UCC Nursing & Midwifery Scholarly Impact Report 2022

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CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

TRANSLATING EVIDENCE & INNOVATION FOR HEALTH

THEME 3 Maternity, Families and Primary Care (MF&PC)

Impacting Maternal and Infant Health and Well- Being Outcomes Internationally by International Collaboration between UCC and ViD Specialised University, Oslo, Norway The ‘New Families: Innovation and Development of the Child Health Services(CHS)inOslo’studyisanearlyinterventionprogram, implemented by the Child Health Services, universally targeting all first-time parents regardless of socioeconomic status. In essence this programme offered all first-time parents a personal Public Health Nurse (PHN). The study was undertaken over a four-year period and targeting all families with a first new-born in the Oslo city district. The study took a salutogenic perspective to health care provision offering an alternative philosophy to the traditional pathology and risk perspectives. The PHNs did several home visits during pregnancy and after delivery in addition to the regular check-ups and visits at the CHS. The study protocol was designed and developed with an international steering advisory committee and an experienced research study lead by Prof Kari Glavin Vid University. Prof Leahy-Warren, School of Nursing and Midwifery UCC was an integral member of the Steering advisor committee in terms of the usability of her theoretical framework and use of her psychometrically sound social support instrument, the Perinatal Infant Care Social Support (PICSS) used in the study. Lead and Team Members: Professor Kari Glavin and her research team at the School of Public health Nursing, ViD specialised University, Oslo and Prof Patricia Leahy-Warren, School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC. Reference: • Leahy-Warren, P. Oral presentation entitled ‘Social support for new Families: from theory to implementation and Practice’ at the Closing of the New Families Conference at the City Hall, Oslo 6 th Nov 2022.

Professor Kari Glavin and Professor Patricia Leahy-Warren front row (circled) with invited guest speakers and members of the Research Team ‘New Families: Innovation and Development of the Child Health Services (CHS) in Oslo’, presenting at New Families Closing Conference at The City Hall, Oslo, Norway 6 th Nov 2022

Highlights: • This international collaboration between the lead of the Maternity, Families and Primary Care Research team in SoN&M, UCC and the Department of Public Health Nursing, ViD Specialised University, Oslo, Norway demonstrates the significant impact of translating evidence to clinical practice with positive outcomes for mothers and infants. • The importance of international collaborations in disseminating and impacting research and practice locally, nationally and internationally