Dr. Melanie Cooper,Reader
Information about Dr. Melanie Cooper at the University of Bradford.
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(Faculty of Health Studies) - Email:
- m.cooper2@bradford.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 1274 236440
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supervised researchers.Biography
Mel practised as a nurse then as a midwife before beginning her career in higher education as a Lecturer in Midwifery and Reproductive Health in 1997.
She is now a Reader in Maternity and Migrant Health. and a Fellow in the Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research.
Mel’s research interests are around health inequalities in ethnic minority (including migrant) communities and co-producing and evaluating public health interventions to overcome barriers to good health. Interventions include those that improve health and also those that support engagement with health and maternity services. Examples of interventions include:
- Project DAISI uses digital animation to communicate key public health messages with perinatal women.
- Peer and family focused Interventions to support ethnic minority women accessing cancer screening services
- Using virtual reality to improve wellbeing in asylum seeking and refugee communities.
Mel co-developed the charity; the Maternity Stream of Sanctuary https://maternity.cityofsanctuary.org/ and within this recently established the Maternity Stream research network with an ethos of ensuring women who are 'experts be experience' at the centre of any research undertaken
https://maternityresearch.cityofsanctuary.org/
Mel has also worked to ensure the University of Bradford is welcoming and inclusive for people who are asylum seekers and refugees. She led the Faculty of Health Studies to be the 1st University department to achieve a 'Health Stream of Sanctuary award' and then led the University to be one of the 1st in the UK to achieve a 'University of Sanctuary award.' One aspect of this award involves enabling people, who cannot access student finance, the opportunity to study at the University.
Teaching
Details on teaching interests, highlights and modules are available for Dr. Melanie Cooper as follows:
Teaching interests
Ethnic minority and migrant communities and health/ maternity careEngaging seldom heard voices in health
Health inequalities and public health interventions
Qualitative research methodologies.
Ethical, legal and professional issues in practice
Research ethics
Teaching modules
| Title | Subject | Module code | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2 Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Research Methods | |||
| M4 Independent Research Project | |||
| M1 Research Design, Philosophy & Working Beyond Disciplines |
Professional activities
Information about education, employment and areas of particular interest for Dr. Melanie Cooper is as follows:
Education
- University of Bradford - PhD
- University of Huddersfield - MSc Health Professional Education
- Leeds Metropolitan University - BSc (Hons) Health Care Studies
Publications
There are 56 publications involving or that are attributed to Dr. Melanie Cooper. They are listed as:
- book chapter (3)
- book review (1)
- conference contribution (1)
- peer reviewed journal (48)
- published report (3)
Book Chapter
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From sanctuary in health to university of sanctuary | 2017 | Going Global, Building Nations, Connecting Cultures | Going Global, Building Nations, Connecting Cultures | Mitchell, W.L, Haith-Cooper, Melanie | British Council | ||||||
| Problem Based Learning in a Women-centred Midwifery Curriculum | 1999 | Themes and Variations in PBL | Themes and Variations in PBL | Haith-Cooper M, MacVane Phipps F, Pansini-Murrell J, Ball D | A | ||||||
| Asylum Seekers and Refugees; A Cross European Perspective | 2017 | Psychosocial Resilience and Risk in the Perinatal Period: Implications and Guidance for Professionals | Psychosocial Resilience and Risk in the Perinatal Period: Implications and Guidance for Professionals | 0 | Balaam MC, Haith-Cooper M, Korfker D, Ventura C | Routledge |
Book Review
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refugee COVID report 1: Getting the message. On official advice around COVID19 for asylum seeking and refugee communities in Bradford | 2021 | Haith-Cooper, M; Rattray M; Wareham A; McCarthy R |
Conference Contribution
