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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire and Humber – Born in Bradford (BiB) Placement Year Opportunities
Each year, BiB offer placement year opportunities for undergraduate students eligible to complete a ‘sandwich year’ as part of their degree programme. We would like to offer this opportunity for academic year 2027/28 to university partners working with the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber ARC Healthy Families theme. Students would join BiB/YHARC as a Research and
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The evolving relationship between public health and midwifery in the UK
A timely reflection has been published on the the relationship between midwifery roles, public health and health promotion and what it might mean for midwifery and midwives. The evolving role of midwives in the UK has increasingly integrated public health responsibilities, reflecting a broader recognition of health promotion as a shared duty across healthcare professions.
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Sheffield Wellbeing and Mental Health Resources Available to Women During or After Pregnancy
This resource has been created to provide a range of different support services available in Sheffield.
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National Wellbeing and Mental Health Resources Available to Women During or After Pregnancy
This resource has been created to provide a range of different support services available nationally.
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Job Opportunity: Research Fellow – Maternal and Infant Health
The Research Fellow will support a multi-method, multi-phased study to use appreciative inquiry for co-production of culturally appropriate interventions and equity informed perinatal mental health and psychosocial wellbeing care pathway. The Research Fellow will contribute to co-production of interventions with women, families and clinicians, and planning future evaluation of the interventions including usability and feasibility
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Job Opportunity: Senior Research Fellow – Data Scientist/Epidemiologist
The Fellow will support the analysis of local and national administrative data to explore intersectional inequalities in perinatal mental health service pathways, to enable early risk stratification and the development of equitable maternity mental health care pathways. The Fellow will also contribute to co-production of an intervention with women, families and clinicians, and planning future
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PhD Opportunity: Targeting Perinatal Mental Health Inequalities
Transforming Lives PhD scholarship, Sheffield Hallam University: Targeting Perinatal Mental Health Inequities: Co-Designing Tailored Interventions to Improve Outcomes in Underserved High-Risk Communities Perinatal mental health problems disproportionately affect women experiencing social disadvantage (e.g. ethnic minority backgrounds, migration, poverty, disability, social care experience), contributing to significant inequalities in maternal and infant outcomes. This PhD project will
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PhD Opportunity: Developing an Analytical Framework of The Societal Cost of Inequalities in Perinatal Mental Illness
We are delighted to share an exciting funded PhD studentship through the NIHR Maternity Disparities Consortium, based at Sheffield Hallam University. The student will develop a conceptual model linking maternal PMH to short and long term impacts on the woman’s health, the impacts on children and families over their life-courses as well as impacts beyond
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Exciting PhD Opportunity: Developing Rapid Realist Methods for Evaluating Accountability Frameworks in Maternity Services
Are you interested in maternal health, tackling racism and discrimination, and realist methods?We are delighted to share an exciting funded PhD studentship through the NIHR Maternity Disparities Consortium, based at the University of Birmingham.Primary supervisor: Michelle FisherThis project will develop a rapid evaluation method embedded in realism and health equity approaches. The method will aim
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Equity and Inclusion: A Review of NHS and HSC Online Information for Women in the Early Phase of Labour
A new study published in the journal Healthcare has systematically evaluated the availability, accessibility, content, and evidence base of online early labour information provided by UK hospitals, with a focus on inclusivity and equity. Researchers from the Centre for Midwifery and Women’s Health at Bournemouth University reviewed 146 NHS and HSC hospital websites across England, Scotland, Wales,