Items where City Author is "Mccourt, Christine"
Wiseman, O. ORCID: 0000-0003-4890-9435, McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Mehay, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-7329-9056 , da Motta, G., Robinson, H., Mondeh, K., Sweeney, L., Wiggins, M., Sawtell, M. & Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 (2024). Involving women with limited English proficiency in group antenatal care: findings from the integrated process evaluation of the Pregnancy Circles pilot trial. Midwifery, 139, article number 104197. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2024.104197
Mehay, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-7329-9056, Motta, G. D., Hunter, L. , Rayment, J., Wiggins, M., Haora, P., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 (2024). What are the mechanisms of effect of group antenatal care? A systematic realist review and synthesis of the literature. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24(1), article number 625. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06792-6
Apini-Welcland, L., Daniele, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-5666-9489, Rocca-Ihenacho, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-8161-3938 & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2024). Pre-service education and continuous professional development on female genital mutilation/cutting for maternal health professionals in OECD countries: A Scoping Review. Midwifery, 135, article number 104027. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2024.104027
Creaser, A., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Kininmonth, A. & McGowan, L. (2024). Group Care: Pregnancy, Postnatal and Beyond. The Practising Midwife, 27(4), pp. 42-45. doi: 10.55975/pgvc8709
McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Olander, E. K. ORCID: 0000-0001-7792-9895, Wiseman, O. ORCID: 0000-0003-4890-9435 , Uddin, N., Plachcinski, R., Rayment, J., Lazar, J., Ross-Davie, M. & Grollman, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-6950-1837 (2024). Independent evaluation of the implementation of Midwifery Continuity of Carer. London, UK: City, University of London.
Chisholm, A., Tucker, K. L., Crawford, C. , Green, M., Greenfield, S., Hodgkinson, J., Lavallee, L., Leeson, P., Mackillop, L., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Sandall, J., Wilson, H., Chappell, L. C., McManus, R. J. & Hinton, L. (2024). Self-monitoring blood pressure in Pregnancy: Evaluation of health professional experiences of the BUMP trials. Pregnancy Hypertension, 35, pp. 88-95. doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2024.01.134
Sadiku, F., Bucinca, H., Talrich, F. , Molliqaj, V., Selmani, E., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Rijnders, M., Little, G., Goodman, D. C., Rising, S. S. & Hoxha, I. (2024). Maternal satisfaction with group care: a systematic review. AJOG Global Reports, 4(1), article number 100301. doi: 10.1016/j.xagr.2023.100301
Mehay, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-7329-9056, da Motta, G., Hunter, L. , Rayment, J., Wiggins, M., Haora, P., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 (2023). What are the mechanisms of effect of group antenatal care? A systematic realist review and synthesis of the literature. doi: 10.1101/2023.10.09.23296763
Gonçalves, A. S., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Pestana-Santos, M. & Prata, A. P. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a midwifery-led-care model: a qualitative systematic review protocol. Millenium: Journal of Education, Technologies, and Health, 2(22), article number e28162. doi: 10.29352/mill0222.28162
Yuill, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-3918-5917, Harkness, M., Wallace, C. , Cheyne, H., Black, M., Modi, N., Pasupathy, D., Sanders, J., Stock, S. J. & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2023). Clinicians' perspectives and experiences of providing cervical ripening at home or in-hospital in the United Kingdom. PLoS One, 18(5), article number e0284818. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284818
Harkness, M., Yuill, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-3918-5917, Cheyne, H. , McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Black, M., Pasupathy, D., Sanders, J., Heera, N., Wallace, C. & Stock, S. J. (2023). Experience of induction of labour: a cross-sectional postnatal survey of women at UK maternity units. BMJ Open, 13(5), article number e071703. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071703
McLeish, J., Ayers, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-6153-2460 & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2023). Community-based perinatal mental health peer support: a realist review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23(1), article number 570. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-05843-8
Sawtell, M., Wiggins, M., Wiseman, O. , Mehay, A., McCourt, C., Sweeney, L., Hatherall, B., Ahmed, T., Greenberg, L., Hunter, R., Hamborg, T., Eldridge, S. & Harden, A. (2023). Group antenatal care: findings from a pilot randomised controlled trial of REACH Pregnancy Circles. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9(1), article number 42. doi: 10.1186/s40814-023-01238-w
Batinelli, L. ORCID: 0000-0001-7497-4076, McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Bonciani, M. & Rocca-Ihenacho, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-8161-3938 (2023). Implementing midwifery units in a European country: Situational analysis of an Italian case study. Midwifery, 116, article number 103534. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103534
