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Profiles
Professor Jill Shawe
Professor of Maternal and Family Health
School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)
Professor Jill Shawe can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
- Reproductive health
- Pregnancy
- Contraception
- Sexual health
- Pre-conception care
- Inter-conception care
- Pregnancy after bariatric surgery
- Fatherhood
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Biography
Biography
Clinical Expertise and Current Clinical Practice.
Specialist Nurse/Midwife Reproductive Health. Honorary Associate Director of Nursing/Midwifery Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Qualifications
Jill is a Clinical Academic Nurse/Midwife with extensive experience of working in the field of Women’s Health and as a Senior Manager in Higher Education. Jill leads a Programme of Research & Education in Periconception Care (PREPARE).
Educational qualifications:
PhD University of Surrey Preconception Care in Women with Diabetes
MSc. Social and Behavioural Health City University London.
Post Graduate Certificate in Education University of Surrey.
Certificate in Management Studies Guildford College
Professional qualifications: NMC : 77H1134E
State Registered Nurse Charing Cross Hospital London
Registered Midwife St Peters Hospital Chertsey
Registered Health Visitor Surrey Health Authority/NESCOT
Registered Nurse Teacher University of Surrey
Non-medical Prescriber King’s College London
Post Registration Awards:
Advanced Fertility Awareness Fertility UK Oxford
Specialist Practitioner Reproductive Health RCN London
ENB 103 Advanced Reproductive Health RCN London
ENB N07 Sexual Health B & I College Of Nursing London
ENB N21 Genetic Screening. Institute Of Child Health London
ENB 901 Family Planning. B & I College Of Nursing London
ENB N28 Health promotion. B & I College Of Nursing London
ENB 998 Teaching / Assessing. B & I College Of Nursing London
Professional membership
Royal College Nursing.
Royal College of Midwives
Royal College Obstetricians& Gynaecologists Faculty Sexual & Reproductive Health, Associate Member.
European Society Contraception Full member.
Association for the Study of Obesity Full member
Roles on external bodies
Associate Editor BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
National Advisory Group for the Commissioning of Contraception & Abortion Services in England.
Consultant Swiss Precision Diagnostics (Clearblue) Scientific Advisory Board.
Member Royal College Obstetricians & Gynaecologists Faculty SRH Research Group.
Member Royal College Obstetricians & Gynaecologists Faculty Training Committee.
Member NICE LARC Adherence Research Advisory Committee.
Member NICE Sexual Health Review Consultation Group.
Peer reviewer – Contraception, Human Fertility, EJ Contraception, Diabetes Journals.
Key publications
(2020) Preconception Health and Care: A Life Course Approach. Springer Nature
(2019) 'Pregnancy after bariatric surgery: Consensus recommendations for periconception, antenatal and postnatal care' Obesity Reviews , DOI Open access
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Perinatal care
Midwifery
Women's health
Research methods
Research
Research
Research interests
Preconception / Periconception care
Perinatal health
Pregnancy in women with chronic medical conditions
Pregnancy after bariatric surgery
Contraception and sexual health
Vulnerable groups
Research groups
Publications
Publications
Key publications
(2020) Preconception Health and Care: A Life Course Approach. Springer Nature
(2019) 'Pregnancy after bariatric surgery: Consensus recommendations for periconception, antenatal and postnatal care' Obesity Reviews , DOI Open access
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2023) 'Quality of life improvements after bariatric surgery in reproductive age women with and without PCOS: a cohort study' Minerva Obstetrics and Gynecology 75, (3) , DOI
(2023) 'Characteristics of natural environment use by occupational therapists working in mental health: a scoping review protocol' JBI Evidence Synthesis 21, (4) 753-761 , DOI
(2023) 'Nurses’ perceptions on the skills, knowledge, and attributes required to provide healthcare to people experiencing homelessness in Australia: A qualitative study' Collegian , DOI
(2023) 'A mixed methods study investigating sources of fertility and reproductive health information in the UK' Sexual and Reproductive HealthCare 36, , DOI
(2023) 'New Home, New You: A retrospective mixed‐methods evaluation of a health‐related behavioural intervention programme supporting social housing tenants' Health Expectations , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Exploring fertility knowledge amongst healthcare professional and lay population groups in the UK: a mixed methods study' Human Fertility 1-10 , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Preconception Care for People With Health Conditions: What Approaches Work, for Whom, and in What Circumstances? A Realist Review' Women's Reproductive Health 1-24 , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Improving experience of medical abortion at home in a changing therapeutic, technological and regulatory landscape: a realist review' BMJ Open 12, (11) e066650-e066650 , DOI
