Good news Friday! Rose Meades and Liz Dudeney from the centre have published an editorial about the EPDS. Read it here:

We are pleased to share the news article reporting on the MUNet Conference which was held on the 8th September. Read more here:

Midwifery Unit Network conference brings maternity research and practice together at City St George’s | City St George's, University of London

Midwives, service users, policymakers and researchers from across Europe and beyond spoke at City St George’s about how they can close the policy-research gap

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We are pleased to share the news article reporting on the MUNet Conference which was held on the 8th September. Read more here:

Good news Friday: Work carried out by researchers at the centre has been mentioned in a Guardian Journal article. Read it here:

Thousands of UK women have undiagnosed PTSD after childbirth each year, study finds

Experts call for joined-up support through the postnatal period amid concerns GPs are not trained to spot symptoms

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The ReproFam group are also developing a new, inclusive measure of prenatal bonding that can be used by all expecting parents including biological and non-biological mothers, fathers, and non-gestational parents across diverse family structures. Read more: reprofam.co.uk/proje...

The ReproFam group are also currently carrying out a project about young adults born following identifiable gamete donation in the UK, experiences of requesting information about their donors identity. Find out more here: reprofam.co.uk/proje...

One of the studies run by the Reprofam research group is about embryo donation, exploring the experiences of people donating and receiving embryos as part of a directed donation programme: reprofam.co.uk/proje...

Good news Friday! PhD student, Kyla Vaillancourt has had a paper published about the Psychometric evaluation of the NICHD Parent-Infant Interaction Scales. Read more here: www.frontiersin.org/... #parentinfantinteraction

Frontiers | A psychometric evaluation of the NICHD Parent-Infant Interaction Scales to inform clinical practice

BackgroundThere is no recommended measure of parent-infant interaction that is psychometrically robust, feasible (i.e., brief and simple to use) and validate...

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As well as being the new Centre lead, Prof Jadva also runs the Reproduction and Family research group which conducts internationally recognised research on assisted reproduction and family diversity across the life course. Read more here: https://reprofam.co.uk/

The PHHI also carries out research on Developing an Educational Pack for Student Nurses based on Adult and Young Peoples’ Perspectives on Sickle Cell Anaemia #studentnurses #sicklecellanaemia

Good news Friday! Publication by Prof Susan Ayers and colleagues about maternal mistreatment in Brazil using data from the INTERSECT study: openaccess.city.ac.u...

The PHHI also carried out an an evaluation on child nursing student views and experiences on peer mentoring and understanding how to train them as peer mentors, in addition to assisting them in mentoring other colleagues as well. #peermentoring

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Vasanti Jadva, Professor of Family Psychology is the new director for the newly named "Centre for Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health". Read more about Vasanti here:

Professor Vasanti Jadva | City St George's, University of London

Professor Vasanti Jadva, Professor, is an academic at the School of Health and Psychological Sciences of City St George's, University of London.

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The ReSPoND study carried out by PHHI group aimed to improve the way that positive newborn screening results for conditions such as sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis are communicated to parents by health professionals.

Good news Friday. Another publication today from our PhD student Kyla Vaillancourt: Psychometric evaluation of the NICHD Parent-Infant Interaction Scales to inform clinical practice. www.frontiersin.org/... #parentinfantinteraction

Frontiers | A psychometric evaluation of the NICHD Parent-Infant Interaction Scales to inform clinical practice

BackgroundThere is no recommended measure of parent-infant interaction that is psychometrically robust, feasible (i.e., brief and simple to use) and validate...

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The PHHI group are currently carrying out a comparative study on childbirth services in Brazil & the UK. In the Brazilian context the focus is on the encounters of indigenous women with health services, in the UK the focus will be on those of refugees and recent immigrants.

We are back to talking about the Public Health & Health Inequalities research group this week! Researchers have carried out a co-design study involving 3 groups of people (carers, health professionals, young people), looking at different interventions for sickle cell anaemia.

Good news Friday! The City Birth Trauma Scale, developed by Susan Ayers from our centre has now been validated in Norwegian: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih..... The scale has also been validated in many other languages: www.citybirthtraumas...

The PHHI research group has also carried out a interviews with young mothers and healthcare professionals to understand their experiences of eating and moving during and after pregnancy. #pregnancy #maternitycare

The Public Health and Health Inequalities research group also runs the Screening for Tuberculosis in Pregnancy Study, assessing whether it is feasible and acceptable to screen an at-risk migrant population for latent tuberculosis infection. Read more here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....

Absolutely thrilled to announce that City St George's Midwifery Curriculum has achieved UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Accreditation. Well done to all involved, especially Shujana Keraudren, Baby Friendly Initiative Lead #midwifery #babyfriendly

AMBeR included a scoping review, a survey of UK midwives, qualitative interviews with midwives and a knowledge exchange event. Read the scoping review here: openaccess.city.ac.u...

AMBeR is also run by the Public Health and Health Inequalities research group. It aims to understand barriers and facilitators that impact access to midwife-led-birth settings for racialised individuals in the UK. #midwifeledbirthsettings #midwiferycare

This project develops a systematic and in-depth understanding of acceptable, feasible and sustainable strategies to integrate group care into health systems for antenatal and postnatal care during the first 1000 days.

One of the studies run by the Public Health and Health Inequalities Research Group is the GC_1000 Group Care for the First Thousand Days - funded by Horizon 2020.

Good news Friday! Exciting new paper from the MAP alliance project run by researchers at the centre: www.sciencedirect.co... #posttraumaticstressdisorder #healthserviceuse

Postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder and health service use: A longitudinal cohort study

Postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can lead to significant distress, yet little is known about health service use by those affected. Thi…

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At CMCHR we also have a Public Health and Health Inequalities Research Group led by Marina Daniele. This group's research focuses on population health, preventive action and health care for women and children #healthinequalities #publichealth

Dont forget to register for the Midwifery Unit Network (MUNet) Conference 2026, taking place on 8th September 2026 at City St George’s, University of London. Find out more, and register here: blogs.city.ac.uk/mun... #midwiferyunit #midwives

Good news Friday! Mandie Scammel from our centre recently co-edited - Risk and Uncertainty in Maternity Care: Putting Risk in Its Place link.springer.com/bo... with contributions from lots of people at our centre including Chris McCourt, Maria Garcia de Frutos & Octavia Wiseman

Risk and Uncertainty in Maternity Care

This book critiques risk in maternity services across regions, urging reflection on its complex, socially and politically driven nature.

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Liz and her supervisors also carried out a study to find out what health professionals think about screening for suicidality in maternity care

Attitudes, experiences, and implications of asking about suicide during the perinatal period: A qualitative study with maternity healthcare practitioners

Suicide is a leading cause of maternal death. Maternity healthcare practitioners (HCPs) are uniquely positioned to identify perinatal mental health (P…

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