Martens, N., Crone, M. R., Hindori-Mohangoo, A. D. , Hindori, M., Reis, R., Hoxha, I. S., Abanga, J., Matthews, S., Berry, L., van der Kleij, R. M. J. J., van den Akker-van Marle, M. E., van Damme, A., Talrich, F., Beeckman, K., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Rising, S. S., Billings, D. L. & Rijnders, M. (2022). Group Care in the first 1000 days: implementation and process evaluation of contextually adapted antenatal and postnatal group care targeting diverse vulnerable populations in high-, middle- and low-resource settings. Implementation Science Communications, 3(1), article number 125. doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00370-7
Tucker, K. L., Mort, S., Yu, L-M. , Campbell, H., Rivero-Arias, O., Wilson, H., Allen, J., Band, R., Chisholm, A., Crawford, C., Dougall, G., Engonidou, L., Franssen, M., Green, M., Greenfield, S., Hinton, L., Hodgkinson, J., Lavallee, L., Leeson, P., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Mackillop, L., Sandall, J., Santos, M., Tarassenko, L., Velardo, C., Yardley, L., Chappell, L. C. & McManus, R. J. (2022). Effect of Self-Monitoring of Blood Pressure on Diagnosis of Hypertension During Higher-Risk Pregnancy: The BUMP 1 Randomized Clinical Trial. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 77(11), pp. 637-639. doi: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000899468.25831.58
Renfrew, M. J., Cheyne, H., Burnett, A. , Crozier, K., Downe, S., Heazell, A., Hundley, V., Hunter, B., King, K., Marshall, J. E., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, McFadden, A., Mondeh, K., Nightingale, P., Sandall, J., Sinclair, M., Way, S., Page, L. & Gamble, J. (2022). Responding to the Ockenden Review: Safe care for all needs evidence-based system change- and strengthened midwifery. Midwifery, 112, article number 103391. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103391
Spillane, E., Walker, S. & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2022). Optimal time intervals for vaginal breech births: a case-control study. NIHR Open Research, 2(45), doi: 10.3310/nihropenres.13297.1
Wiseman, O. ORCID: 0000-0003-4890-9435, Emmett, L., Hickford, G. , Knight, M., Lazar, J., Yuill, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-3918-5917 & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2022). The challenges and opportunities for implementing group antenatal care ('Pregnancy Circles') as part of standard NHS maternity care: A co-designed qualitative study. Midwifery, 109, article number 103333. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103333
Chappell, L. C., Tucker, K. L., Galal, U. , Yu, L-M., Campbell, H., Rivero-Arias, O., Allen, J., Band, R., Chisholm, A., Crawford, C., Dougall, G., Engonidou, L., Franssen, M., Green, M., Greenfield, S., Hinton, L., Hodgkinson, J., Lavallee, L., Leeson, P., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Mackillop, L., Sandall, J., Santos, M., Tarassenko, L., Velardo, C., Wilson, H., Yardley, L., McManus, R. J., Cook, J., Coates, M., Gabriel, T., Brann, S., De Henau, J., Kelly, S., Watt, D., Judge, D., Castello, L., Wishlade, T., Price, H., Fotaki, E., Vowles, Z., Lewin, A., Tarft, H., Wade, J., Symington, D., Hunt, J., Slaney, M., Mungeam, C., Khan, R., Thomas, A., Newman, T., Gouldbourne, M., Keen, A., Rossi, A., Maseko, Z., Churchill, D., Devison, L., Brooks, K., Icke, J., Bose, P., Lee, F., Scanlon, S., Girling, J., Johnson, M., Singh, N., Martella, C., Adamson, C., Sogo Buaki, M., Beadle, N., Hickey, H., Iriondo-Coysh, A., Chilvers, J., Duncan, D., Bourke, M., Myers, J., Barry, N., Glossop, H., Farrant, K., Waters, C., Thamban, S., Jones, P., Felippe, S., Kametas, N., Kay, P., Clark, K., Jarman, R., Snowball, O., Martin, H., Osakwe, O., Tilley, B., Barker, A., Gonzalez, R., Khalil, A., Robinson, S., Canclini, L., Unwin, R., Morris, K., Mellers, D., Adams, P., Brittain, L., Dann, S., O'Hara, C., Whitehouse, D., Ajay, B., Upson, G., O'Donnell, H., Zammit-Mangion, M., Tebbutt, J., Frankland, L., Thornton, D., Sexton, K., Crowe, R., Bowers, A. & Winterbottom, J. (2022). Effect of Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure on Blood Pressure Control in Pregnant Individuals With Chronic or Gestational Hypertension: The BUMP 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA, 327(17), pp. 1666-1678. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.4726
Tucker, K. L., Mort, S., Yu, L-Y. , Campbell, H., Rivero-Arias, O., Wilson, H., Allen, J., Band, R., Chisholm, A., Crawford, C., Dougall, G., Engonidou, L., Franssen, M., Green, M., Greenfield, S., Hinton, L., Hodgkinson, J., Lavallee, L., Leeson, P., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Mackillop, L., Sandall, J., Santos, M., Tarassenko, L., Velardo, C., Yardley, L., Chappell, L. C., McManus, R. J. & BUMP Investigators (2022). Effect of Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure on Diagnosis of Hypertension During Higher-Risk Pregnancy: The BUMP 1 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA, 327(17), pp. 1656-1665. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.4712
Rahman, A., Thangaratinam, S., Copas, A. , Zenner, D., White, P. J., Griffiths, C., Abubakar, I., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & Kunst, H. (2022). A feasibility study evaluating the uptake, effectiveness and acceptability of routine screening of pregnant migrants for latent tuberculosis infection in antenatal care: a research protocol. BMJ Open, 12(4), article number e058734. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058734
