Dr Melanie Cooper
Reader
Faculty/Dept/School | Faculty of Health Studies |
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m.cooper2@bradford.ac.uk | |
Telephone | +441274 236440 |
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. In addition she is the Director for the Wellbeing Health and Communities pathway for the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership.
Mel’s research interests are around ethnic minority (including migrant) communities and co-designing, developing, implementing and evaluating interventions to support interaction with health and maternity services and overcome health inequalities. To date, interventions have included the use of digital technology and peer support. These include:
- Project DAISI uses digital animation to communicate key public health messages with women accessing maternity care.
- Interventions to support ethnic minority women accessing cancer screening services
Mel co-developed 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
Teaching interests
Ethnic minority and migrant communities and health/ maternity care
Engaging seldom heard voices in health
Health inequalities and public health interventions
Qualitative research methodologies.
Ethical, legal and professional issues in practice
Research ethics
Professional activities
- 01-JAN-11: University of Bradford - PhD
- 01-JAN-00: University of Huddersfield - MSc Health Professional Education
- 01-JAN-97: Leeds Metropolitan University - BSc (Hons) Health Care Studies
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Professional Register- nursing and midwifery
- Higher Education Academy , Fellow
- 01-JAN-18: Vice Chancellor award
- 01-JAN-17: University of Sanctuary award
- RCM I module: Co- author of ‘Understanding asylum seekers and refugees’
- Reviewer: for NIHR and other grant applications
- Maternity Stream Research Network : Leads this network of diverse researchers across the UK, working with international partners on research around maternity and migrant women
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal | |
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Title | What Refugee Women Want from Maternity Care: A Qualitative Study (2022) |
Authors | 1. Evans, M, Plows, J, McCarthy, R, McConville, B & Haith-Cooper, M |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2022.30.9.502 |
Title | Perinatal depression: Factors affecting help-seeking behaviours in asylum seeking and refugee women. A systematic review (2022) |
Authors | Firth, A, Haith-Cooper, M, Dickerson, J & Hart, A (2022) |
Journal | Journal of Migration and Health |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2022.100128 |
Title | Exploring the obesity concerns of British Pakistani women living in deprived inner-city areas: A qualitative study (2022) |
Authors | Iqbal, H, West, J, McEachan, R & Haith-Cooper, M |
Journal | Health Expectations |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13527 |
Title | 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) |
Authors | Iqbal, H, McEachan, R, West, J, and Haith-Cooper, M |
Journal | Health Expectations |
DOI | DOI: 10.1111/hex.13504 |
Title | Wise up to cancer’; adapting a community-based health intervention to increase UK South Asian women’s uptake of cancer screening. (2021) |
Authors | Payne, D, Haith-Cooper M, and Almas, N |
Journal | Health and Social Care in the Community |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13579 |
Title | A study to assess the feasibility of using a novel digital animation to increase physical activity levels in asylum seeking communities (2021) |
Authors | Montague, J., & Haith-Cooper, M |
Journal | Health and Social Care in the Community |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13575 |
Title | Research priority setting in obesity: a systematic review. (2021) |
Authors | Iqbal H;McEachan RRC;West J;Haith-Cooper M; |
Journal | Journal of Public Health (Springer) |
DOI | 10.1007/s10389-021-01679-8 |
Title | A systematic review to identify key elements of effective public health interventions that address barriers to health services for refugees. (2021) |
Authors | Jarrow, M, Haith-Cooper, M, Hargan, J and Balaam, MC |
Journal | Journal of Public Health (Springer) |
Publisher | Springer |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01519-9 |
Title | An exploration of the impact of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) restrictions on marginalised groups in the UK (2021) |
Authors | Eshareturi, C, Wareham, A, Rattray, M, Haith-Cooper, M and McCarthy, R |
Journal | Journal Of Public Health (Oxford, England) |
DOI | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350621002122?via%3Dihub |
Title | A systematic review of perinatal social support interventions for asylum-seeking and refugee women residing in Europe (2021) |
Authors | Balaam, MC, Kingdon, C and Haith-Cooper, M |
Journal | Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-021-01242-3 |
Title | An exploration of migrant women’s perceptions of public health messages to reduce stillbirth in the UK: a qualitative study (2021) |
Authors | Stacey, T, Haith-Cooper, M, Almas, N and Kenyon, C |
Journal | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03879-2 |
Title | A systematic review to identify research priority setting in Black and minority ethnic health and evaluate their processes (2021) |
Authors | Iqbal, H; West, J; Haith-Cooper, M; McEachan, R.C |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Publisher | PLOS ONE |
DOI | https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0251685 |
Title | The co-development and feasibility-testing of a digital animation intervention (DAISI) to reduce the risk of maternal sepsis in the postnatal period (2020) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper, M, Stacey, T, Bailey, F, Broadhead-Croft, S |
Journal | Maternal and Child Health Journal |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-02932-4 |
Title | Destitution in pregnancy: Forced migrant women’s lived experience (2020) |
Authors | Ellul, R, McCarthy R and Haith-Cooper M |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2020.28.11.778 |
Title | 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) |
Authors | Avdiyovski H, Haith-Cooper M, Scally A. |
Journal | Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
DOI | 10.1080/01443615.2018.1467388 |
Title | Diet and physical activity in pregnancy: A study exploring women's beliefs and behaviours (2019) |
Authors | Chana R, Haith-Cooper M. |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | 10.12968/bjom.2019.27.5.297 |
Title | Hospital postnatal discharge and sepsis advice: Perspectives of women and midwifery students (2018) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Stacey, T, Bailey, F. |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2018.26.4.248 |
