Research
The centre takes a broad holistic approach which acknowledges women's reproductive health within the broader context of their lives - examples of topics include:
- Caesarean section
- Quality in maternity services provision
- Service Delivery and Organisation
- Sexual health
- Information and women-centred care
- Evaluating technologies
Since its launch in May 1995, the DBC has completed forty-four research projects, and a further thirteen are currently in progress or forthcoming. Funds to support activities have been secured from seven main sources: the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Executive, the World Health Organisation, the NHS Executive, NHS R&D SDO, NHS Education Scotland, RARARI, the Health Education Authority, Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust, the Department for International Development (DFID), and the European Commission.
Research Projects
Research is the main activity of the Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women's Health. Information on selected research can be found by clicking on the links below.Recent Projects
| Project Title |
Researchers | Funding Body |
| SWHMR 2: How is patient-centred care affected by giving women the opportunity to write in hand-held healthcare notes? A qualitative investigation. | Entwistle V, Tucker J, van Teijlingen E, Humphrey T, Whitford H | CSO |
| MODEL 1: Mode of birth after Caesarean Section, a preparatory phase study for quality improvement | Tucker J, Humphrey T, Crichton L, Powell A | CSO |
| Keeping Childbirth Natural & Dynamic (KCND), Scottish Government Programme | Humphrey T | Scottish Government Health Department |
| Decision to Transfer: risk assessment and decision-making in labour in remote and rural settings | Cheyne H, Dalgleish K, Niven C, Tucker J, Shetty A | With University of Stirling and NHS Grampian. Funded by CSO. |
| Hospitalisation
and Women's Psychological
Wellbeing (Remote & Rural
IV) |
Tucker J, Farmer J, Smith N, Fitzmaurice A, Humphrey T, Powell R | CSO |
| Women's contribution to co-constructed hand-held maternity records: mapping content to theory in patient-centred care (SWHMR 1) |
Humphrey T, Tucker J, Shetty A, Whitford H | NHS Research & Development Endowment Grant |
| Risk of skin cancer following phototherapy for neonatal jaundice: population-based retrospective cohort study | Brewster D H, Chalmers J W T, Tucker J, Lloyd D J | CSO |
| An investigation of the relationship between obesity, twinning rates and perinatal outcomes in Grampian | Bell J, Campbell D, Tucker J, Bhattacharya S. | CSO |
| A review of Sex & Relationship Education activities and resources in primary schools in Scotland | Spratt J, Philip K, Shucksmith J, McNaughton R, van Teijlingen E, Tucker J | NHS Health Scotland |
| UK PICU Staffing Study | Tucker J, Parry G, Draper E, McKee L, Skatun D, Davies N, Darowski M. | A project allied to PICANet and funded by the NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme |
| Supporting Women’s Decision-Making Regarding Induction of Labour | Humphrey T, Tucker J, Kiger A, Gibb S | NMAHP PhD Project |
| The Aberdeen Children of the 1950s cohort study | Bhattacharya S, Boyle P, Davey G, Hannaford P, Kuh D, Leon D, Macintyre S, McPhee S | Developing and maintaining an important Scottish resource for life-course epidemiology and public health research |
| Pregnancy in survivors of cancer | Clark H | NHS Research & Development |
| Factors affecting the Health Services Utilisation for Antenatal Care in Nepal: Gender and Family Role in Decision-making Process | Simkhada B | PhD Project |
| Evaluation of maternity care for Migrant Women in Grampian | Almalik M | PhD Project |