Soares Goncalves, A., Maria Ferreira, I., Pestana-Santos, M. , McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & Paula Prata, A. (2022). Antenatal care policy in high-income countries with a universal health system: A scoping review. Sexual and Reproductive HealthCare, 32, article number 100717. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2022.100717
Batinelli, L., Thaels, E., Leister, N. , McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Bonciani, M. & Rocca-Ihenacho, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-8161-3938 (2022). What are the strategies for implementing primary care models in maternity? A systematic review on midwifery units. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1), article number 123. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04410-x
Batinelli, L., Thaels, E., Leister, N. , McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Bonciani, M. & Rocca-Ihenacho, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-8161-3938 (2021). What are the strategies for implementing primary care models in maternity? A systematic review on midwifery units. In: Implentation Science. 4th UK Implementation Science Research Conference, 15-16 Jul 2021, Online. doi: 10.1186/s13012-021-01163-7
Lazar, J., Boned-Rico, L., Olander, E. K. ORCID: 0000-0001-7792-9895 & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2021). A systematic review of providers' experiences of facilitating group antenatal care. Reproductive Health, 18(1), article number 180. doi: 10.1186/s12978-021-01200-0
Stock, S. J., Bhide, A., Richardson, H. , Black, M., Yuill, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-3918-5917, Harkness, M., Reid, M., Wee, F., Cheyne, H., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Rana, D., Boyd, K., Sanders, J., Heera, N., Huddleston, J., Denison, F., Pasupathy, D., Modi, N., Smith, G. & Norrie, J. (2021). Cervical ripening at home or in-hospital-prospective cohort study and process evaluation (CHOICE) study: a protocol.. BMJ Open, 11(5), article number e050452. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050452
Coates, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-6944-6428, Cupples, G., Scamell, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-2770-0341 & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2021). Re: BJOG Debate. Induction of labour should be offered to all women at term. FOR: Induction of labour should be offered at term. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 128(5), p. 935. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16628
Prates, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-9528-7512, Huyer, B., Ortega, A. & McCourt, C. (2021). Which world ends when Covid-19 strikes? Understandings of vulnerability and new beginnings amongst Guarani Mbya people from southern Brazil and Argentina.. PARI-c, 1(3),
Rocca-Ihenacho, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-8161-3938, Yuill, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-3918-5917 & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2021). Relationships and trust: Two key pillars of a well-functioning freestanding midwifery unit. Birth, 48(1), pp. 104-113. doi: 10.1111/birt.12521
Grilo Diniz, C. S., de Castro Bussadori, J. C., Lemes, L. B. , Dantas Moises, E. C., de Campos Prado, C. A. & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2021). A change laboratory for maternity care in Brazil: Pilot implementation of Mother Baby Friendly Birthing Initiative. Medical Teacher, 43(1), pp. 19-26. doi: 10.1080/0142159x.2020.1791319
Harkness, M., Yuill, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-3918-5917, Cheyne, H. , Stock, S. J., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & CHOICE Study Consortia (2021). Induction of labour during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey of impact on practice in the UK. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21(1), article number 310. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-03781-x
Yuill, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-3918-5917, McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Cheyne, H. & Leister, N. (2020). Women’s experiences of decision-making and informed choice about pregnancy and birth care: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20(1), article number 343. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-03023-6
Darling, F., Cartwright, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-3404-5659 & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2020). Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of a physiological approach during labour and birth in obstetric units: A systematic review and thematic synthesis. Midwifery, 92, article number 102861. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2020.102861
Wiggins, M., Sawtell, M., Wiseman, O. ORCID: 0000-0003-4890-9435 , McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Eldridge, S., Hunter, R., Bordea, E., Mustard, C., Hanafiah, A., Hatherall, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-8114-9648, Holmes, V., Mehay, A., Robinson, H., Salisbury, C., Sweeney, L., Mondeh, K. & Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 (2020). Group antenatal care (Pregnancy Circles) for diverse and disadvantaged women: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with integral process and economic evaluations. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), article number 919. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05751-z
