Publications by authors named "Jane March-McDonald"

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  • The text reviews the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health and well-being of pregnant women during the perinatal period, analyzing 42 empirical studies published between December 2019 and September 2021.
  • It identifies overarching themes such as "Impact" and "Emotional Impact," highlighting various factors like demographic influences, socio-economic status, and the quality of maternity service delivery that affect maternal mental health during the pandemic.
  • While there is evidence of increased risk for perinatal mental illness compared to pre-pandemic levels, many studies didn’t find a significant jump in prevalence, stressing the importance of understanding individual risk and protective factors in their specific contexts.
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Objectives: To identify and explore the experiences of health professionals towards using mobile electrocardiogram (ECG) technology.

Introduction: Mobile technology is increasingly being incorporated into healthcare systems, and when implemented well, has the potential to revolutionise the way in which care is delivered. The uptake of mobile ECG technology enables health professionals to record and transmit ECGs electronically, at the point of care.

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Introduction: People who experience homelessness face disproportionately poor reproductive health and adverse pregnancy outcomes, including but not limited to unintended pregnancy, abortion, low birth weight and preterm birth, as well as a higher risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Precarious living conditions are known to contribute to poor uptake and engagement with sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH) for this population.

Aim: To identify and understand the perceived barriers and facilitators for accessing and utilising SRH for people who experience homelessness from their perspective, and the perspective of support staff/volunteers and healthcare professionals.

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Adopting a children's rights perspective, a critique and analysis underpinned by documentary research methodology was undertaken in order to assess the extent to which the government's Green Paper (Department of Health and Social Care and Department of Education, 2017. Transforming children and young people's mental health provision: a green paper. Available at: https://www.

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Background: It is assumed that knowing what puts young women at risk of poor sexual health outcomes and, in turn, what protects them against these outcomes, will enable greater targeted protection as well as help in designing more effective programmes. Accordingly, efforts have been directed towards mapping risk and protective factors onto general ecological frameworks, but these currently do not take into account the context of modern armed conflict. A literature overview approach was used to identify SRH related risk and protective factors specifically for young women affected by modern armed conflict.

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