(2022) 'What does family building mean? A qualitative exploration and a new definition: a UK-based study' Reproductive Health 19, (1) , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Evaluating the Management of chronic Pelvic girdle Pain following pregnancy (EMaPP): study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial to compare a customised pelvic orthosis with standard care' BMJ Open 12, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Scoping review: Scope of practice of nurse‐led services and access to care for people experiencing homelessness' Journal of Advanced Nursing , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Factors affecting oral health care for asylum seekers and refugees in England: a qualitative study of key stakeholders' perspectives and experiences' British Dental Journal , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Iron supplementation during the first trimester of pregnancy after a national change of recommendation: a Danish cross-sectional study' Journal of Nutritional Science 11, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'The ABC of reproductive intentions: a mixed-methods study exploring the spectrum of attitudes towards family building' Human Reproduction 37, (5) 988-996 , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Mobile health as a primary mode of intervention for women at risk of, or diagnosed with, gestational diabetes mellitus' JBI Evidence Synthesis Publish Ahead of Print, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Casirivimab and imdevimab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial' The Lancet 399, (10325) 665-676 , DOI
(2021) 'Barriers and facilitators to hepatitis C screening and treatment for people with lived experience of homelessness: A mixed‐methods systematic review' Health Expectations , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Improving the sexual health of young people experiencing homelessness' British Journal of Community Nursing 26, (11) 560-566 , DOI
(2021) 'Preterm births in South-West England before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: An audit of retrospective data' European Journal of Pediatrics , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Are we prepared for change? The need for evidence on healthcare practitioner readiness for current and future trends in abortion provision in the UK' BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Preconception and Diabetes Information (PADI) App for Women with Pregestational Diabetes: a Feasibility and Acceptability Study' Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research 5, (4) 446-473 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Phase Angle and Bio-Impedance Values during the First Year after Delivery in Women with Previous Excessive Gestational Weight Gain: Innovative Data from the Belgian INTER-ACT Study' International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, (14) 7482-7482 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Maternal ethnicity and the prevalence of British pregnancies affected by neural tube defects' Birth Defects Research 113, (12) 968-980 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'How do women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus use mHealth during and after pregnancy? Qualitative exploration of women's views and experiences' Midwifery , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Copper IUD continuation, unwanted effects and cost consequences at 1 year in users aged under 30 – a secondary analysis of the EURAS-IUD study' The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care 26, (3) 175-183 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'What is known about the nutritional intake of women with Hyperemesis Gravidarum?: A scoping review' European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 257, 76-83 , DOI
(2021) 'Participant views and experiences of sexual health research: The Contraception Choices online trial' Digital Health 7, , DOI Open access
(2020) '(Not) talking about fertility: the role of digital technologies and health services in helping plan pregnancy. A qualitative study' BMJ Sexual && Reproductive Health , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Barriers and facilitators to dental care access among asylum seekers and refugees in highly developed countries: a systematic review' BMC Oral Health 20, (1) , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Fertility and digital technology: narratives of using smartphone app ‘Natural Cycles’ while trying to conceive' Sociology of Health & Illness 43, (1) 116-132 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'An interactive website to aid young women’s choice of contraception: feasibility and efficacy RCT' Health Technology Assessment 24, (56) 1-44 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Perceived barriers and facilitators to accessing and utilising sexual and reproductive healthcare for people who experience homelessness: a systematic review' BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health , DOI Open access
