Projects

The Maternal and Child Health research group has widely recognised expertise in studying high risk groups in pregnancy, childbirth, infancy and childhood. Overall the programme aims to identify and reduce preventable burden and complexity in women and their families in the perinatal period and in children with long term health conditions or disabilities, recognising that health and well-being in the perinatal period and early years of childhood is important for adult health and well-being across generations.

Current & Recently Completed Projects

Principal Investigator	Project Title	Funders & Dates
Aventin, Á. Dr	Reducing unintended teenage pregnancy and HIV rates in South Africa and Lesotho by involving adolescent boys: Co-design of a culturally sensitive, gender-transformative, community-based, educational intervention	Department for the Economy Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) Award Jul 2019 – Dec 2019
Aventin, Á. Dr & Lohan, M. Prof	Involving Men and Boys in Family Planning: A systematic review of complex interventions to identify effective programme components and characteristics in low- and middle-income countries	CEDIL (UKAID/DFID) Mar 2020 – July 2021
Boyle, B. Dr	Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the neonatal nursing community: Caring for babies born sick or preterm in a time of contagium	ESRC impact acceleration account July 2020
Boyle, B. Dr	An exploration of the experiences of newly qualified nurses and midwives transitioning into their first role as a registrant during a time of crisis	ESRC impact acceleration account August 2020
Boyle, B. Dr	An evaluation of the efficacy of using online conferencing tools to support and supervise student nurses and midwives in practice	ESRC impact acceleration account June 2020
Brown, M. Prof	Transition from child to adults health services for young people with complex learning disabilities	Burdett Nursing Foundation - 2016-2019
Healy, M. Dr	Northern Ireland Regional Individual MLU Audit, Regional Case Audit of the RQIA Guideline for Admission to Midwife-Led Units in Northern Ireland & Case Audit of Northern Ireland Normal Labour and Birth Care Pathway within Midwife-led Units and Obstetric Units	RQIA November 2019 - January 2021
Kennan, C. Dr & McConnell, K. Dr	Video-based interventions for autistic children: an Evidence and Gap Map	Health Research Board (Ireland) and the HSC Public Health Agency, March 2020 – present
Kelly, C. Dr	HIV & Pregnancy: Education for Healthcare Professionals ‘Prepared to Care’	Knowledge Transfer Award from the HSC R&D Division
Kelly, C. Dr	Improving the sexual health of men in Northern Ireland's Prisons System: A nurse led initiative	Burdett Trust for Nursing Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Kerr, C. Dr & McConnell, K. Dr	Acceptability and feasibility of Vestibular Nerve Stimulation (VeNS) in children with cerebral palsy: an industry-academic collaboration	MRC Proximity to Discovery: Industry Engagement Fund 2019
Kerr, C. Dr	Post-operative rehabilitation of the lower limb for children with cerebral palsy: a knowledge transfer initiative	Centre of Research Excellence in Cerebral Palsy/National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia 2016-2018
Kerr, C. Dr	Improving the lives of children with disabilities using postural support equipment: scoping collaborative industry-academic-clinical opportunities	Medical Research Council Proximity to Discovery, Industry Engagement Fund 2017
Kerr, C. Dr & Perra, O. Dr	Investigation of the link between maternal body mass index in early pregnancy and incidence of cerebral palsy in Northern Ireland	QUB School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences Scholarship 2018-2020
Kerr, C. Dr	Development of a digital toolkit for objective clinical assessment of activity	Northern Ireland Connected Health Innovation Centre/Invest NI 2019-2020
Kerr, C. Dr	Improving transition from child to adult health services for young people with cerebral palsy living in Ireland	Health Research Board, Ireland 2019-2021
Kerr, C. Dr & Perra, O. Dr	Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register (NICPR)	Public Health Agency (previously Department of Health & Social Services), 1992-present Perinatal Society, 1991
Kerr, C. Dr	Social inclusion for children and young people with complex disabilities	DfE and Mae Murray Foundation 2020-2022
Linden, M. Dr	Preparing young men to be fathers: The roll out and study of If I were Jack in Hydebank Wood College.	Northern Ireland Prison Service April 2016 - April 2017
Linden, M. Dr	Co-producing an educational intervention about the nursing profession, for post primary school children, to increase recruitment of males	Burdett Trust for Nursing 2020-2021
Linden, M. Dr	Development of the training programme for The Framework for Integrated Therapeutic Care (FITC)	DoH 2020-2021
Linden, M. Dr	Developing Best Practice Guidelines for learning disability nurses and professionals regarding the relationships and sexual education (RSE) needs of children and young adults with learning disabilities	Burdett Trust for Nursing
Lohan, M. Prof	Masculinities and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR): A Global Research Priority Setting Exercise	World Health Organization December 2021 – December 2022
Lohan, M. Prof	If I Were Jack: A Phase III multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based relationship and sexuality education intervention focusing on young male perspectives	National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) 2016-2020
Lohan, M. Prof	World Health Organisation (WHO) Consultancy – Assessing the state of the evidence on masculinity and the engagement of men in sexual and reproductive health and rights interventions: A systematic review of reviews	World Health Organisation (WHO) February – June 2018
Lynn, F. Dr	Reaching Out: Supporting Families	TinyLife via The National Lottery Community Fund August 2015 – July 2021
McNeill, J. Dr	Neonatal Intensive Care Outcomes Research & Evaluation (NICORE)	Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) - Ongoing
McNeill, J. Dr	Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer (PABC)	Puffin Trust 2016-2018
McNeill, J. Dr	The APPLE Project: A Parenting and Professional Learning Evaluation	Enabling Research Award – Public Health Agency HSC R&D Division July 2017 - July 2019
Perra, O. Dr	A feasibility study of the Attention Control Training (ACT) intervention amongst very preterm (VP) infants.	Enabling Research Award – Public Health Agency HSC R&D Division February 2018-January 2019

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