Coates, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-6944-6428, Cupples, G., Scamell, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-2770-0341 , McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & Bhide, A. (2020). Women’s experiences of outpatient induction of labour with double balloon catheter or prostaglandin pessary: A qualitative study. Women and Birth, 34(4), e406-e415. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2020.07.006
Goncalves, A. S., Ferreira, I. M., Pestana-Santos, M. , Prata, A. P. & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2020). Antenatal care policies for low-risk pregnant women in high-income countries with a universal health system: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 18(7), pp. 1537-1545. doi: 10.11124/jbisrir-d-19-00197
Walsh, D., Spiby, H., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 , Coleby, D., Grigg, C., Bishop, S., Scanlon, M., Culley, L., Wilkinson, J., Pacanowski, L. & Thornton, J. (2020). Factors influencing utilisation of ‘free-standing’ and ‘alongside’ midwifery units for low-risk births in England: a mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(12), pp. 1-106. doi: 10.3310/hsdr08120
Dougall, G., Franssen, M., Tucker, K. L. , Yu, L-M., Hinton, L., Rivero-Arias, O., Abel, L., Allen, J., Band, R. J., Chisholm, A., Crawford, C., Green, M., Greenfield, S., Hodgkinson, J., Leeson, P., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, MacKillop, L., Nickless, A., Sandall, J., Santos, M., Tarassenko, L., Velardo, C., Wilson, H., Yardley, L., Chappell, L. & McManus, R. J. (2020). 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, 10(1), article number e034593. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034593
Hinton, L., Hodgkinson, J. A., Tucker, K. L. , Rozmovits, L., Chappell, L., Greenfield, S., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Sandall, J. & McManus, R. J. (2020). Exploring the potential for introducing home monitoring of blood pressure during pregnancy into maternity care: current views and experiences of staff-a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 10(12), article number e037874. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037874
Walsh, D., Spiby, H., McCourt, C. , Grigg, C. P., Coleby, D., Bishop, S., Scanlon, M., Culley, L., Wilkinson, J., Pacanowski, L. & Thornton, J. S. (2020). Factors influencing the utilisation of free-standing and alongside midwifery units in England: a qualitative research study. BMJ Open, 10(2), article number e033895. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033895
Yuill, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-3918-5917, McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & Rocca-Ihenacho, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-8161-3938 (2020). Pop-up’ birth centers? Considering COVID-19 responses and place of birth in England. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, June(2020),
Bhide, A., Sedgwick, P., Barrett, B. , Cupples, G., Coates, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-6944-6428, Goodey, R.J. ORCID: 0000-0002-9166-8393, Linton, S. & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2020). Prostaglandin insert dinoprostone versus trans-cervical balloon catheter for outpatient labour induction: a randomised controlled trial of feasibility (PROBIT-F). Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6(1), article number 113. doi: 10.1186/s40814-020-00661-7
Craig, G. M., Hajdukova, E. B., Harding, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-5192-2027 , Flood, C., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Sellers, D., Townsend, J. L., Moss, D., Tuffrey, C., Donaldson, B., Cole, M. T. & Gill, A. (2020). Psychosocial support for families of children with neurodisability who have or are considering a gastrostomy: the G-PATH mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(38), pp. 1-126. doi: 10.3310/hsdr08380
Goncalves, A., Ferreira, I. M., Prata, A. P. , McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & de Campos, A. C. (2019). Mapping antenatal care policy for low-risk pregnant women in Portugal and comparable countries: A scoping review. BMC Nursing, 18(55), article number P17. doi: 10.1186/s12912-019-0370-y
Rayment, J., Rance, S., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & Sandall, J. (2019). Barriers to women's access to alongside midwifery units in England. Midwifery, 77, pp. 78-85. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.06.010
Altaweli, R., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Scamell, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-2770-0341 & Curtis Tyler, K. (2019). Ethnographic study of the use of interventions during the second stage of labor in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Birth, 46(3), pp. 500-508. doi: 10.1111/birt.12395
Velho, M. B., Brüggemann, O. M., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 , Freitas, P. F., da Gama, S. G. N., Costa, R. & d'Orsi, E. (2019). Prevalence of spontaneous, induced labour or planned caesarean section and factors associated with caesarean scetion and factors associated with caesarian section in low-risk women in southern Brazil. Midwifery, 79, article number 102530. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.102530
Darling, F., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & Cartwright, M. (2019). A systematic review and synthesis of facilitators and barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practices to support physiological labour and birth in obstetric settings. Implementation Science, 14(Supp 2), pp. 9-10.