(2020) 'mHealth as a primary mode of intervention for women at risk of, or diagnosed with, gestational diabetes' JBI Evidence Synthesis 19, (3) 660-668 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of a Version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy for Women’s Partners' International Journal of Mens Social and Community Health 3, (1) e65-e77 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'An interactive website for informed contraception choice: randomised evaluation of Contraception Choices' DIGITAL HEALTH 6, 205520762093643-205520762093643 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Exploratory study of clinician and patient views regarding the use of a preconception care app for women with diabetes' Health Informatics Journal , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Use of non-sterile gloves in the ward environment: an evaluation of healthcare workers’ perception of risk and decision making' Journal of Infection Prevention 21, (3) 108-114 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Reducing unintentional injuries in under fives: Development and testing of a mobile phone app' Child: Care, Health and Development 46, (2) 203-212 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Nutritional and perinatal outcomes of pregnant women with a history of bariatric surgery: a case series from a UK centre' Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 33, (3) 386-395 , DOI Open access
(2019) '"I feel like only half a man"' Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 3, (CSCW) 1-20 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Removal of babies at birth and the moral distress of midwives' Nursing Ethics 27, (4) 1103-1114 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'What Is Known About the Nutritional Intake of Women during Pregnancy Following Bariatric Surgery? A Scoping Review' Nutrients 11, (9) 2116-2116 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Pregnancy after bariatric surgery: Consensus recommendations for periconception, antenatal and postnatal care' Obesity Reviews , DOI Open access
(2019) 'You did not turn up… I did not realise I was invited…: understanding male attitudes towards engagement in fertility and reproductive health discussions' Human Reproduction Open 2019, (3) , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Preparation for fatherhood: A survey of men's preconception health knowledge and behaviour in England' PLoS ONE 14, (3) e0213897-e0213897 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Results of a Dutch national and subsequent international expert meeting on interconception care' Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 1-9 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'What approaches to peri-conception care for women with pre-existing medical conditions work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A protocol for a realist review' SM Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics CRD42018116948, Open access
(2018) 'Factors influencing the implementation of advanced midwife practitioners in healthcare settings: a qualitative study' Midwifery Open access
(2018) 'Preconception care for infertile couples: Nurses' and midwives' roles in promoting better maternal and birth outcomes' Journal of Clinical Nursing 27, (23-24) 4411-4418 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Barriers to identifying eating disorders in pregnancy and in the postnatal period: a qualitative approach' BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 18, (1) 114-114 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Improving the sexual health of homeless people: Does providing care within hostels improve contraceptive use and uptake of sexual health screening?' Nursing Times Open access
(2018) 'LEARNS: A creative approach to analysing and representing narrative data incorporating photo-elicitation techniques' Journal of Research in Nursing 23, (4) , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Contraception, menstruation and sexuality after bariatric surgery: a prospective cohort study' Obesity Surgery Open access
(2017) 'Exploring the acceptability and feasibility of a preconception and diabetes information app for women with pregestational diabetes: A mixed-methods study protocol' DIGITAL HEALTH 3, 205520761772641-205520761772641 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Preconception Care Education for Women With Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Conventional and Digital Health Interventions' Journal of Medical Internet Research 18, (11) e291-e291 , DOI