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hard to Reach: Applied Research Methods with Hidden, Marginal and Excluded Populations | Hard to Reach: Applied Research Methods with Hidden, Marginal and Excluded Populations | Iqbal, H., West, J., McEachan, R., Cooper, M | University of Oxford |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An exploration of tutors’ experiences of facilitating problem-based learning. Part 1: An educational research methodology combining innovation and philosophical tradition | 2003 | Nurse Education Today | 23 | Haith-Cooper, Melanie | https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/An-exploration-of-tutors%27-experiences-of-learning.-Haith-Cooper/08e9f6d7134420289341b4657bb5a70748f764d5 | ||||||
| Problem-Based Learning within Health Professional Education, What is the Role of the Lecturer? A review of the literature | 2000 | Nurse Education Today | 20 | Haith-Cooper, Melanie | |||||||
| Team midwives’ views on team midwifery | 1999 | The practising midwife | 2 | Haith-Cooper, Melanie | |||||||
| Mobile translators for non-English-speaking women accessing maternity services. | 2014 | British Journal of Midwifery | 22 | Haith-Cooper, Melanie | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2014.22.11.795 | ||||||
| Pregnancy related telephone consultations to an out-of-hours provider: a retrospective database study | 2015 | Primary health care research & development | 25 | Haith-Cooper, Melanie; Stacey, T, Clements, E, Mohammed, Mohammed A, Edwards, E. | https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/84055/ | ||||||
| An evaluation of a family health programme for newly arrived asylum seekers living in an initial accommodation centre in Northern England | 2014 | MIDIRS Midwifery Digest | 24 | Haith-Cooper, Melanie | |||||||
| Evaluating the impact of befriending for pregnant asylum seeking and refugee women | 2013 | British Journal of Midwifery | 21 | McCarthy, Rose; Haith-Cooper, Melanie | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2013.21.6.404 | ||||||
| Culture and communication in ethically appropriate care | 2008 | Nursing Ethics | 15 | Meddings, Fiona S.; Haith-Cooper, Melanie | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18096581/ | ||||||
| Delivery suite assessment unit: auditing innovation in maternity triage | 2007 | British Journal of Midwifery | 15 | Nolan, Sheila; Morgan, Jane; Pickles, Jacky; Haith-Cooper, Melanie; MacVane Phipps, Fiona E. | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2007.15.8.24393 | ||||||
| Vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC): exploring women's perceptions | 2007 | Journal of Clinical Nursing | 2007 | Meddings, Fiona S.; MacVane Phipps, Fiona E.; Haith-Cooper, Melanie; Haigh, Jacquelyn | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17181678/ | ||||||
| Obtaining Informed Consent in an Egyptian Research Study | 2004 | Nursing Ethics | 11 | Rashad, A.M.; MacVane Phipps, Fiona E.; Haith-Cooper, Melanie | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1191/0969733004ne711oa | ||||||
| Striving for excellence in maternity care: The Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary. | 2015 | British Journal of Midwifery | 23 | Haith-Cooper, Melanie; McCarthy, Rose | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2015.23.9.648 | ||||||
| Ethno-Specific Risk Factors for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Findings from the Born in Bradford Cohort Study | 2016 | Maternal and Child Health Journal | 20 | Stacey, T.Prady, S.L. Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Downe, S, Simpson, N, Pickett, K.E. | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26983444/ | ||||||
| Do psychosocial interventions have an impact on maternal perception of perinatal depression? | 2016 | British Journal of Midwifery | 12 | Firth, Amanda, Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Egan, Dominic | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.12.855 | ||||||
| Vulnerable migrant women and postnatal depression: A case of invisibility in maternity services? | 2018 | British Journal of Midwifery | 26 | Firth, Amanda, Haith-Cooper, Melanie | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2018.26.2.78 | ||||||
| A concept analysis of the term migrant women in the context of pregnancy | 2017 | International Journal of Nursing Practice | 23 | Balaam, M-C, Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Parízková, A, Weckend, M.J, Fleming, V, Roosalu, T, Vržina, S.S. | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ijn.12600 | ||||||
| Hospital postnatal discharge and sepsis advice: Perspectives of women and midwifery students | 2018 | British Journal of Midwifery | 26 | Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Stacey, T, Bailey, F. | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2018.26.4.248 | ||||||
| The experiences of pregnant migrant women in detention: A qualitative study | 2018 | British Journal of Midwifery | 26 | Arshad, F, Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Palloti, P. | https://www.britishjournalofmidwifery.com/content/research/the-experiences-of-pregnant-migrant-women-in-detention-a-qualitative-study | ||||||
