Reader in Maternal and Infant Health, LJMU, Midwife, Florence Nightingale Scholar, views my own

Joined July 2020
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Dr Clare Maxwell retweeted
What are the gaps in our knowledge about midwifery practice and how to give the best maternity care? Have your say in this survey and help to choose the top 10 areas for future research funding and action. buff.ly/4hSRoq8
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Dr Clare Maxwell retweeted
9 Jan 2025
The maternal death rate for Black women decreased in 2021-23 to 28.21 per 100,000 maternities. Black women were twice as likely to die when compared with White women #mbrrace
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Dr Clare Maxwell retweeted
9 Jan 2025
Blood clots continued to be the leading cause of maternal death in the UK during pregnancy or up to six weeks after the end of pregnancy. The leading causes of death between six weeks and one year after pregnancy were mental health-related #mbrrace
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Dr Clare Maxwell retweeted
9 Jan 2025
The latest MBRRACE-UK data on maternal deaths has been released today. It shows a statistically non-significant decrease in the mortality rate for women who died during or soon after pregnancy in 2021-23 #mbrrace @Marianfknight @npeu_oxford @Oxford_NDPH buff.ly/3HfFpCO

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Dr Clare Maxwell retweeted
Excellent summary with key suggestions to support midwifery workforce here
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Great paper by Victoria Clarke et al exploring what happens when journal reviewers are ‘mismatched’ with qualitative research. I’ve also found meagre word counts - which often favour quantitative research - to be problematic @alottalottos @LJMUResearch @LJMUImpact #qualitative
Qualitative researchers: Run, don't walk, to read this article: Braun et al. (2024). “Being Really Confidently Wrong”: Qualitative Researchers’ Experiences of Methodologically Incongruent Peer Review Feedback. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202…
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.@ljmu VC Commendation alert! Really pleased to see my work around infant feeding receiving this @LJMUResearch @LJMU_Health @georgina_keaney @sarah_francex @KeatingPaula #breastfeeding
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Very interesting paper on the often unanswerable question (in my world anyway) ‘what size should my qual sample be?’ Respect to the authors for their perseverance👏🏻#qualitativeresearch #phd @ChristineFurber @KeatingPaula @jujuspadger @sarah_francex @alottalottos
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Are you interested in a Professional Doctorate? Do you work in Health? LJMU might have the next step for you. I will be at #nursing live in Liverpool tomorrow and Thursday if you would like to find out more. Or you could email me Dr Julie-Ann Hayes on J.nicholson@ljmu.ac.uk
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Dr Clare Maxwell retweeted
New perinatal and parent infant research forum! Might be of interest? Please share with your North West contacts @lauraboz85 @cmaxwelluk @holding_time @drfallonzi @semraworrall @Silverio_SA_ @leodepascalis @soundslikesoph_ @OWood__ @KayleighSheen @DrKathryn_Bould @clinpsy_katie
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A great opportunity and you will be supervised by a really enthusiastic team 😀@LJMU_Health @KeatingPaula @mahdi_amy @ChristineFurber @ZaraQuigg @CarmelHenshall @KWilsonWA8 @Kirstie_Coxon
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We are advertising a #PhD looking at perinatal #alcohol use disclosure, and #stigma on access to treatment using mixed methods. Should be a really interesting project, with real world implications! It’s with myself, @AbiRose9 @cmaxwelluk & Nana Opoku findaphd.com/phds/project/di…
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Dr Clare Maxwell retweeted
9 Oct 2024
275 women died in the UK during pregnancy or up to six weeks after the end of pregnancy in 2020-2022 from causes related to or exacerbated by pregnancy among 2,028,543 women giving birth, a maternal mortality rate of 13.56 per 100,000 buff.ly/2HR30eT
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Congratulations to our International team, which successfully bid for more than £1m from the @TuringScheme_UK- enabling students to travel the world to enjoy exchanges, internships, summer school and other study, work and volunteering opportunities. ➡️ ljmu.ac.uk/students/go-abroa…
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Great to be back at #PENNA24 @unibirmingham celebrating the brilliant innovative work the #NHS and our #LJMU #Midwifery #Paramedic #Nursing & #Psychology students do to improve patient experiences @LJMU_Health @sarah_francex @georgina_keaney @KeatingPaula
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Today we celebrated the incredible achievements of women at @LJMU in collaboration with the Women Academic Network, Women in Professional Services, and the Diversity & Inclusion Team, led by @poojaliverpool & @lisaknight. A fantastic celebration of our amazing @LJMU women!
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Dr Clare Maxwell retweeted
The Nutrition and Nurture Conference is happening in April 2025 😃! Book your place shorturl.at/9QWDj and submit your abstract shorturl.at/kzTom Please share 🙏@HollyMidwife @cmaxwelluk @Digital_midwife @Eleanorpop5504 @hallmum5 @manlove_lisa @georginamayes77
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Our successful BA/Leverhulme grant application ⭐️ enables us to continue #research around the impact of marketing of ‘breast-like’ bottles/teats on #breastfeeding @DrKathryn_bould 👏🏻@LJMUImpact @LJMU_Health @LJMUResearch @babyfriendly @ibfanglobal @babymilkaction
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Dr Clare Maxwell retweeted
Are you thinking about your next steps? Interested in a Professional Doctorate in Health? Contact to me to find out more about the Doctorate in the Faculty of Health. Email me J.nicholson@ljmu.ac.uk
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