(2016) 'Differences in pre-conception and pregnancy healthy lifestyle advice by maternal BMI: Findings from a cross sectional survey' Midwifery 42, 38-45 , DOI
(2016) 'General practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes and views of providing preconception care: a qualitative investigation' Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences 121, (4) 256-263 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Bariatric Surgery in Obese Women of Reproductive Age Improves Conditions That Underlie Fertility and Pregnancy Outcomes: Retrospective Cohort Study of UK National Bariatric Surgery Registry (NBSR)' Obesity Surgery 26, (12) 2837-2842 , DOI
(2016) 'Diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus in women following bariatric surgery: A national survey of lead diabetes midwives' British Journal of Midwifery 24, (6) 434-438 , DOI
(2016) 'Moving pictures: The inclusion of photo-elicitation into a narrative study of mothers' and midwives' experiences of babies removed at birth' Evidence Based Midwifery 14, (2) 44-48
(2016) 'Contraception for women with diabetes: challenges and solutions' Open Access Journal of Contraception 11-11 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Why do women invest in pre-pregnancy health and care? A qualitative investigation with women attending maternity services' BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 15, (1) , DOI
(2015) 'From transformative learning to social change? Using action research to explore and improve informal complaints management in an NHS trust' International Practice Development Journal 5, (1) 1-16 , DOI
(2015) 'Supporting staff to respond effectively to informal complaints: findings from an action research study' Journal of Clinical Nursing 24, (15-16) 2106-2114 , DOI
(2015) 'Gatekeeping access to the midwifery unit: Managing complaints by bending the rules' Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine 19, (6) 652-669 , DOI
(2014) 'Preconception care policy, guidelines, recommendations and services across six European countries: Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom' The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 20, (2) 77-87 , DOI
(2014) 'Removing babies from mothers at birth: Midwives' experiences' British Journal of Midwifery 22, (9) 620-624 , DOI
(2014) 'How Do Women Prepare for Pregnancy? Preconception Experiences of Women Attending Antenatal Services and Views of Health Professionals' PLoS ONE 9, (7) 0-0 , DOI
(2014) 'Pregnancy after diabetes obesity surgery (PADOS): Incidence and outcomes' Pregnancy Hypertension: An International Journal of Women's Cardiovascular Health 4, (3) 239-239 , DOI
(2014) 'Pregnancy after diabetes obesity surgery (PADOS): Qualitative study of pre-pregnancy care' Pregnancy Hypertension: An International Journal of Women's Cardiovascular Health 4, (3) 238-238 , DOI
(2014) 'Girl Trouble: Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women' Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 40, (3) 231-231 , DOI
(2014) 'Evolution of extended use of the combined oral contraceptive pill' Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 40, (2) 133-141 , DOI
(2013) 'Obesity: A Ticking Time Bomb for Reproductive Health' Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 40, (1) 40-40 , DOI
(2013) 'Pregnancy planning, smoking behaviour during pregnancy, and neonatal outcome: UK millennium cohort study' BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 13, (1) , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Pregnancy planning and lifestyle prior to conception and during early pregnancy among Danish women' The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 19, (1) 57-65 , DOI
(2013) 'Randomized trial of the effect of tailored versus standard use of the combined oral contraceptive pill on continuation rates at 1 year' Contraception 88, (4) 523-531 , DOI
(2013) 'Teachers' views of using e-learning for non-traditional students in higher education across three disciplines [nursing, chemistry and management] at a time of massification and increased diversity in higher education' Nurse Education Today 33, (9) 1068-1073 , DOI
(2013) 'Knowledge and periconceptional use of folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects in ethnic communities in the United Kingdom: Systematic review and meta-analysis' Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology 97, (7) 444-451 , DOI
(2013) 'The experiences of adults with learning disabilities attending a sexuality and relationship group:<i>“</i>I want to get married and have kids”' Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 40, (2) 82-88 , DOI
(2013) 'Women's experiences with tailored use of a combined oral contraceptive: a qualitative study' Human Reproduction 28, (6) 1620-1625 , DOI