Clifford, G., Craig, G. M. & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 (2019). "Am iz kwiin" (I'm his queen): Combining interpretative phenomenological analysis with a feminist approach to work with gems in a resource-constrained setting. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 16(2), pp. 237-252. doi: 10.1080/14780887.2018.1543048
Husain, S., Allotey, J., Drymoussi, Z. , Wilks, M., Fernandez-Felix, B. M., Whiley, A., Dodds, J., Thangaratinam, S., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Prosdocimi, E. M., Wade, W. G., de Tejada, B. M., Zamora, J., Khan, K. & Millar, M. (2019). Effects of oral probiotic supplements on vaginal microbiota during pregnancy: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with microbiome analysis. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 127(2), pp. 275-284. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15675
Velho, M. B., Bruggemann, O. M., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 , Nogueira da Gama, S. G., Knobel, R., Goncalves, A. C & d'Orsi, E. (2019). Obstetric care models in the Southern Region of Brazil and associated factors. Cadernos de Saude Publica, 35(3), article number e00093118. doi: 10.1590/0102-311x00093118
Rayment, J., McCourt, C., Scanlon, M. , Culley, L., Spiby, H., Bishop, S. & de Lima, L. A. (2019). An analysis of media reporting on the closure of freestanding midwifery units in England. Women and Birth, 33(1), e79-e87. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.12.012
Coates, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-6944-6428, Cupples, G., Scamell, A. & McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0001-8754-3902 (2019). Women's experiences of induction of labour: Qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis. Midwifery, 69, pp. 17-28. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2018.10.013
Hunter, L., da Motta, G., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 , Wiseman, O. ORCID: 0000-0003-4890-9435, Rayment, J., Haora, P., Wiggins, M. & Harden, A. (2019). Better together: a qualitative exploration of women’s perceptions and experiences of group antenatal care. Women and Birth, 32(4), pp. 336-345. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.09.001
Band, R., Hinton, L., Tucker, K. L. , Chappell, L. C., Crawford, C., Franssen, M., Greenfield, S. M., Hodgkinson, J. A., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, McManus, R. J., Sandall, J., Santos, M. D., Velardo, C. & Yardley, L. (2019). Intervention planning and modification of the BUMP intervention: a digital intervention for the early detection of raised blood pressure in pregnancy. Pilot Feasibility Studies, 5(1), article number 153. doi: 10.1186/s40814-019-0537-z
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Sawtell, M., Sweeney, L., Wiggins, M. , Salisbury, C., Eldridge, S., Greenberg, L., Hunter, R., Kaur, I., McCourt, C., Hatherall, B., Findlay, G., Morris, J., Reading, S., Renton, A., Adekoya, R., Green, B., Harvey, B., Latham, S., Patel, K., Vanlessen, L. & Harden, A. (2018). Evaluation of community-level interventions to increase early initiation of antenatal care in pregnancy: protocol for the Community REACH study, a cluster randomised controlled trial with integrated process and economic evaluations. Trials, 19(1), article number 163. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2526-6
Walker, S., Batinelli, L., Rocca-Ihenacho, L. & McCourt, C. (2018). ‘Keeping Birth Normal’: Exploratory evaluation of a training package for midwives in an inner-city, alongside midwifery unit. Midwifery, 60, pp. 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2018.01.011
Walsh, D., Spiby, H., Grigg, C. P. , Dodwell, M., McCourt, C., Culley, L., Bishop, S., Wilkinson, J., Coleby, D., Pacanowski, L., Thornton, J. S. & Byers, S. (2018). Mapping midwifery and obstetric units in England. Midwifery, 56, pp. 9-16. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2017.09.009
