Mavis Kirkham
Biographic Data
| ID | 3994966 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mavis Kirkham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mavis |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirkham |
| SIGNATURE | KIRKHAM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sheffield Hallam University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9078-5811 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Midwife-Mother Relationship
Narrative Time
Breast or bottle? Eating disordered childbearing women and infant‐feeding decisions
Debates about infant-feeding methods have intensified in recent years with increasing pressures on women living in industrialized nations to breastfeed their infants. This paper, based on a qualitative study of 16 childbearing women with a pre-existing eating disorder living in the north of England, examines participants' motivations for, and understandings of, infant-feeding decisions and practices. In this study, a small number of participants …
Ethnicity, Policy and Teenage Parenthood in England
Ethnicity and racialised identity have been salient themes in USA research and policy on teenage parenthood, in contrast with the UK context. This article presents findings from interviews with professionals in support services for young parents, with three main conclusions. Firstly, appropriate data collection systems are not in place to establish whether minority young parents face specific barriers in accessing services. Secondly, professional…
Ethnicity questions and antenatal screening for sickle cell/thalassaemia (Equans) in England
The objective of this study was to describe understandings that mothers and midwives have of ethnicity, and to explore barriers to the successful implementation of an ethnicity screening question for sickle cell/thalassaemia. Observation was made of 121 first antenatal interviews between midwife and mother in four contrasting areas of sickle cell prevalence in England. Taped interviews were undertaken with 111 mothers, and 115 interviews were rec…
Social Pollution and Women's Health
Young people of minority ethnic origin in England and early parenthood
Young people of minority ethnic origin in England and early parenthood
Ethnicity, Policy and Teenage Parenthood in England
Ethnicity and racialised identity have been salient themes in USA research and policy on teenage parenthood, in contrast with the UK context. This article presents findings from interviews with professionals in support services for young parents, with three main conclusions. Firstly, appropriate data collection systems are not in place to establish whether minority young parents face specific barriers in accessing services. Secondly, professional…
Social Pollution and Women's Health
Young people of minority ethnic origin in England and early parenthood
Ethnicity questions and antenatal screening for sickle cell/thalassaemia (Equans) in England
The objective of this study was to describe understandings that mothers and midwives have of ethnicity, and to explore barriers to the successful implementation of an ethnicity screening question for sickle cell/thalassaemia. Observation was made of 121 first antenatal interviews between midwife and mother in four contrasting areas of sickle cell prevalence in England. Taped interviews were undertaken with 111 mothers, and 115 interviews were rec…
Breast or bottle? Eating disordered childbearing women and infant‐feeding decisions
Debates about infant-feeding methods have intensified in recent years with increasing pressures on women living in industrialized nations to breastfeed their infants. This paper, based on a qualitative study of 16 childbearing women with a pre-existing eating disorder living in the north of England, examines participants' motivations for, and understandings of, infant-feeding decisions and practices. In this study, a small number of participants …
Ethnicity, Policy and Teenage Parenthood in England
Ethnicity and racialised identity have been salient themes in USA research and policy on teenage parenthood, in contrast with the UK context. This article presents findings from interviews with professionals in support services for young parents, with three main conclusions. Firstly, appropriate data collection systems are not in place to establish whether minority young parents face specific barriers in accessing services. Secondly, professional…
Narrative Time
The Midwife-Mother Relationship
Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Pediatrics (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work)