(2013) 'Lactational amenorrhoea method: the evidence is there, why aren't we using it?' Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 39, (2) 136-138 , DOI
(2013) 'A service-based approach to nurse training in sexual and reproductive health care' Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 39, (4) 285-288 , DOI
(2012) 'An audit review of end-of-life care for inpatients with diabetes' Journal of Diabetes Nursing 16, (4) 154-159
(2011) 'Use of contraception by women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus: ‘It's funny that nobody really spoke to me about it’' The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 16, (5) 350-358 , DOI
(2009) 'The move to integrated contraception and sexual health services: have we forgotten family 'planning'?' Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 35, (4) 250-253 , DOI
(2008) 'Use of hormonal contraceptive methods by women with diabetes' Primary Care Diabetes 2, (4) 195-199 , DOI
(2003) 'Hormonal Contraception in Women with Diabetes Mellitus' Treatments in Endocrinology 2, (5) 321-330 , DOI
(2001) 'Emergency contraception: Who are the users?' Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 27, (4) 209-212 , DOI
(2000) 'Using a youth cafe to provide contraceptive services' Primary Health Care 10, (5) 37-41 , DOI
Books
(2020) Preconception Health and Care: A Life Course Approach. Springer Nature
Chapters
(2023) 'Fertility, Pregnancy, and Bariatric Surgery' Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Springer International Publishing 1233-1250 , DOI
(2022) 'Fertility, Pregnancy, and Bariatric Surgery' Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Springer International Publishing 1-24 , DOI
(2020) 'Advancing Preconception Health Globally: A Way Forward' Preconception Health and Care: A Life Course Approach Springer International Publishing 299-308 , DOI
(2020) 'Chronic Medical Conditions' Preconception Health and Care: A Life Course Approach Springer International Publishing 175-210 , DOI
(2020) 'Introduction' Preconception Health and Care: A Life Course Approach Springer International Publishing 1-4 , DOI
(2020) 'Lifestyle: Substance Use—Nicotine, Alcohol and Drugs' Preconception Health and Care: A Life Course Approach Springer International Publishing 129-158 , DOI
Conference Papers
(2017) 'G61(P) Improving the sexual health of homelessyoung people' Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Abstracts of the Annual Conference, 24–26 May 2017, ICC, Birmingham BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health , DOI
(2014) 'Babies' Removed at Birth: Narratives of Mothers' and Midwives' E20-E21
'What approaches to peri-conception care for women with pre-existing medical conditions work, for whom, and in what circumstances? The development of a protocol for a realist review as part of a PhD study' Royal College of Midwives Conference 2018
Presentations and posters
'"The plethora of information can be overwhelming ... ": A mixed methods study exploring the sources of fertility information' , DOI
'Female Sexual quality of life after bariatric surgery'
'Prevalence of polycystic ovarian syndrome in women undergoing Bariatric surgery'
'The ABC of fertility intentions: a mixed-methods study exploring the spectrum of attitudes towards family building'
'Comparing health-related quality of life outcomes in women of reproductive age following Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Roux en y Gastric Bypass Procedure'
'Quality of life improvements post bariatric surgery in reproductive age women with and without PCOS'
'I trust the healthcare professional most: Exploring fertility knowledge among healthcare professional and lay population groups'
'Sexual Quality of Life after Bariatric Surgery'
'Understanding gender differences in factors influencing family-building decisions'
'You did not turn up. I did not realise I was invited ... : Understanding male attitudes towards fertility awareness and poor engagement'
'Have we left family out of family planning?'
'Preconception folic acid uptake in women with diabetes of childbearing age: findings from the Royal College of General Practitioners Research Surveillance Centre'
'Contraception and counselling for women undergoing bariatric surgery: a qualitative pilot study of women's experiences and health care professional views'
'"It's a bigger deal for her": Understanding differences in partner involvement in reproductive health decision-making'
'Nutritional and perinatal outcomes of pregnant women with a history of bariatric surgery: A case series from a UK centre'
'P–483 “It’s a bigger deal for her”: Understanding differences in partner involvement in reproductive health decision-making' , DOI
'P-489 The ABC of fertility intentions: a mixed-methods study exploring the spectrum of attitudes towards family building' , DOI
'P-496 “The plethora of information can be overwhelming…”: A mixed methods study exploring the sources of fertility information' , DOI