Wiggins, M., Sawtell, M., Wiseman, O. ORCID: 0000-0003-4890-9435 , McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Greenberg, L., Hunter, R., Eldridge, S., Haora, P., Kaur, I. & Harden, A. (2018). Testing the effectiveness of REACH Pregnancy Circles group antenatal care: protocol for a randomised controlled pilot trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4(1), article number 169. doi: 10.1186/s40814-018-0361-x
Tucker, K. L., Taylor, K. S., Crawford, C. , Hodgkinson, J. A., Bankhead, C., Carver, T., Glogowska, E. E. M., Greenfield, S. M., Ingram, L., Hinton, L., Khan, K. S., Locock, L., Mackillop, L., McCourt, C., Pirie, A. M., Stevens, R. & McManus, R. J. (2017). Blood pressure self-monitoring in pregnancy: examining feasibility in a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17(1), article number 442. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1605-0
Bradley, S., McCourt, C., Rayment, J. & Parmar, D. (2017). Disrespectful intrapartum care during facility-based delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis of women's perceptions and experiences. Social Science and Medicine, 169, pp. 157-170. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.039
Hinton, L., Tucker, K. L., Greenfield, S. M. , Hodgkinson, J. A., Mackillop, L., McCourt, C., Carver, T., Crawford, C., Glogowska, M., Locock, L., Selwood, M., Taylor, K. S. & McManus, R. J. (2017). Blood pressure self-monitoring in pregnancy (BuMP) feasibility study; a qualitative analysis of women's experiences of self-monitoring. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17(1), article number 427. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1592-1
McCourt, C., Rayment, J., Sandall, J. & Rance, S. (2016). Place of Birth and Concepts of Wellbeing: An Analysis from Two Ethnographic Studies of Midwifery Units in England. Anthropology in Action, 23(3), pp. 17-29. doi: 10.3167/aia.2016.230303
Scamell, M., Altaweli, R. & McCourt, C. (2016). Sarah's birth. How the medicalisation of childbirth may be shaped in different settings: vignette from a study of routine intervention in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Women and Birth, 30(1), e39-e45. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2016.08.002
Dencker, A., Premberg, Å., Olander, E. K. , McCourt, C., Haby, K., Dencker, S., Glantz, A. & Berg, M. (2016). Adopting a healthy lifestyle when pregnant and obese - an interview study three years after childbirth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16(1), article number 201. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0969-x
Oblasser, C., McCourt, C. & Hanzal, E. (2016). Vibrating vaginal balls to improve pelvic floor muscle performance in women after childbirth: Preliminary results (recruitment and survey) of a randomised controlled feasibility trial. GMS Journal of Midwifery Science / GMS Zeitschrift für Hebammenwissenschaft, 4(Supple), doi: 10.3205/16dghwi03
Oblasser, C., McCourt, C., Hanzal, E. & Christie, J. (2015). Vibrating vaginal balls to improve pelvic floor muscle performance in women after childbirth: a protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 72(4), pp. 900-914. doi: 10.1111/jan.12868
Hunter, L., Magill-Cuerden, J. & McCourt, C. (2015). 'Oh no, no, no, we haven't got time to be doing that': Challenges encountered introducing a breast-feeding support intervention on a postnatal ward. Midwifery, 31(8), pp. 798-804. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.03.006
Oblasser, C., Christie, J. & McCourt, C. (2015). Vaginal cones or balls to improve pelvic floor muscle performance and urinary continence in women post partum: A quantitative systematic review. Midwifery, 31(11), pp. 1017-1025. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.08.011
Hollowell, J., Rowe, R., Townend, J. , Knight, M., Li, Y., Linsell, L., Redshaw, M., Brocklehurst, P., Macfarlane, A. J., Marlow, N., McCourt, C., Newburn, M., Sandall, J. & Silverton, L. (2015). The Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study: further analyses to enhance policy and service delivery decision-making for planned place of birth. Health Service and Delivery Research, 3(36), pp. 1-264. doi: 10.3310/hsdr03360
Rayment, J., McCourt, C., Rance, S. & Sandall, J. (2015). What makes alongside midwifery-led units work? Lessons from a national research project. Practising midwife, 18(6), pp. 31-33.
