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Alaszewski, Andy and Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X (2008) The everyday experience of living with risk and uncertainty. Health, Risk & Society, 10 (5). pp. 413-420. ISSN 1369-8575
Billings, J., Alaszewski, A. and Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X (2004) Towards Integrated Health and Social Care for Older People: A European Review. Journal of Integrated Care, 12 (1). pp. 3-8. ISSN 1476-9018
Brigante, L., Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Fernandez Turienzo, C. and Sandall, J. (2023) “She was there all the time”. A qualitative study exploring how women at higher risk for preterm birth experience midwifery continuity of care. Women and Birth, 36 (4). e397-e404. ISSN 18715192
Chronaki, Georgia ORCID: 0000-0001-5146-2510 and Marsh, John Everett ORCID: 0000-0002-9494-1287 (2024) Distraction by vocal anger in children and adolescents with hyperactivity. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 36 (5). pp. 657-672. ISSN 2044-5911
Constantinou, Georgina, Ayers, Susan, Mitchell, Eleanor J, Moore, Sarah, Jones, Anne-Marie, Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550, Walker, Kate F and Daniels, Jane (2024) The acceptability of group B streptococcal bacteria (GBS) testing to women, including self-swabbing procedures: A qualitative study. Midwifery, 135 . ISSN 0266-6138
Constantinou, Georgina, Ayers, Susan, Mitchell, Eleanor J., Walker, Kate F., Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550, Jones, Ann-Marie, Moore, Sarah and Daniels, Jane P. (2024) The acceptability of implementation of group B Streptococcus testing: Perspectives from women and health professionals in the GBS3 trial: A qualitative study. Women and Birth, 37 (6). p. 101832. ISSN 1871-5192
Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X (2005) Common Experiences of Staff Working in Integrated Health and Social Care Organisations: A European Perspective. Journal of Integrated Care, 13 (2). pp. 13-21. ISSN 1476-9018
Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X (2014) Risk in pregnancy and birth: are we talking to ourselves? Health, Risk & Society, 16 (6). pp. 481-493. ISSN 1369-8575
Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Bisits, Andrew and Sandall, Jane (2014) Call for special issue of midwifery on risk in childbirth. Midwifery, 31 (2). pp. 257-258. ISSN 02666138
Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Chisholm, Alison, Malouf, Reem, Rowe, Rachel and Hollowell, Jennifer (2017) What influences birth place preferences, choices and decision-making amongst healthy women with straightforward pregnancies in the UK? A qualitative evidence synthesis using a ‘best fit’ framework approach. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17 (1). ISSN 1471-2393
Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Evans, Kerry and Thomson, Gill ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182 (2024) A response to the UK all party parliamentary group (APPG) report on birth trauma. Midwifery, 137 . p. 104131. ISSN 0266-6138
Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Homer, Caroline, Bisits, Andrew, Sandall, Jane and Bick, Debra (2016) Erratum to ‘Reconceptualising Risk in Childbirth’ [Midwifery 38 (2016) 1−5]. Midwifery, 42 . p. 101. ISSN 02666138
Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Homer, Caroline, Bisits, Andrew, Sandall, Jane and Bick, Debra (2016) Reconceptualising risk in childbirth. Midwifery, 38 . pp. 1-5. ISSN 02666138
Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Turienzo, Cristina Fernandez, Kweekel, Liselotte, Goodarzi, Bahareh, Brigante, Lia, Simon, Agnes and Lanau, Miriam Morlans (2020) The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on maternity care in Europe. Midwifery, 88 . p. 102779. ISSN 02666138
Cull, Joanne ORCID: 0000-0001-8990-154X, Thomson, Gill ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182, Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550, Fine, Michelle and Topalidou, Anastasia ORCID: 0000-0003-0280-6801 (2024) Asking in pregnancy about previous trauma: a review of evidence. The Practising Midwife, 27 (3). pp. 24-28. ISSN 1461-3123
Cull, Joanne ORCID: 0000-0001-8990-154X, Thomson, Gill ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182, Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550, Fine, Michelle and Topalidou, Anastasia ORCID: 0000-0003-0280-6801 (2024) Routine discussion of previous trauma in the perinatal period: Insights from interviews with women, voluntary sector representatives, and maternity care providers. (Submitted)
Endukuru, Chiranjeevi Kumar ORCID: 0000-0001-6903-7280, Gaur, Girwar Singh, Yerrabelli, Dhanalakshmi, Sahoo, Jayaprakash and Vairappan, Balasubramaniyan (2024) Agreement between equation-derived body fat estimator and bioelectrical impedance analysis for body fat measurement in middle-aged southern Indians. Physiological Reports, 12 (20). e70095. ISSN 2051-817X
Endukuru, Chiranjeevi Kumar ORCID: 0000-0001-6903-7280, Gupta, Romesh, Asurlekar, Alpana Rajesh, Asurlekar, Rajesh Vasant and Rao, Pinkesh (2024) Evaluating Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Risk at Health Melasin Preston and Burnley: Promoting Lifestyle Changes, Enhancing Healthcare Management, and Providing Hands-On Experience for Students. BIDA Journal, 30 (2). pp. 20-24.
