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Trends in and predictors of pregnancy termination among 15-24 year-old women in Nigeria: A multi-level analysis of demographic and health surveys 2003-2018 (2020)
Journal Article
Onukwugha, F. I., Magadi, M. A., Sarki, A. M., & Smith, L. (2020). Trends in and predictors of pregnancy termination among 15-24 year-old women in Nigeria: A multi-level analysis of demographic and health surveys 2003-2018. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20(1), Article 550. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03164-8

© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Three-quarters of pregnancy terminations in Africa are carried out in unsafe conditions. Unsafe abortion is the leading cause of maternal mortality among 15-24 year-old women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Greater understand... Read More about Trends in and predictors of pregnancy termination among 15-24 year-old women in Nigeria: A multi-level analysis of demographic and health surveys 2003-2018.

The feasibility of 'Mind the Bump': a mindfulness-based maternal behaviour change intervention (2020)
Journal Article
Hennelly, S. E., Perman-Howe, P., Foxcroft, D. R., & Smith, L. A. (2020). The feasibility of 'Mind the Bump': a mindfulness-based maternal behaviour change intervention. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 40, Article 101178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101178

Background and purpose: Women's health behaviours during pregnancy can affect their children's lifetime outcomes. Inactivity, poor diet, alcohol, and smoking during pregnancy are linked to maternal stress and distress. Mindfulness-based interventions... Read More about The feasibility of 'Mind the Bump': a mindfulness-based maternal behaviour change intervention.

Lifestage differences in young UK women's reasons for research participation (2020)
Journal Article
Brett, J., Barbosa Bouças, S., Barnett, A., Howcutt, S., & Smith, L. A. (2021). Lifestage differences in young UK women's reasons for research participation. Health Promotion International, 36(1), 132-142. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa041

Lifecourse epidemiology suggests that preconception is a valuable opportunity for health promotion with young women. Yet young women are less likely than older women to be research participants, limiting evidence about their needs and risks. Marketin... Read More about Lifestage differences in young UK women's reasons for research participation.

The effectiveness and characteristics of mHealth interventions to increase adolescent’s use of sexual and reproductive health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Onukwugha, F., Smith, L., Kaseje, . D., Wafula, . C., Kaseje, . M., Were, V., Orton, B., Hayter, M., Jomeen, . J., & Magadi, . M. The effectiveness and characteristics of mHealth interventions to increase adolescent’s use of sexual and reproductive health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review

A concise patient reported outcome measure for people with aphasia: the aphasia impact questionnaire 21 (2019)
Journal Article
Swinburn, K., Best, W., Beeke, S., Cruice, M., Smith, L., Pearce Willis, E., Ledingham, K., Sweeney, J., & McVicker, S. J. (2019). A concise patient reported outcome measure for people with aphasia: the aphasia impact questionnaire 21. Aphasiology, 33(9), 1035-1060. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1517406

Background: There are many validated and widely used assessments within aphasiology. Few, however, describe language and life with aphasia from the perspective of the person with aphasia. Across healthcare, patient experience and user involvement are... Read More about A concise patient reported outcome measure for people with aphasia: the aphasia impact questionnaire 21.

Risk of ovarian cancer in women treated with ovarian stimulating drugs for infertility (2019)
Journal Article
Rizzuto, I., Behrens, R. F., & Smith, L. A. (2019). Risk of ovarian cancer in women treated with ovarian stimulating drugs for infertility. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2019(6), Article CD008215. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008215.pub3

© 2019 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Background This is an updated version of the original Cochrane Review published in the Cochrane Library in 2013 (Issue 8) on the risk of ovarian cancer in women using infertili... Read More about Risk of ovarian cancer in women treated with ovarian stimulating drugs for infertility.

Quality of stepped-wedge trial reporting can be reliably assessed using an updated CONSORT: crowd-sourcing systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Hemming, K., Carroll, K., Thompson, J., Forbes, A., Taljaard, M., Dutton, S. J., Madurasinghe, V., Morgan, K., Stuart, B., Fielding, K., Cornelius, V., Turner, E. L., Hooper, R., Giraudeau, B., Seed, P. T., Nickless, A., Grayling, M., Prague, M., Kerry, S., Bell, L., …Franklin, B. D. (2019). Quality of stepped-wedge trial reporting can be reliably assessed using an updated CONSORT: crowd-sourcing systematic review. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 107, 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.11.017

Objectives: The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials extension for the stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial (SW-CRT) is a recently published reporting guideline for SW-CRTs. We assess the quality of reporting of a recent sample of SW-CRTs. St... Read More about Quality of stepped-wedge trial reporting can be reliably assessed using an updated CONSORT: crowd-sourcing systematic review.