Olander, E. K., Berg, M., McCourt, C. , Carlstroem, E. & Dencker, A. (2015). Person-centred care in interventions to limit weight gain in pregnant women with obesity - a systematic review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15(1), 50-. doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0463-x
Rayment, J., McCourt, C., Vaughan, L. , Christie, J. & Trenchard-Mabere, E. (2015). Bangladeshi women's experiences of infant feeding in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 12(3), pp. 484-499. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12169
Li, Y., Townend, J., Rowe, R. , Brocklehurst, P., Knight, M., Linsell, L., Macfarlane, A. J., McCourt, C., Newburn, M., Marlow, N., Pasupathy, D., Redshaw, M., Sandall, J., Silverton, L. & Hollowell, J. (2015). Perinatal and maternal outcomes in planned home and obstetric unit births in women at ‘higher risk’ of complications: secondary analysis of the Birthplace national prospective cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 122(5), pp. 741-753. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13283
Hunter, L., Magill-Cuerden, J. & McCourt, C. (2015). Disempowered, passive and isolated: how teenage mothers’ postnatal inpatient experiences in the UK impact on the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 11(1), pp. 47-58. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12150
Oblasser, C., Christie, J. & McCourt, C. (2015). Vaginal cones or balls to improve pelvic floor muscle performance and urinary continence in women postpartum: a quantitative systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(4), pp. 933-941. doi: 10.1111/jan.12566
Hodgkinson, J. A., Tucker, K. L., Crawford, C. , Greenfield, S. M., Heneghan, C., Hinton, L., Khan, K., Locock, L., Mackillop, L., McCourt, C., Selwood, M. & McManus, R. J. (2014). Is self monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy safe and effective?. British Medical Journal (BMJ), 349(nov18 ), article number g6616. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g6616
McCourt, C. (2014). Technologies of birth and models of midwifery care. Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 48(spe), pp. 168-177. doi: 10.1590/s0080-623420140000600024
Altaweli, R. F., McCourt, C. & Baron, M. (2014). Childbirth care practices in public sector facilities in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A descriptive study. Midwifery, 30(7), pp. 899-909. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.03.006
Gagnon, A. J., DeBruyn, R., Essen, B. , Gissler, M., Heaman, M., Jeambey, Z., Korfker, D., McCourt, C., Roth, C., Zeitlin, J. & Small, R. (2014). Development of the Migrant Friendly Maternity Care Questionnaire (MFMCQ) for migrants to Western societies: an international Delphi consensus process. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14(1), article number 200. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-200
Rowe, R., Townsend, J. L., Brocklehurst, P. , Knight, M., Macfarlane, A. J., McCourt, C., Newburn, M., Redshaw, M., Sandall, J., Silverton, L. & Hollowell, J. (2014). Service configuration, unit characteristics and variation in intervention rates in a national sample of obstetric units in England: an exploratory analysis. BMJ Open, 4(5), article number e005551. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005551
McCourt, C., Rayment, J., Rance, S. & Sandall, J. (2014). An ethnographic organisational study of alongside midwifery units: a follow-on study from the Birthplace in England programme - Full Report. Health Services and Delivery Research, 2(7), doi: 10.3310/hsdr02070
McCourt, C., Rayment, J., Rance, S. & Sandall, J. (2014). An ethnographic organisational study of alongside midwifery units: a follow-on study from the Birthplace in England programme - Scientific Summary. Health Services and Delivery Research, 2(7), doi: 10.3310/hsdr02070
Baxter, J. D., McCourt, C. & Jarrett, P. M. (2014). What is current practice in offering debriefing services to post partum women and what are the perceptions of women in accessing these services: A critical review of the literature. MIDWIFERY, 30(2), pp. 194-219. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.12.013
Small, R., Roth, C., Raval, M. , Shafiei, T., Korfker, D., Heaman, M., McCourt, C. & Gagnon, A. J. (2014). Immigrant and non-immigrant women's experiences of maternity care: A systematic and comparative review of studies in five countries. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14(1), article number 152. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-152
Rowe, R., Townend, J., Brocklehurst, P. , Knight, M., Macfarlane, A. J., McCourt, C., Newburn, M., Redshaw, M., Sandall, J., Silverton, L. & Hollowell, J. (2013). Duration and urgency of transfer in births planned at home and in freestanding midwifery units in England: secondary analysis of the Birthplace national prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13(1), article number 224. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-224
Scamell, M., Macfarlane, A. J., McCourt, C. , Rayment, J., Sunderland, J. & Stewart, M. (2013). NICE on Caesarean Section: NICE says caesarean section is not available on demand unless clinically indicated. British Medical Journal (BMJ), 347(jul30 ), article number f4649. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4649
Beake, S., Acosta, L., Cooke, P. & McCourt, C. (2013). Caseload midwifery in a multi-ethnic community: The women's experiences. Midwifery, 29(8), pp. 996-1002. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.01.003
Cheyne, H., Abhyankar, P. & McCourt, C. (2013). Empowering change: Realist evaluation of a Scottish Government programme to support normal birth. Midwifery, 29(10), pp. 1110-1121. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.07.018
Clifford, G., Craig, G. M., McCourt, C. & Barrow, G. (2013). What are the Benefits and Barriers of Communicating Parental HIV Status to Seronegative Children and the Implications for Jamaica? A narrative review of the literature in low/middle income countries. West Indian Medical Journal, 62(4), pp. 357-363. doi: 10.7727/wimj.2013.087
Rance, S., McCourt, C., Rayment, J. , Mackintosh, N., Carter, W., Watson, K. & Sandall, J. (2013). Women's safety alerts in maternity care: is speaking up enough?. BMJ Quality and Safety, 22(4), pp. 348-355. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001295
McCourt, C., Cheyne, H. & Semple, K. (2012). Mothers Involved in Research Agenda Setting: Report of the MIRAS project. Stirling, UK: NMAHP Research UNit, University of Stirling.
