Not all fieldwork goes to plan
Hardly ever does a research trip go smoothly and completely to plan. Our latest trip to Nepal was no different. It started really with a delay, I had the money for a flight in the spring, but I...
View ArticleBU Writing & Publishing Workshops in Kathmandu
This past week Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen from the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) presented several workshops on academic writing and scientific publishing to BU’s...
View ArticleBMC blog on latest HSS paper
Dr. Rachel Arnold’s recent paper in BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth was highlighted in a blog promoted by the publisher. The paper ‘Villains or victims? An ethnography of Afghan maternity staff and the...
View ArticleSuccessful Introduction to Research Day at BU
Yesterday Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust held an away day for its clinical staff to learn more about health research. The event was hosted by the Faculty of Health & Social...
View ArticlePowerless Responsibility: A feminist study exploring women’s experiences of...
A new publication by Dr. Luisa Cescutti-Butler (FHSS) and her co-authors (Professor A Hemingway & Dr. J. Hewitt-Taylor) which explores women’s experiences of caring for a late preterm baby using...
View ArticleBU professor visiting University of West Bohemia
The University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (Plzeň in the Czech Republic) invited Bournemouth University’s Professor Edwin van Teijlingen for an academic exchange visit with BU Visiting Faculty Ms Jillian...
View ArticleCMMPH represented at The European Midwives Association (EMA) conference
EMA held its 6th triennial education conference in Malmo, Sweden from the 28-29 November 2019. Dr. Luisa Cescutti-Butler and Professor Sue Way had three abstracts accepted, two of which highlighted...
View ArticleCoPMRE Visiting Faculty bi-annual event
Yesterday CoPMRE welcomed 30 colleagues to our Visiting Faculty bi-annual event showcasing the exciting medical developments at BU from the new Bournemouth Gateway Building to the Institute of Medical...
View ArticleLatest Nepal publication CMMPH
In early December the Maternal & Child Health Journal accepted our latest research paper on maternity care based in Nepal [1]. The first author, Amrit Banstola, is based in Nepal and this...
View ArticleNew midwifery paper CMMPH
Congratulations to Dr. Luisa Cescutti-Butler and Prof. Sue Way in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) on the publication of their latest research article. This new paper...
View ArticleNew BU paper published on South Asian maternity care
Congratulation to FHSS PhD student Sulochana Dhakal Rai who just published her latest article in the Journal of Asian Midwives. The paper ‘Caesarean Section rates in South Asian cities: Can midwifery...
View ArticleNew paper published on Spirituality & Childbirth
Congratulations to an international team of midwifery researchers including Dr. Jane Fry in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) and former CMMPH member of staff Dr. Jenny...
View ArticleNew reproductive health paper Dr. Preeti Mahato
Congratulations to Dr. Preeti Mahato in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) on the acceptance of her latest academic paper in the journal Sexual & Reproductive...
View ArticleNepal reproductive health paper published yesterday
Congratulations on the latest paper published yesterday by Dr. Preeti Mahato in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Reproductive Health (CMMPH) and colleagues. This paper ‘Factors associated...
View ArticleLatest CMMPH publication by Dr. Alison Taylor
Congratulations to Dr. Alison Taylor in the Centre for Midwifery,Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) whose third PhD paper has just been accepted by the International Breastfeeding Journal....
View ArticleThree-and-a-half years to get published
Abstract Junior colleagues or PhD students submitting their first manuscript often ask: “How long will it take before the editor comes back to me with a decision?” My stock answer is: “It depends!” It...
View ArticleBU midwifery paper cited in WHO report
Last week the Regional Office for South East Asia of the WHO (World Health Organization) published its strategy for strengthening midwifery [1]. The report highlights how Bangladesh, India and Nepal...
View ArticlePregnancy and COVID-19: Lessons so far
Last week a team of researchers from Bournemouth University and the University of Huddersfield published a blog on the Healthy Newborn Network on ‘Pregnancy and COVID-19: Lessons so far‘ .[1] The...
View ArticleBU academics at Virtual International Day of the Midwife
Five FHSS academics have presentations and/or posters at this year’s Virtual International Day of the Midwife (IVDM) conference. Dr. Luisa Cescutti-Butler (Senior Midwifery Lecturer in the Centre...
View ArticleNew BU breastfeeding research paper
Congratulations to Dr. Alison Taylor in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) the publication two days ago of her paper ‘Commercialisation and commodification of...
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