molteni E, Bowyer V, Bone J, Boulding H, Khalil A et al. National surveillance data analysis of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in England by women of reproductive age. Nature Communications. 2023 Dec;14(1):1-8. 956. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36125-8

Martini MG, Taborelli E, Easter A, Bye A, Eisler I, Schmidt U, Micali N. Effect of maternal eating disorders on mother-infant quality of interaction, bonding and child temperament: A longitudinal study. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2023 Mar;31(2):335-348. Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36471387.

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Rayment-Jones H, Dalrymple K, Harris JM, Harden A, Parslow E, Georgi T, Sandall J. Project20: maternity care mechanisms that improve access and engagement for women with social risk factors in the UK – a mixed-methods, realist evaluation. BMJ Open. 2023 Feb 7;13(2):e064291.

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Sadler, E., Khadjesari, Z., Ziemann, A., Sheehan, K., Whitney, J., Wilson, D., Bakolis, I., Sevdalis, N., Sandall, J., Soukup, T. and Corbett, T., 2023. Case management for integrated care of older people with frailty in community settings. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

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Bick D, Silverio SA, Bye A, Chang Y-S. Postnatal care following hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A qualitative study of views and experiences of primary and secondary care clinicians. BMJ Open. 2020 Jan 19;10(1). 034382.

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Rayment-Jones H, Silverio SA, Harris J, Harden A, Sandall J. Project 20: Midwives' insight into continuity of care models for women with social risk factors: What works, for whom, in what circumstances, and how. Midwifery. 2020 May;84. 102654.

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Fallon V, Silverio SA, Halford JCG, Bennett KM, Harrold JA. Postpartum-specific anxiety and maternal bonding: Further evidence to support the use of childbearing specific mood tools. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 2020.

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Silverio SA, Cope LC, Bracken L, Bellis J, Peak M, Kaehne A. The implementation of a Technician Enhanced Administration of Medications [TEAM] model: An evaluative study of impact on working practices in a children’s hospital. Research In Social & Administrative Pharmacy. 2020.

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Bye, A. M., Nath, S., Ryan, E. G., Bick, D. E., Easter, A., Howard, L. M. & Micali, N. Prevalence and clinical characterisation of pregnant women with eating disorders. European Eating Disorders Review. 2020 Mar 28;2, p. 141-155

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November L, Sandall J. “She was accused of colluding with the mother”; the training and support needs of parent‐and‐child foster carers: A qualitative study. Child & Family Social Work. 2020 Jan 23.

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Dougall G, Franssen M, Tucker KL, Yu LM, Hinton L, Rivero-Arias O, Abel L, Allen J, Band RJ, Chisholm A, Crawford C. Blood pressure monitoring in high-risk pregnancy to improve the detection and monitoring of hypertension (the BUMP 1 and 2 trials): protocol for two linked randomised controlled trials. BMJ open. 2020 Jan 1;10(1).

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Boulton, Richard, Jane Sandall, and Nick Sevdalis. "The Cultural Politics of ‘Implementation Science’." Journal of Medical Humanities (2020): 1-16.

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Relph S, Ong M, Vieira MC, Pasupathy D, Sandall J. Perceptions of risk and influences of choice in pregnant women with obesity. An evidence synthesis of qualitative research. PloS one. 2020;15(1).

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Carter J, Seed PT, Watson HA, David AL, Sandall J, Shennan AH, Tribe RM. Development and validation of predictive models for QUiPP App v. 2: tool for predicting preterm birth in women with symptoms of threatened preterm labor. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2020 Mar;55(3):357-67.

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Knighting K, Kirton J, Silverio SA, Shaw BNJ. A network approach to neonatal palliative care education: Impact on knowledge, efficacy and clinical practice. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing. 2019 Dec 1;33(4):350-360.

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Silverio SA, Soulsby LK. Turning that shawl into a cape: Older never married women in their own words – The “Spinsters”, the “Singletons”, and the “Superheroes”. Critical Discourse Studies. 2019 April 1;17(2):211-228.

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Chappell LC, Brocklehurst P, Green ME, Hunter R, Hardy P, Juszczak E, Linsell L, Chiocchia V, Greenland M, Placzek A, Townend J. Planned early delivery or expectant management for late preterm pre-eclampsia (PHOENIX): a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 2019 Sep 28;394(10204):1181-90.

Stadnick NA, Sadler E, Sandall J, Turienzo CF, Bennett IM, Borkan J, Oladeji B, Gureje O, Aarons GA, Sklar M. Comparative case studies in integrated care implementation from across the globe: a quest for action. BMC health services research. 2019 Dec;19(1):1-2.

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Carter J, Sandall J, Shennan AH, Tribe RM. Mobile phone apps for clinical decision support in pregnancy: a scoping review. BMC medical informatics and decision making. 2019 Dec 1;19(1):219.

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Ziemann A, Brown L, Sadler E, Ocloo J, Boaz A, Sandall J. Influence of external contextual factors on the implementation of health and social care interventions into practice within or across countries—a protocol for a ‘best fit’framework synthesis. Systematic reviews. 2019 Dec;8(1):1-9.

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Baldwin S, Malone M, Sandall J, Bick D. A qualitative exploratory study of UK first-time fathers’ experiences, mental health and wellbeing needs during their transition to fatherhood. BMJ open. 2019 Sep 1;9(9):e030792.

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Band R, Hinton L, Tucker KL, Chappell LC, Crawford C, Franssen M, Greenfield S, Hodgkinson J, McCourt C, McManus RJ, Sandall J. Intervention planning and modification of the BUMP intervention: a digital intervention for the early detection of raised blood pressure in pregnancy. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2019 Dec;5(1):1-2.

