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Biography
I have been a midwife since 1986. Prior to commencing an academic career I practised in a variety of settings including two years in a large teaching hospital in Nepal and in the UK in a small private hospital specialising in ‘natural’ childbirth, a small midwife-led unit and finally as a community midwife in Dundee. Since 1997 I have worked as a Lecturer in Midwifery at the University of Dundee. In addition to my teaching and administration responsibilities, my research activities have increased over the past few years and have included the study of pelvic floor exercises, infant feeding plans and woman-centred care.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Dundee
Master of Science, University of Glasgow
Bachelor of Nursing, University of Glasgow
Keywords
- RT Nursing
- Midwifery
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Breast Feeding
Medicine & Life Sciences
Scotland
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Midwifery
Medicine & Life Sciences
Motivation
Medicine & Life Sciences
Mothers
Medicine & Life Sciences
Pelvic Floor
Medicine & Life Sciences
Stress Urinary Incontinence
Medicine & Life Sciences
Prenatal Care
Medicine & Life Sciences
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Research Output 1998 2017
Antenatal care trial interventions: a systematic scoping review and taxonomy development of care models
Symon, A., Pringle, J., Downe, S., Hundley, V., Lee, E., Lynn, F., McFadden, A., McNeill, J., Renfrew, M., Ross-Davie, M., van Teijlingen, E. R., Whitford, H. & Alderdice, F., 6 Jan 2017, In : BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 17, p. 1-16 16 p., 8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Prenatal Care
Randomized Controlled Trials
Breastfeeding education and support for women with twins or higher order multiples
Whitford, H. M., Wallis, S. K., Dowswell, T., West, H. M. & Renfrew, M. J., 28 Feb 2017, In : Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2, p. 1-54 54 p., CD012003.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Breast Feeding
Education
Postpartum Period
Breast Milk Expression
Multiple Birth Offspring
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Cluster randomised controlled trial of a financial incentive for mothers to improve breast feeding in areas with low breastfeeding rates: The NOSH study protocol
Relton, C., Strong, M., Renfrew, M. J., Thomas, K., Burrows, J., Whelan, B., Whitford, H. M., Scott, E., Fox-Rushby, J., Anoyke, N., Sanghera, S., Johnson, M., Easton, S. & Walters, S., Apr 2016, In : BMJ Open. 6, 4, p. 1-8 8 p., e010158.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Breast Feeding
Motivation
Randomized Controlled Trials
Mothers
Health
Corrigendum to ‘The midwives aren't allowed to tell you: Perceived infant feeding policy restrictions in a formula feeding culture - the Feeding Your Baby study’ (Midwifery (2014) 30/3 (e49–e55)
Lagan, B. M., Symon, A., Dalzell, J. & Whitford, H., 1 Nov 2016, In : Midwifery. 42, p. 100 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Midwifery-led antenatal care models: mapping a systematic review to an evidence-based quality framework to identify key components and characteristics of care
Symon, A., Pringle, J., Cheyne, H., Downe, S., Hundley, V., Lee, E., Lynn, F., McFadden, A., McNeill, J., Renfrew, M. J., Ross-Davie, M., van Teijlingen, E., Whitford, H. M. & Alderdice, F., 19 Jul 2016, In : BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 16, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 168.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Prenatal Care
Midwifery
Mothers
Randomized Controlled Trials
Quality of Health Care
Thesis
Nursing students’ attitudes towards older people and nursing older people: a comparison of two attitudinal measurement scales
Author: Dingwall, L., 2018Supervisor: Jones, M. (Supervisor) & Whitford, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Science
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Pelvic floor exercises, incontinence and pregnancy: knowledge, motivation and behaviour
Author: Whitford, H. M., 2002Supervisor: Jones, M. (Supervisor) & Alder, B. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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