| Exercise and physical activity in asylum seekers in Northern England; using the theoretical domains framework to identify barriers and facilitators | 2018 | BMC Public Health | 18 | Haith-Cooper, Melanie; Waskett, Catherine; Montague, Jane; Horne, Maria | https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-018-5692-2 | ||||||
| Meeting the health and social needs of pregnant asylum seekers: Midwifery students' perspectives. Part 2: Dominant discourses and approaches to care | 2013 | Nurse Education Today | 33 | 772 - 777 | Haith-Cooper M.;Bradshaw G. | 0260-6917 | 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.06.014 | ||||
| Pregnant and seeking asylum: Exploring women's experiences 'from booking to baby' | 2016 | British Journal of Midwifery | 24 | 130 - 136 | Lephard E.;Haith-Cooper M. | 0969-4900 | 10.12968/bjom.2016.24.2.130 | ||||
| Meeting the health and social care needs of pregnant asylum seekers; midwifery students' perspectives. Part 3; "The pregnant woman within the global context"; an inclusive model for midwifery education to address the needs of asylum seeking women in the UK. | 2013 | Nurse Education Today | 33 | 1045 - 1050 | Haith-Cooper M.;Bradshaw G. | 0260-6917 | 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.04.016 | ||||
| The effect of maternal position at birth on perineal trauma: A systematic review | 2016 | British Journal of Midwifery | 24 | 172 - 180 | Lodge F, Haith-Cooper M. | 0969-4900 | 10.12968/bjom.2016.24.3.172 | ||||
| An exploration of tutors' experiences of facilitating problem-based learning. Part 2 - Implications for the facilitation of problem based learning | 2003 | Nurse Education Today | 23 | 65 - 75 | Haith-Cooper M. | 0260-6917 | 10.1016/S0260-6917(02)00166-1 | ||||
| Meeting the health and social needs of pregnant asylum seekers, midwifery students' perspectives. Part 1; dominant discourses and midwifery students. | 2013 | Nurse Education Today | 33 | 1008 - 1013 | Haith-Cooper M.;Bradshaw G. | 0260-6917 | 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.05.005 | ||||
| Membrane sweeping at term to promote spontaneous labour and reduce the likelihood of a formal induction of labour for postmaturity: a systematic review and meta-analysis | 2019 | Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 39 | 54 - 62 | Avdiyovski H, Haith-Cooper M, Scally A. | 0144-3615 | 10.1080/01443615.2018.1467388 | ||||
| Diet and physical activity in pregnancy: A study exploring women's beliefs and behaviours | 2019 | British Journal of Midwifery | 27 | 297 - 304 | Chana R, Haith-Cooper M. | 0969-4900 | 10.12968/bjom.2019.27.5.297 | ||||
| The co-development and feasibility-testing of a digital animation intervention (DAISI) to reduce the risk of maternal sepsis in the postnatal period | 2020 | Maternal and Child Health Journal | 0 | Haith-Cooper, M, Stacey, T, Bailey, F, Broadhead-Croft, S | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-02932-4 | ||||||
| Destitution in pregnancy: Forced migrant women’s lived experience | 2020 | British Journal of Midwifery | 28 | Ellul, R, McCarthy R and Haith-Cooper M | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2020.28.11.778 | ||||||
| An exploration of the impact of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) restrictions on marginalised groups in the UK | 2021 | Journal Of Public Health (Oxford, England) | 197 | Eshareturi, C, Wareham, A, Rattray, M, Haith-Cooper, M and McCarthy, R | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350621002122?via%3Dihub | ||||||
| A systematic review to identify research priority setting in Black and minority ethnic health and evaluate their processes | 2021 | PLoS ONE | 16 | Iqbal, H; West, J; Haith-Cooper, M; McEachan, R.C | Baltica Cabieses | PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0251685 | ||||
| An exploration of migrant women’s perceptions of public health messages to reduce stillbirth in the UK: a qualitative study | 2021 | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 21 | Stacey, T, Haith-Cooper, M, Almas, N and Kenyon, C | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03879-2 | ||||||
| A systematic review of perinatal social support interventions for asylum-seeking and refugee women residing in Europe | 2021 | Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | 0 | Balaam, MC, Kingdon, C and Haith-Cooper, M | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-021-01242-3 | ||||||
| A systematic review to identify key elements of effective public health interventions that address barriers to health services for refugees. | 2021 | Journal of Public Health (Springer) | 1 | Jarrow, M, Haith-Cooper, M, Hargan, J and Balaam, MC | Springer | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01519-9 | |||||