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Characteristics, outcomes, and maternity care expriences of women with children’s social care involvement who subsequently died: national cohort study and confidential enquiry

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Contact with child protection services during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study using the eLIXIR born in South London, UK maternity-child data linkage

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Fernandez Turienzo C, November L, Kamara M, Kamara P, Rayment-Jones H, Williams P, et al. A global scoping review of community-based mentoring interventions for pregnant and parenting adolescents girls.In press

Kuhrt K, Mabula-Bwalya C, Boulding H, Beardmore-Gray A, Ridout A, Koroma O, Sam B, Williams PT, Smart F, Meleki I, Mwila M. Mubanga C, Mawere,R. Hurrell,A. Mbiiza,C. Fernandez-Turienzo, C. Sandall, J. Vwalika, B. Shennan A, & Bramham,K. A novel approach to expedite evidence to impact in Pre-eclampsia: co-developed Policy Labs in Zambia and Sierra Leone. BMC Global and Public Health 3(1), 3.In press

Rose AL, Howard LM, Zimmerman C, Oram S. A Cross-sectional Comparison of the Mental Health of People Trafficked to the UK for Domestic Servitude, for Sexual Exploitation and for Labor Exploitation. Journal of Human Trafficking.

Davis KAS, Coleman JRI, Adams M, Allen N, Breen G, Cullen B, Dickens C, Fox E, Graham N, Holliday J, Howard LM, John A, Lee W, McCabe R, McIntosh A, Pearsall R, Smith DJ, Sudlow C, Ward J, Zammit S, Hotopf M. Mental health in UK Biobank – development, implementation and results from an online questionnaire completed by 157 366 participants: a reanalysis. BJPyshc Open.

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Taylor, BL, et al. A qualitative investigation of models of community mental health care for women with perinatal mental health problems. Journal of Mental Health.

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Bye A, Nath S, Ryan EG, Bick D, Easter A, Howard LM, Micali N. Prevalence and clinical characterisation of pregnant women with eating disorders. European Eating Disorders Review.

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Keynejad RC, Hanlon C, Howard LM. Psychological interventions for common mental disorders in women experiencing intimate partner violence in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry.

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Trevillion, K, Ryan, EG, Pickles, A, Heslin, M, Byford, S, Nath, S, Bick, D, Milgrom, J, Mycroft, R, Domoney, J, Pariante, C, Hunter, MS, Howard, LM. An exploratory parallel-group randomised controlled trial of antenatal Guided Self-Help (plus usual care) versus usual care alone for pregnant women with depression: DAWN trial. Journal of Affective Disorders

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Spry E, Olsson CA, Hearps SJC, Aarsman S, Carlin JB, Howard LM, Moreno-Betancur M, Romaniuk H, Doyle LW, Brown S, Borschmann RD, Alway Y, Coffey C, Patton GC. The Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (VIHCS): Study design of a preconception cohort from parent adolescence to offspring childhood. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology.

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Ayre K, Gordon HG, Dutta R, Hodsoll J, Howard LM. The Prevalence and Correlates of Self-Harm in the Perinatal Period: A Systematic Review. J Clin Psychiatry.

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Raine KH, Nath S, Howard LM, Cockshow W, Boyce P, Soya E, Thorpe K et al. Associations between prenatal maternal mental health indices and mother-infant relationship quality 6 to 18 months postpartum: A systematic review. Journal of Infant Mental Health.

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Yu R, Nevado-Holgado AJ, Molero Y, D’Onfrio BM, Larsson H, Howard LM, Fazel S. Mental Disorders and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrated by Men Towards Women: A Swedish Population-based Longitudinal Study. PLoS Medicine.

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Griffiths J, Lever Taylor B, Morant N, Bick D, Howard LM, Seneviratne G, Johnson S. A Qualitative Comparison of Experiences of Specialist Mother and Baby Units Versus General Psychiatric Wards. BMC Psychiatry.

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Khalifeh H, Molyneaux E, Brauer R, Vigod S, Howard LM. Patient decision aids for antidepressant use in pregnancy: a pilot randomised controlled trial in the UK. BJGP Open

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Wilson CA, Newham J, Rankin J, Ismail K, Simonoff E, Reynolds RM, Stoll N, Howard LM. Is there an increased risk of perinatal mental disorder in women with gestational diabetes? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetic Medicine

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Catalao R, Mann S, Wilson C, Howard LM. Preconception Care in Mental Health Services: Planning for a Better Future. Br J Psychiatry.

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Nath S, Pearson R, Moran P, Pawlby S, Molyneaux E, Howard LM, Maternal personality traits, antenatal depressive symptoms and the postpartum mother-infant relationship: a prospective observational study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

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Rongqin Y, Nevado AJ, Molero Y, D’Onofrio BM, Larsson H, Howard LM, Fazel S. Mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women: a population-based longitudinal study. PLOS Medicine.

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Nath, S, Pearson, RM, Moran, P, Pawlby, S, Molyneaux, E, Challacombe FL, Howard, LM. The association between prenatal maternal anxiety disorders and postpartum perceived and observed mother-infant relationship quality. Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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Levis et al, Comparison of Major Depression Diagnostic Classification Probability using the SCID, CIDI and MINI Diagnostic Interviews among Women in Pregnancy or Postpartum: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research.

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Heslin M, Chua K-C, Trevillion K, Nath S, Howard L. M., Byford S. Psychometric properties of the five-level EuroQoL-5 dimension and Short Form-6 dimension measures of health-related quality of life in a population of pregnant women with depression. BJPsych Open

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Macleod-Hall C, Molyneaux E, Gordon H, Trevillion K, Moran P, Howard LM. The Association Between a History of Self-Harm and Mental Disorders in Pregnancy. Journal of Affective Disorders

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Source: NIHR ARC South London Maternity & Perinatal Mental Health Theme — Publications list compiled May 2026.