Publications

Sawtell, M., Wiggins, M., Wiseman, O., Mehay, A., McCourt, C., Sweeney, L., Hatherall, B., Ahmed, T., Greenberg, L., Hunter, R., Hamborg, T., Eldridge, S., Harden, A. (2023). Group antenatal care: findings from a pilot randomised controlled trial of REACH Pregnancy Circles. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9:42. doi: 10.1186/s40814-023-01238-w.

Wiseman, O., Emmett, L., Hickford, G., Knight, M., Lazar, J., Yuill, C., McCourt, C. (2022). The challenges and opportunities for implementing group antenatal care (‘Pregnancy Circles’) as part of standard NHS maternity care: A co-designed qualitative study. Midwifery, 109, pp. 103333–103333. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2022.103333.

Wiggins, M., Sawtell, M., Wiseman, O., McCourt, C., Eldridge, S., Hunter, R. Bordea, E., Mustard, C., Hanafiah, A., Hatherall, B., Holmes, V., Mehay, A., Robinson, H., Salisbury, C., Sweeney, L., Mondeh, K., Harden, A. (2020). Group antenatal care (Pregnancy Circles) for diverse and disadvantaged women: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with integral process and economic evaluations. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). doi:10.1186/s12913-020-05751-z.

Hunter, L.J., Da Motta, G., McCourt, C., Wiseman, O., Rayment, J.L., Haora, P., Wiggins, M., Harden, A. (2019). Better together: A qualitative exploration of women’s perceptions and experiences of group antenatal care. Women and Birth, 32(4), pp. 336–345. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2018.09.001.

Wiggins, M., Sawtell, M., Wiseman, O., McCourt, C., Greenberg, L., Hunter, R., Eldridge, S., Haora, P., Kaur, I., Harden, A. (2018). Testing the effectiveness of REACH Pregnancy Circles group antenatal care: protocol for a randomised controlled pilot trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4(1). doi:10.1186/s40814-018-0361-x.

Hunter, L., Da Motta, G., McCourt, C., Wiseman, O., Rayment, J., Haora, P., Wiggins, M., Harden, A. (2018). `It makes sense and it works’: Maternity care providers’ perspectives on the feasibility of a group antenatal care model (Pregnancy Circles). Midwifery, 66, pp. 56–63. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2018.07.016.

Sawtell, M., Sweeney, L., Wiggins, M., Salisbury, C., Eldridge, S., Greenberg, L. Hunter, R., Kaur, I., McCourt, C., Hatherall, B., Findlay, G., Morris, J., Reading, S., Renton, A., Adekoya, R., Green, B., Harvey, B., Latham, S., Patel, K., Vanlessen, L., Harden, A. (2018). Evaluation of community-level interventions to increase early initiation of antenatal care in pregnancy: protocol for the Community REACH study, a cluster randomised controlled trial with integrated process and economic evaluations. Trials, 19(1). doi:10.1186/s13063-018-2526-6.

Wiseman, O., Hunter, L., Robinson, H., Mackeith, N., Leap, M. (2017). Advancing practice facilitating group antenatal care: A new way of working. Practising Midwife, 20(9), pp. 18–20.

Hatherall, B., Morris, J., Jamal, F., Sweeney, L., Wiggins, M., Kaur, I., Renton, A., Harden, A. (2016). Timing of the initiation of antenatal care: An exploratory qualitative study of women and service providers in East London. Midwifery, 36, pp. 1–7. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2016.02.017.