Developing and evaluating an online learning tool to improve midwives’ accuracy of visual estimation of blood loss during waterbirth: an experimental study (2018)
Journal Article
Burns, E., Hunter, L., Rodd, Z., MacLeod, M., & Smith, L. (2019). Developing and evaluating an online learning tool to improve midwives’ accuracy of visual estimation of blood loss during waterbirth: an experimental study. Midwifery, 68, 65-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2018.10.004

Objective: The principal objective was to test the effectiveness of an online learning tool to improve midwives’ accuracy of blood loss estimations in a birthing pool environment. The secondary objective was to assess the acceptability of the online... Read More about Developing and evaluating an online learning tool to improve midwives’ accuracy of visual estimation of blood loss during waterbirth: an experimental study.

Do Maternal Dietary Antioxidants Modify the Relationship Between Binge Drinking and Small for Gestational Age? Findings from a Longitudinal Cohort Study (2018)
Journal Article
Coathup, V., Northstone, K., Izadi, H., Wheeler, S., & Smith, L. (2018). Do Maternal Dietary Antioxidants Modify the Relationship Between Binge Drinking and Small for Gestational Age? Findings from a Longitudinal Cohort Study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 42(11), 2196-2204. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13864

Background: Vitamin C, vitamin E, and carotenoids are potent dietary antioxidants that have been shown to attenuate ethanol-induced harm in animal models of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. A diet low in antioxidant-rich foods may induce a state of... Read More about Do Maternal Dietary Antioxidants Modify the Relationship Between Binge Drinking and Small for Gestational Age? Findings from a Longitudinal Cohort Study.

Parenteral opioids for maternal pain management in labour (2018)
Journal Article
Smith, L. A., Burns, E., & Cuthbert, A. (2018). Parenteral opioids for maternal pain management in labour. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2018(6), Article CD007396. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007396.pub3

Background: Parenteral opioids (intramuscular and intravenous drugs including patient-controlled analgesia) are used for pain relief in labour in many countries throughout the world. This review is an update of a review first published in 2010.
Obj... Read More about Parenteral opioids for maternal pain management in labour.

Research recruitment: A marketing framework to improve sample representativeness in health research (2017)
Journal Article
Howcutt, S. J., Barnett, A. L., Barbosa-Boucas, S., & Smith, L. A. (2018). Research recruitment: A marketing framework to improve sample representativeness in health research. Journal of advanced nursing, 74(4), 968-975. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13490

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aims: This discussion paper proposes a five-part theoretical framework to inform recruitment strategies. The framework is based on a marketing model of consumer decision-making. Background: Respondents in surveys are ty... Read More about Research recruitment: A marketing framework to improve sample representativeness in health research.

Exploration of dietary patterns and alcohol consumption in pregnant women in the UK: A mixed methods study (2017)
Journal Article
Coathup, V., Smith, L., & Boulton, M. (2017). Exploration of dietary patterns and alcohol consumption in pregnant women in the UK: A mixed methods study. Midwifery, 51, 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2017.04.011

Background
fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders is a term used to describe a range of physical, cognitive and behavioural deficits in the offspring of women who drank alcohol during pregnancy. A growing body of evidence suggests alcohol consumption in th... Read More about Exploration of dietary patterns and alcohol consumption in pregnant women in the UK: A mixed methods study.

Dietary Patterns and Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy: Secondary Analysis of Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (2017)
Journal Article
Coathup, V., Northstone, K., Gray, R., Wheeler, S., & Smith, L. (2017). Dietary Patterns and Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy: Secondary Analysis of Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 41(6), 1120-1128. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13379

Background: Large general population surveys show that heavy regular and episodic alcohol consumption are associated with lower intakes of fruits and vegetables, and higher intakes of processed and fried meat. This is of particular concern regarding... Read More about Dietary Patterns and Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy: Secondary Analysis of Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

Patterns of response by sociodemographic characteristics and recruitment methods for women in UK population surveys and cohort studies (2017)
Journal Article
Howcutt, S. J., Barnett, A. L., Barbosa-Boucas, S., & Smith, L. A. (2018). Patterns of response by sociodemographic characteristics and recruitment methods for women in UK population surveys and cohort studies. Women and Health, 58(4), 365-386. https://doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2017.1310170

Women are an important public health focus, because they are more likely to experience some social determinants of disease, and they influence family health. Little research has explored the sociodemographic representativeness of women in research st... Read More about Patterns of response by sociodemographic characteristics and recruitment methods for women in UK population surveys and cohort studies.