Feeley, Claire Lauren ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-0352, Crossland, Nicola ORCID: 0000-0003-1063-8123, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Powney, Deborah, Topalidou, Anastasia ORCID: 0000-0003-0280-6801, Smith, Eleanor ORCID: 0000-0001-5746-0815 and Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550 (2021) The ASPIRE study: A midwifery-led research response to COVID-19 and beyond. Practising Midwife, 24 (9). pp. 23-29. ISSN 1461-3123
Feeley, Claire Lauren ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-0352, Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550 and Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182 (2021) ‘Stories of distress versus fulfilment’: A narrative inquiry of midwives’ experiences supporting alternative birth choices in the UK National Health Service. Women and Birth . ISSN 1871-5192
Feeley, Claire Lauren ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-0352, Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182 and Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550 (2020) Understanding how midwives employed by the National Health Service facilitate women’s alternative birthing choices: Findings from a feminist pragmatist study. PLoS ONE .
Fernandez Turienzo, Cristina, Rayment‐Jones, Hannah, Roe, Yvette, Silverio, Sergio A., Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Shennan, Andrew H. and Sandall, Jane (2021) A realist review to explore how midwifery continuity of care may influence preterm birth in pregnant women. Birth, 48 (3). pp. 375-388. ISSN 0730-7659
Furuta, Marie, Bick, Debra, Matsufuji, Hiromi and Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X (2016) Spousal violence and receipt of skilled maternity care during and after pregnancy in Nepal. Midwifery, 43 . pp. 7-13. ISSN 02666138
Gleason-Comstock, Julie, Fernandez Turienzo, Cristina, Hull, Louise H., Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Bollard, Mary, Cross, Pauline, Seed, Paul T., Shennan, Andrew H. and Sandall, Jane (2023) 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, 18 (1). e0279695. ISSN 1932-6203
Hives, Lucy ORCID: 0000-0003-4125-4034, Bray, Emma ORCID: 0000-0001-9882-3539, Nowland, Rebecca ORCID: 0000-0003-4326-2425 and Thomson, Gill ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182 (2024) Social media influencers in the space of pregnancy and parenting: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 14 (10).
Hutton, Eve and Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X (2009) Involving parents as service users in an interprofessional research project. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 22 (6). pp. 661-663. ISSN 1356-1820
Kasiteropoulou, Dorothea, Topalidou, Anastasia ORCID: 0000-0003-0280-6801 and Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550 (2020) A computational fluid dynamics modelling of maternal-fetal heat exchange and blood flow in the umbilical cord. PLOS ONE: Special Collection BIRTH, 15 (7). e0231997.
Mastrolia, Salvatore Andrea, Fernandez Turienzo, Cristina, Silverio, Sergio A., Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Brigante, Lia, Seed, Paul T., Shennan, Andrew H. and Sandall, Jane (2021) Experiences of maternity care among women at increased risk of preterm birth receiving midwifery continuity of care compared to women receiving standard care: Results from the POPPIE pilot trial. PLOS ONE, 16 (4). e0248588. ISSN 1932-6203
McAllister, Sophie, Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Murrells, T. and Sandall, J. (2017) Healthcare professionals’ attitudes, knowledge and self-efficacy levels regarding the use of self-hypnosis in childbirth: A prospective questionnaire survey. Midwifery, 47 . pp. 8-14. ISSN 02666138
Payne, L. and Williams, Anna ORCID: 0000-0002-5237-857X (2006) Managing Potential Conflict Between Forensic Procedures and the Needs of the Bereaved. Journal of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management . pp. 16-17.
Poston, Lucilla, Briley, Annette L, Barr, Suzanne, Bell, Ruth, Croker, Helen, Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Essex, Holly N, Hunt, Claire, Hayes, Louise et al (2013) Developing a complex intervention for diet and activity behaviour change in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT trial); assessment of behavioural change and process evaluation in a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13 (1).