McCourt, C., Rayment, J., Rance, S. & Sandall, J. (2012). Organisational strategies and midwives' readiness to provide care for out of hospital births: An analysis from the Birthplace organisational case studies. Midwifery, 28(5), pp. 636-645. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.07.004
Schroeder, L., Petrou, S., Patel, N. , Hollowell, J., Puddicombe, D., Redshaw, M., Brocklehurst, P., The Birthplace in England Collaborative Group, ., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & MacFarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214 (2011). Birthplace cost-effectiveness analysis of planned place of birth: individual level analysis Birthplace in England research programme (Final report part 5). Southampton: HMSO.
Hollowell, J., Puddicombe, D., Rowe, R. , Linsell, L., Hardy, P., Stewart, M., Newburn, M., McCourt, C., Sandall, J., Macfarlane, A. J., Silverton, L. & Brocklehurst, P. (2011). The Birthplace national prospective cohort study: perinatal and maternal outcomes by planned place of birth Birthplace in England research programme. (Final report part 4). Southampton: HMSO.
Hollowell, J., The Birthplace in England Collaborative Group, ., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & MacFarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214 (2011). Birthplace programme overview: background, component studies and summary of findings (Final report part 1. 08/1604/140). Southampton: HMSO.
McCourt, C., Rance, S., Rayment, J. & Sandall, J. (2011). Birthplace qualitative organisational case studies: how maternity care systems may affect the provision of care in different birth settings Birthplace in England research programme. Final report part 6. HMSO.
Rowe, R., The Birthplace in England Collaborative Group, ., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & MacFarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214 (2011). Birthplace terms and definitions: consensus process Birthplace in England research programme. (Final Report 2. 08/1604/140). Southampton: HMSO.
Redshaw, M., Rowe, R., Schroeder, L. , Puddicombe, D., MacFarlane, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-0977-7214, Newburn, M., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Sandall, J., Silverton, L. & Marlow, N. (2011). Mapping maternity care: the configuration of maternity care in England. Birthplace in England research programme (Final report part 3 08/1604/140). Southampton, UK: HMSO.
Schmied, V., Beake, S., Sheehan, A. , McCourt, C. & Dykes, F. (2011). Women's perceptions and experiences of breastfeeding support: A metasynthesis. Birth, 38(1), pp. 49-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-536x.2010.00446.x
McCourt, C., Rance, S., Rayment, J. & Sandall, J. (2011). Birthplace in England Research programme: Organisational Case Studies: How maternity care systems may affect the provision of care in different birth settings. Birthplace in England research programme (Final Report 6. NIHR Service Delivery Organisation Programme). London: HMSO.
Lanlehin, R., Dr Noble, H. & McCourt, C. (2011). How well do midwives use skills and knowledge in examining newborns?. British Journal of Midwifery, Vol. 1(Iss. 1), pp. 687-691.
McCourt, C., Redshaw, M. & Birthplace in England research programme and mapping group, . (2011). Mapping maternity care facilities in England. Evidence Based Midwifery, 9(2), pp. 46-52.
Brocklehurst, P., Puddicombe, D., Hollowell, J. , Stewart, M., Linsell, L., Macfarlane, A. J. & McCourt, C. (2011). Perinatal and maternal outcomes by planned place of birth for healthy women with low risk pregnancies: the Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study. British Medical Journal (BMJ), 343(nov23 ), article number d7400. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d7400
Morgan, P., McCourt, C. & Youll, P. (2007). Social richness, socio-technical tension and the virtual commissioning of NHS research. Health Research Policy and Systems, 5(1), article number 8. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-5-8
McCourt, C. & Stevens, T. (2006). Continuity of carer – what does it mean and does it matter to midwives and birthing women?. Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice, 4(3), pp. 10-20.
McCourt, C., Morgan, P. & Youll, P. (2006). Evaluation of a 'virtual' approach to commissioning health research. Health Research Policy and Systems, 4(1), article number 9. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-4-9
McCourt, C. (2005). Research and theory for nursing and midwifery: Rethinking the nature of evidence. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 2(2), pp. 75-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2005.05003.x