Evaluation of a retrospective diary for peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking in Scotland: a cross-sectional study (2016)
Journal Article
Symon, A., Rankin, J., Butcher, G., Smith, L., & Cochrane, L. (2017). Evaluation of a retrospective diary for peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking in Scotland: a cross-sectional study. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 96(1), 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.13050

Introduction: Heavy episodic (“binge”) drinking among women in Scotland is commonplace; prepregnancy drinking is associated with continued antenatal drinking. Evidence for effectiveness of standardized antenatal alcohol assessment is lacking. Alcohol... Read More about Evaluation of a retrospective diary for peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking in Scotland: a cross-sectional study.

Peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking: a cross-sectional assessment in two Scottish health board areas using a 7-day Retrospective Diary (2016)
Journal Article
Symon, A., Rankin, J., Sinclair, H., Butcher, G., Barclay, K., Gordon, R., MacDonald, M., & Smith, L. (2017). Peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking: a cross-sectional assessment in two Scottish health board areas using a 7-day Retrospective Diary. Journal of advanced nursing, 73(2), 375-385. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13112

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of a 7-day Retrospective Diary to assess peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy alcohol consumption. Background: Alcohol consumption among women has increased significantly and is of international concer... Read More about Peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking: a cross-sectional assessment in two Scottish health board areas using a 7-day Retrospective Diary.

Peri-Conceptual and Mid-Pregnancy Alcohol Consumption: A Comparison between Areas of High and Low Deprivation in Scotland (2016)
Journal Article
Symon, A., Rankin, J., Sinclair, H., Butcher, G., Smith, L., Gordon, R., & Cochrane, L. (2016). Peri-Conceptual and Mid-Pregnancy Alcohol Consumption: A Comparison between Areas of High and Low Deprivation in Scotland. Birth, 43(4), 320-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12252

© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Background: Alcohol-related mortality and morbidity among women has increased over recent decades, especially in areas of higher deprivation. Pre-pregnancy alcohol use is associated with continued consumption in pregnan... Read More about Peri-Conceptual and Mid-Pregnancy Alcohol Consumption: A Comparison between Areas of High and Low Deprivation in Scotland.

Midwives’ views, experiences and feelings of confidence surrounding vaginal breech birth: A qualitative study (2016)
Journal Article
Sloman, R., Wanat, M., Burns, E., & Smith, L. (2016). Midwives’ views, experiences and feelings of confidence surrounding vaginal breech birth: A qualitative study. Midwifery, 41, 61-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.07.015

© 2016 Objective to explore midwives’ views, experiences and feelings of confidence surrounding vaginal breech birth (VBB). Design a qualitative study was conducted with 12 participants using three focus group discussions. Data were transcribed verba... Read More about Midwives’ views, experiences and feelings of confidence surrounding vaginal breech birth: A qualitative study.

Cannabinoids for nausea and vomiting in adults with cancer receiving chemotherapy (2015)
Journal Article
Smith, L. A., Azariah, F., Lavender, V. T., Stoner, N. S., & Bettiol, S. (2015). Cannabinoids for nausea and vomiting in adults with cancer receiving chemotherapy. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2015(11), Article CD009464. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009464.pub2

© 2015 The Cochrane Collaboration. Background: Cannabis has a long history of medicinal use. Cannabis-based medications (cannabinoids) are based on its active element, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and have been approved for medical purposes. C... Read More about Cannabinoids for nausea and vomiting in adults with cancer receiving chemotherapy.

A method comparison of a food frequency questionnaire to measure folate, choline, betaine, Vitamin C and carotenoids with 24-h dietary recalls in women of reproductive age (2015)
Journal Article
Coathup, V., Wheeler, S., & Smith, L. (2016). A method comparison of a food frequency questionnaire to measure folate, choline, betaine, Vitamin C and carotenoids with 24-h dietary recalls in women of reproductive age. European journal of clinical nutrition, 70(3), 346-351. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2015.159

© 2016 Macmillan Publishers Limited. Background/Objectives: The objective of this study was to conduct a method comparison of a modified food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), designed to estimate usual dietary intake of selected micronutrients and anti... Read More about A method comparison of a food frequency questionnaire to measure folate, choline, betaine, Vitamin C and carotenoids with 24-h dietary recalls in women of reproductive age.