Relph, S., Vieira, M. C., Copas, A., Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Alagna, A., Briley, A., Johnson, M., Page, L., Peebles, D. et al (2022) Improving antenatal detection of small‐for‐gestational‐age fetus: economic evaluation of Growth Assessment Protocol. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 60 (5). pp. 620-631. ISSN 0960-7692
Relph, Sophie, Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Vieira, Matias C., Copas, Andrew, Healey, Andrew, Alagna, Alessandro, Briley, Annette, Johnson, Mark, Lawlor, Deborah A. et al (2022) Effect of the Growth Assessment Protocol on the DEtection of Small for GestatioNal age fetus: process evaluation from the DESiGN cluster randomised trial. Implementation Science, 17 (1).
Relph, Sophie, Vieira, Matias C., Copas, Andrew, Winsloe, Chivon, Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Alagna, Alessandro, Briley, Annette, Johnson, Mark, Page, Louise et al (2023) Antenatal detection of large‐for‐gestational‐age fetuses following implementation of the Growth Assessment Protocol: secondary analysis of a randomised control trial. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 130 (10). pp. 1167-1176. ISSN 1470-0328
Robinson, Anna, Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, McRae, Jackie and Calestani, Melania (2022) Family carers’ experiences of dysphagia after a stroke: An exploratory study of spouses living in a large metropolitan city. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 57 (5). pp. 924-936. ISSN 1368-2822
Steils, Nicole, Woolham, John, Fisk, Malcolm ORCID: 0000-0003-1602-8393, Porteus, Jeremy and Forsyth, Kirsty (2019) Carers’ involvement in telecare provision by local councils for older people in England: perspectives of council telecare managers and stakeholders. Ageing and Society, 41 (2). pp. 456-475. ISSN 0144-686X
Stone, Nancy I., Thomson, Gill ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182 and Tegethoff, Dorothea (2025) Tailoring midwifery care to women's needs in early labour: The cultivation of relational care in free-standing birth centres. Midwifery, 140 . p. 104202. ISSN 0266-6138
Thomson, Gill ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182 and Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 (2024) Researchers’ perspectives of self-agency within a context of violence and harm in maternity care. Midwifery, 137 . ISSN 0266-6138
Thomson, Gill ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182 and Nowland, Rebecca ORCID: 0000-0003-4326-2425 (2024) A rapid evidence review of postnatal listening services for women following a traumatic or negative childbirth experience. Midwifery, 139 . p. 104185. ISSN 0266-6138
Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182 and Feeley, Claire Lauren ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-0352 (2020) How to manage pain during childbirth: what the research says. The Conversation .
Topalidou, Anastasia ORCID: 0000-0003-0280-6801, Markarian, Garik and Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550 (2020) Thermal imaging of the fetus: An empirical feasibility study. PLOS ONE: Special Collection BIRTH, 15 (7). e0226755.
Topalidou, Anastasia ORCID: 0000-0003-0280-6801, Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182 and Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550 (2020) Covid-19 and maternal and infant health: Are we getting the balance right? A rapid scoping review. The Practising Midwife, 23 (7). pp. 37-45.
Vieira, Matias C., Relph, Sophie, Muruet-Gutierrez, Walter, Elstad, Maria, Coker, Bolaji, Moitt, Natalie, Delaney, Louisa, Winsloe, Chivon, Healey, Andrew et al (2022) Evaluation of the Growth Assessment Protocol (GAP) for antenatal detection of small for gestational age: The DESiGN cluster randomised trial. PLOS Medicine, 19 (6). e1004004. ISSN 1549-1676
Vogel, Joshua, Fernandez Turienzo, Cristina, Bick, Debra, Briley, Annette L., Bollard, Mary, Coxon, Kirstie ORCID: 0000-0001-5480-597X, Cross, Pauline, Silverio, Sergio A., Singh, Claire et al (2020) Midwifery continuity of care versus standard maternity care for women at increased risk of preterm birth: A hybrid implementation–effectiveness, randomised controlled pilot trial in the UK. PLOS Medicine, 17 (10). e1003350. ISSN 1549-1676
Thornton, Tim ORCID: 0000-0002-0137-1554 (0202) Mental Illness. Elements in Philosophy of Mind . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108939836
Cull, Joanne ORCID: 0000-0001-8990-154X (2024) EMpowering Pregnant women Affected by Trauma HistoRY: The EMPATHY study. Doctoral thesis, University of Central Lancashire.
Rache, Suma, Jackson, Catherine ORCID: 0000-0003-4266-2347, Gordon, Morris ORCID: 0000-0002-1216-5158 and Maitland-Knibb, Stuart Protocol: Remote and rural healthcare training (A systematic review). NA. (Unpublished)