| Research priority setting in obesity: a systematic review | 2021 | Journal of Public Health (Springer) | Iqbal H.;McEachan R.R.C.;West J.;Haith-Cooper M. | 2198-1833 | 10.1007/s10389-021-01679-8 | ||||||
| A study to assess the feasibility of using a novel digital animation to increase physical activity levels in asylum seeking communities | 2021 | Health and Social Care in the Community | 00 | Montague, J., & Haith-Cooper, M | https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13575 | ||||||
| Wise up to cancer’; adapting a community-based health intervention to increase UK South Asian women’s uptake of cancer screening. | 2021 | Health and Social Care in the Community | 00 1-9 | Payne, D, Haith-Cooper M, and Almas, N | https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13579 | ||||||
| Exploring the obesity concerns of British Pakistani women living in deprived inner-city areas: A qualitative study | 2022 | Health Expectations | 0 | Iqbal, H, West, J, McEachan, R & Haith-Cooper, M | https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13527 | ||||||
| Developing an obesity research agenda with British Pakistani women living in deprived areas with involvement from multisectoral stakeholders: Research priority setting with a seldom heard group | 2022 | Health Expectations | 0 | Iqbal, H, McEachan, R, West, J, and Haith-Cooper, M | DOI: 10.1111/hex.13504 | ||||||
| A systematic review and narrative synthesis of fathers’ (including migrant fathers’) experiences of pregnancy and childbirth | 2023 | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 23 | Mprah, A, Haith-Cooper M, Duda-Mikulin E, Meddings, F | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05568-8 | ||||||
| Evaluating the experiences and impact of the Health Access for Refugees (HARP) project on peer volunteers in Northern England | 2023 | Journal of Community Psychology | Balaam, MC, Haith-Cooper, M, Mathew, D, McCarthy, R | https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23066 | |||||||
| What are lay UK public perceptions of frailty: a scoping review | 2023 | Age and Ageing | 52 | Shafiq, S, Haith-Cooper, M, Hawkins, R, Parveen, S | https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad045 | ||||||
| Reflections from an insider researcher ‘doing’ feminist participatory action research to co-produce a research agenda with British Pakistani women; a seldom heard group | 2023 | Action Research | 0 | Iqbal, H., West, J., McEachan, R. R. C., & Haith-Cooper, M | https://doi.org/10.1177/14767503231191854 | ||||||
| What Refugee Women Want from Maternity Care: A Qualitative Study | 2022 | British Journal of Midwifery | 0 | Evans, M, Plows, J, McCarthy, R, McConville, B & Haith-Cooper, M | https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2022.30.9.502 | ||||||
| Perinatal depression: Factors affecting help-seeking behaviours in asylum seeking and refugee women. A systematic review | 2022 | Journal of Migration and Health | 0 | Firth, A, Haith-Cooper, M, Dickerson, J & Hart, A (2022) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2022.100128 | ||||||
| Inclusiveness of Access Policies to Maternity Care for Migrant Women Across Europe: A Policy Review | 2023 | Maternal and Child Health Journal | Pařízková, A, Clausen, JA, Balaam, MC, Haith-Cooper, M, Roosalu, T, Migliorini, L, Kasper, A | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10995-023-03785-3 | |||||||
| Perceptions and experiences of South Asian families living with frailty in England: a hermeneutic phenomenological study | 2024 | Health Psychology And Behavioral Medicine | 12 | Shafiq, S, Haith-Cooper, M, Hawkins, R & Parveen, S | DOI: 10.1080/21642850.2023.2286958 | ||||||
| Identifying the Health Concerns of Pregnant British Pakistani Women Living in Deprived Areas: A Qualitative Study | 2023 | Maternal and Child Health Journal | Iqbal, H., West, J., McEachan, R., Cooper, M | Springer | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-023-03797-z |
Published Report
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
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| Wise Up to Cancer Bradford: Improving cancer prevention and earlier diagnosis for South Asian women in Bradford | 2019 | not applicable | Nisa Almas, Melanie Cooper, Zaynab Nejadhamzeegilani, Daisy Payne, Marcus Rattray | University of Bradford | |||||||
| HARP (Health for Asylum Seekers and Refugees) project interim evaluation | 2020 | 1 | Haith-Cooper, M, Balaam, MC, Mathew, D | Refugee Council | |||||||
| HARP (Health for Asylum Seekers and Refugees) project final evaluation | 2021 | 0 | Haith-Cooper, M, Balaam, MC, Mathew, D | University of Bradford |