Title | Vulnerable migrant women and postnatal depression: A case of invisibility in maternity services? (2018) |
Authors | Firth, Amanda, Haith-Cooper, Melanie |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2018.26.2.78 |
Title | Exercise and physical activity in asylum seekers in Northern England; using the theoretical domains framework to identify barriers and facilitators (2018) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper, Melanie; Waskett, Catherine; Montague, Jane; Horne, Maria |
Journal | BMC Public Health |
DOI | https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-018-5692-2 |
Title | The experiences of pregnant migrant women in detention: A qualitative study (2018) |
Authors | Arshad, F, Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Palloti, P. |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | https://www.britishjournalofmidwifery.com/content/research/the-experiences-of-pregnant-migrant-women-in-detention-a-qualitative-study |
Title | A concept analysis of the term migrant women in the context of pregnancy (2017) |
Authors | Balaam, M-C, Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Parízková, A, Weckend, M.J, Fleming, V, Roosalu, T, Vržina, S.S. |
Journal | International Journal of Nursing Practice |
DOI | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ijn.12600 |
Title | The effect of maternal position at birth on perineal trauma: A systematic review (2016) |
Authors | Lodge F, Haith-Cooper M. |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | 10.12968/bjom.2016.24.3.172 |
Title | Pregnant and seeking asylum: Exploring women's experiences 'from booking to baby' (2016) |
Authors | Lephard E.;Haith-Cooper M. |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | 10.12968/bjom.2016.24.2.130 |
Title | Do psychosocial interventions have an impact on maternal perception of perinatal depression? (2016) |
Authors | Firth, Amanda, Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Egan, Dominic |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.12.855 |
Title | Ethno-Specific Risk Factors for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Findings from the Born in Bradford Cohort Study (2016) |
Authors | Stacey, T.Prady, S.L. Haith-Cooper, Melanie, Downe, S, Simpson, N, Pickett, K.E. |
Journal | Maternal and Child Health Journal |
DOI | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26983444/ |
Title | Striving for excellence in maternity care: The Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary. (2015) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper, Melanie; McCarthy, Rose |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2015.23.9.648 |
Title | Pregnancy related telephone consultations to an out-of-hours provider: a retrospective database study (2015) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper, Melanie; Stacey, T, Clements, E, Mohammed, Mohammed A, Edwards, E. |
Journal | Primary health care research & development |
DOI | https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/84055/ |
Title | Mobile translators for non-English-speaking women accessing maternity services. (2014) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper, Melanie |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2014.22.11.795 |
Title | An evaluation of a family health programme for newly arrived asylum seekers living in an initial accommodation centre in Northern England (2014) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper, Melanie |
Journal | MIDIRS Midwifery Digest |
Title | 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) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper M.;Bradshaw G. |
Journal | Nurse Education Today |
DOI | 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.04.016 |
Title | Meeting the health and social needs of pregnant asylum seekers: Midwifery students' perspectives. Part 2: Dominant discourses and approaches to care (2013) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper M.;Bradshaw G. |
Journal | Nurse Education Today |
DOI | 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.06.014 |
Title | Evaluating the impact of befriending for pregnant asylum seeking and refugee women (2013) |
Authors | McCarthy, Rose; Haith-Cooper, Melanie |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2013.21.6.404 |
Title | Meeting the health and social needs of pregnant asylum seekers, midwifery students' perspectives. Part 1; dominant discourses and midwifery students. (2013) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper M.;Bradshaw G. |
Journal | Nurse Education Today |
DOI | 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.05.005 |
Title | Culture and communication in ethically appropriate care (2008) |
Authors | Meddings, Fiona S.; Haith-Cooper, Melanie |
Journal | Nursing Ethics |
DOI | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18096581/ |
Title | Vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC): exploring women's perceptions (2007) |
Authors | Meddings, Fiona S.; MacVane Phipps, Fiona E.; Haith-Cooper, Melanie; Haigh, Jacquelyn |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Nursing |
DOI | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17181678/ |
Title | Delivery suite assessment unit: auditing innovation in maternity triage (2007) |
Authors | Nolan, Sheila; Morgan, Jane; Pickles, Jacky; Haith-Cooper, Melanie; MacVane Phipps, Fiona E. |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
DOI | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2007.15.8.24393 |
Title | Obtaining Informed Consent in an Egyptian Research Study (2004) |
Authors | Rashad, A.M.; MacVane Phipps, Fiona E.; Haith-Cooper, Melanie |
Journal | Nursing Ethics |
DOI | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1191/0969733004ne711oa |
Title | An exploration of tutors' experiences of facilitating problem-based learning. Part 2 - Implications for the facilitation of problem based learning (2003) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper M. |
Journal | Nurse Education Today |
DOI | 10.1016/S0260-6917(02)00166-1 |
Title | An exploration of tutors’ experiences of facilitating problem-based learning. Part 1: An educational research methodology combining innovation and philosophical tradition (2003) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper, Melanie |
Journal | Nurse Education Today |
DOI | https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/An-exploration-of-tutors%27-experiences-of-learning.-Haith-Cooper/08e9f6d7134420289341b4657bb5a70748f764d5 |
Title | Problem-Based Learning within Health Professional Education, What is the Role of the Lecturer? A review of the literature (2000) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper, Melanie |
Journal | Nurse Education Today |
Title | Team midwives’ views on team midwifery (1999) |
Authors | Haith-Cooper, Melanie |
Journal | The practising midwife |