Items created by Balaam, Marie-Clare

2024

Kacprzyk, Hanna, Węgrzynowska, Maria, Baranowska, Barbara, Połomski, Piotr and Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 (2024) Does financing for private maternity services improve birth experiences in Poland? A mixed-methods study of the Babies Born Better Survey. European Journal of Midwifery, 8 (Novemb).

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

Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Haith-Cooper, Mel and Mathew, Dinah (2024) Evaluating the impact of the Health Access for Refugees (HARP) project on people who are refugees or seeking asylum in Northern England. Perspectives in Public Health . ISSN 1757-9139

Thomson, Gill ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 and Tishkovskaya, Svetlana ORCID: 0000-0003-3087-6380 (2024) Comparing factors associated with overall satisfaction for different forms of remote breastfeeding support in the UK. International Breastfeeding Journal, 19 (1).

2023

Pařízková, Alena, Clausen, Jette Aaroe, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Roosalu, Triin, Migliorini, Laura and Kasper, Anne (2023) Inclusiveness of Access Policies to Maternity Care for Migrant Women Across Europe: A Policy Review. Maternal and Child Health Journal . ISSN 1092-7875

Hadjigeorgiou, E., Andreaki, M., Koliandri, I., Spyridou, A., Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 and Christoforou, A. (2023) Exploring mothers’ experiences of perinatal care in Cyprus: Babies Born Better survey. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23 (1).

Neal, Sarah, Stone, Lucy, Moncrieff, Gillian, Matthews, Zoë, Kingdon, Carol ORCID: 0000-0002-5958-9257, Topalidou, Anastasia ORCID: 0000-0003-0280-6801, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Cordey, Sarah, Crossland, Nicola ORCID: 0000-0003-1063-8123 et al (2023) Assessing safe and personalised maternity and neonatal care through a pandemic: a case study of outcomes and experiences in two trusts in England using the ASPIRE COVID-19 framework. BMC Health Services Research, 23 (1).

Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, McCarthy, Rose, Haith-Cooper, Melanie and Matthew, Dinah (2023) Evaluating the experiences and impact of the Health Access for Refugees (HARP) project on peer volunteers in Northern England. Journal of Community Psychology . ISSN 0090-4392

2022

Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182, Cook, Julie ORCID: 0000-0002-6391-5430, Crossland, Nicola ORCID: 0000-0003-1063-8123, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Byrom, Anna, Jassat, Raeesa and Gerrard, Sabina ORCID: 0000-0002-2984-8748 (2022) Minoritised ethnic women’s experiences of inequities and discrimination in maternity services in North-West England: A mixed-methods study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth .

Akooji, Naseerah ORCID: 0000-0002-8254-3257, Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550, van den Berg, Lauri M.M., de Jonge, Ank and Topalidou, Anastasia ORCID: 0000-0003-0280-6801 (2022) Making maternity and neonatal care personalised in the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the Babies Born Better Survey in the UK and the Netherlands. PLOS ONE, 17 (11).

van den Berg, Lauri, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Nowland, Rebecca ORCID: 0000-0003-4326-2425, Moncrieff, Gill, Topalidou, Anastasia ORCID: 0000-0003-0280-6801, Thompson, Suzanne, Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182, de Jonge, Ank and Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550 (2022) The United Kingdom and the Netherlands maternity care responses to COVID-19: a comparative study. Women and Birth . ISSN 1871-5192

Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Nowland, Rebecca ORCID: 0000-0003-4326-2425, Crossland, Nicola ORCID: 0000-0003-1063-8123, Moncrieff, Gill, Heys, Stephanie, Sarian, Arni ORCID: 0000-0003-1376-0503, Cull, Joanne ORCID: 0000-0001-8990-154X, Topalidou, Anastasia ORCID: 0000-0003-0280-6801 et al (2022) Companionship for women/birthing people using antenatal and intrapartum care in England during COVID-19: A mixed-methods analysis of national and organisational responses and perspectives. BMJ Open, 12 (1). e051965.

O-Brien, Clare, Murphy, Sandra and Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 (2022) Reflections on midwifery-led research by research midwives: A unique insight. Practising Midwife, 25 (1). pp. 31-34. ISSN 1461-3123

Van Den Berg, Lauri M. M., Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182, Jonge, Ank, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Moncrieff, Gill, Topalidou, Anastasia ORCID: 0000-0003-0280-6801 and Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550 (2022) “Never waste a crisis”; a commentary on the COVID‐19 pandemic as a driver for innovation in maternity care. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 129 (1). pp. 3-8. ISSN 1470-0328

2021

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

Cooper, Mel, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 and Mathew, Dinah (2021) HARP (Health for Asylum Seekers and Refugees) project final evaluation. Project Report. University of Bradford, Bradford.

Thompson, Gillian and Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 (2021) Sharing and modifying stories in neonatal peer support: an international mixed‐methods study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 35 (3). pp. 805-812. ISSN 0283-9318

Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Kingdon, Carol ORCID: 0000-0002-5958-9257 and Haith-Cooper, Mel (2021) A Systematic Review of Perinatal Social Support Interventions for Asylum-seeking and Refugee Women Residing in Europe. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health . ISSN 1557-1912

Jallow, Musa, Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Hargan, Jae and Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 (2021) A systematic review to identify key elements of effective public health interventions that address barriers to health services for refugees. Journal of Public Health . ISSN 0943-1853

2020

Kennedy, Holly Powell, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Dahlen, Hannah, Declercq, Eugene, de Jonge, Ank, Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550, Ellwood, David, Homer, Caroline S.E., Sandall, Jane et al (2020) The role of midwifery and other international insights for maternity care in the United States: An analysis of four countries. Birth, 47 (4). pp. 332-345. ISSN 0730-7659

Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550, Calleja Agius, Jean, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 and Frith, Lucy (2020) Understanding childbirth as a complex salutogenic phenomenon: The EU COST BIRTH Action Special Collection. PLOS ONE, 15 (8).

