• A cost-benefit analysis of two alternative models of maternity care in Ireland 

  Fawsitt, Christopher G.; Bourke, Jane; Murphy, Aileen; McElroy, Brendan; Lutomski, Jennifer E.; Murphy, Rosemary; Greene, Richard A. (Springer International Publishing; Adis, 2017-08-21)

  Background: The Irish government has committed to expand midwifery-led care alongside consultant-led care nationally, although very little is known about the potential net benefits of this reconfiguration. Objectives: To ...
• A qualitative study investigating the barriers to returning to work for breastfeeding mothers in Ireland 

  Desmond, Deirdre; Meaney, Sarah (BioMed Central, 2016-06-10)

  Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that mothers exclusively breastfeed for the first 6 months of an infant’s life. In Ireland, currently paid maternity leave is 26 weeks and the expectant mother is ...
• Perinatal outcomes of reduced fetal movements: A cohort study 

  McCarthy, Claire M.; Meaney, Sarah; O'Donoghue, Keelin (BioMed Central, 2016-07-19)

  Background: The perception of reduced fetal movement (RFM) is an important marker of fetal wellbeing and is associated with poor perinatal outcome (such as intra-uterine death). Methods: We conducted a prospective study ...
• Women's experience of maternal morbidity: A qualitative analysis 

  Meaney, Sarah; Lutomski, Jennifer E.; O'Connor, L.; O'Donoghue, Keelin; Greene, Richard A. (BioMed Central, 2016-07-25)

  Background: Maternal morbidity refers to pregnancy-related complications, ranging in severity from acute to chronic. In Ireland one in 210 maternities will experience a severe morbidity. Yet, how women internalize their ...
• Experience of miscarriage: an interpretative phenomenological analysis 

  Meaney, Sarah; Corcoran, Paul; Spillane, Niamh; O'Donoghue, Keelin (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2017-03-01)

  Objective: The objective of the study was to explore the experiences of those who have experienced miscarriage, focusing on men's and women's accounts of miscarriage. Design: This was a qualitative study using a ...

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