Sweity, Samaher, Sutton, Chris, Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 and McElvenny, Damien M. (2020) Challenges to and facilitators of occupational epidemiology research in the UK. Health Policy, 124 (7). pp. 772-780. ISSN 0168-8510

Crossland, Nicola ORCID: 0000-0003-1063-8123, Kingdon, Carol ORCID: 0000-0002-5958-9257, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Betrán, Ana Pilar and Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550 (2020) Women’s, partners’ and healthcare providers’ views and experiences of assisted vaginal birth: a systematic mixed methods review. Reproductive Health, 17 (83).

2019

Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182 and Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 (2019) International insights into peer support in a neonatal context: A mixed-methods study. PloS one, 14 (7). e0219743. ISSN 1932-6203

2018

Skoko, Elena, Ravaldi, Claudia, Vannacci, Alfredo, Nespoli, Antonella, Akooji, Naseerah ORCID: 0000-0002-8254-3257, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Battisti, Alessandra, Cericco, Michela, Iannuzzi, Laura et al (2018) Findings from the Italian Babies Born Better (B3) survey. Minerva Ginecologica . ISSN 0026-4784

Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 and Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182 (2018) Building capacity and wellbeing in vulnerable/marginalised mothers: A qualitative study. Women and Birth . ISSN 1871-5192

2017

Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Pařízková, Alena, Weckend, Marina Joanna, Fleming, Valerie, Roosalu, Triin and Vržina, Sanja Špoljar (2017) A concept analysis of the term migrant women in the context of pregnancy. International Journal of Nursing Practice . e12600. ISSN 1322-7114

Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Cooper, Mel, Korfke, Dineke and Savona-Ventura, Charles (2017) Psychosocial Resilience and Risk in the Perinatal Period: Implications and Guidance for Professionals Asylum seekers & refugees: A cross European perspective. In: Psychosocial Resilience and Risk in the Perinatal Period. Routledge, pp. 28-42. ISBN 9781138101586

Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182, Delap, N. F, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 and Van Lessen, L (2017) Caring to make a difference: vulnerable women. The Practising Midwife . ISSN 1461-3123

Viken, Berit, Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 and Lyberg, Anne (2017) A salutogenic perspective on maternity care for migrant women. In: New thinking on improving maternity care: International perspectives. Pinter & Martin. ISBN 978-1-78066-240-4

2016

Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182, Van Lessen, Logan, Jenkins, Heather, Austin, Jo, Burnell, Jane ORCID: 0000-0002-4601-1632 and LEAVEY, RALPH (2016) Birth Companions Research Project: Experiences and Birth Outcomes of Vulnerable Women. Project Report. Birth Companions, London, UK.

Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Kingdon, Carol ORCID: 0000-0002-5958-9257, Thomson, Gillian ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182, Finlayson, Kenneth William ORCID: 0000-0002-1287-7630 and Downe, Soo ORCID: 0000-0003-2848-2550 (2016) ‘We make them feel special’: The experiences of voluntary sector workers supporting asylum seeking and refugee women during pregnancy and early motherhood. Midwifery, 34 . pp. 133-140. ISSN 02666138

2015

Balaam, Marie-Clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 (2015) Babies Born Better Survey: An Opportunity For The Cross Country Analysis of Childbirth Practice. In: Human Rights in Childbirth Eastern European Conference, 16-17 April 2015, Zagreb, Croatia.

Thomson, G ORCID: 0000-0003-3392-8182, Balaam, M-C ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 and Hymers, K (2015) Building social capital through breastfeeding peer support: Insights from an evaluation of a voluntary breastfeeding peer support service in North-West England. International Journal of Breastfeeding, 10 (15).

2014

Balaam, Marie-clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 (2014) A concept analysis of befriending. Journal of Advanced Nursing .

2013

Balaam, Marie-clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352, Akerjordet, Kristin, Lyberg, Anne, Kaiser, Barbara, Schoening, Eva, Fredriksen, Anne-Mari, Ensel, Angelica, Gouni, Olga and Severinsson, Elisabeth (2013) A qualitative review of migrant women's perceptions of their needs and experiences related to pregnancy and childbirth. Journal of Advanced Nursing, - (-). n/a-n/a. ISSN 03092402

2011

Balaam, Marie-clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 and Lambert, Sharon (2011) ORAL HISTORY AS COMMUNITY HISTORY:THE WELCOME STORIES ORAL HISTORY PROJECT. CeNtreWoRdS .

2010

Balaam, Marie-clare ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 and Crowther, Barbara (2010) Menopause Exposed: Women Surveying Women. Women's History Magazine (62).

2000

Balaam, Marie-Claire ORCID: 0000-0003-4511-7352 (2000) Representations of Menopause and Menopausal Women in Turn of the Century British Medical Journals. Women's History Notebooks, 7 (1). pp. 10-14. ISSN 1358-1457