Marie-Clare Balaam is a senior research associate in the Research in Childbirth and Health Unit (REACH) at UCLan. Her current research focuses on maternity care and social support for marginalised women with a particular focus on migrant women’s experiences of maternity care and childbirth in the UK and Europe.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 674 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4511-7352 |
| Research Gate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marie-Clare-Balaam/research |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Transversal consequences
Migration governance
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Immigrant policy and law
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
Roles
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University of Centr4al Lancashire
University, Preston , United Kingdom
Research Associate -
University of Central Lancashire
University, Preston, United Kingdom
Research Associate
Research
Evaluating the impact of the Health Access for Refugees Project on people who are refugees or seeking asylum in Northern England
| Authors | M-C Balaam, M Haith-Cooper, D Mathew |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Perspectives in Public Health | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Researchers’ perspectives of self-agency within a context of violence and harm in maternity care
| Authors | Gill Thomson, Marie-Clare Balaam |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Midwifery |
Evaluating the experiences and impact of the Health Access for Refugees (HARP) project on peer volunteers in Northern England
| Authors | Marie‐Clare Balaam, Melanie Haith‐Cooper, Dinah Mathew, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Community Psychology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The United Kingdom and the Netherlands maternity care responses to COVID-19: A comparative study
| Authors | Lauri M.M. van den Berg, Marie-Clare Balaam, Rebecca Nowland, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Women and Birth | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Companionship for women/birthing people using antenatal and intrapartum care in England during COVID-19: a mixed-methods analysis of national and organisational responses and perspectives
| Authors | Gill Thomson, Marie-Claire Balaam, Rebecca Nowland (Harris), ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | BMJ Open | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘Never waste a crisis’: a commentary on the COVID‐19 pandemic as a driver for innovation in maternity care
| Authors | LMM Berg, G Thomson, A Jonge, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
A systematic review to identify key elements of effective public health interventions that address barriers to health services for refugees
| Authors | Musa Jallow, Melanie Haith-Cooper, Jae Hargan, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Public Health | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
A Systematic Review of Perinatal Social Support Interventions for Asylum-seeking and Refugee Women Residing in Europe
| Authors | Marie-Clare Balaam, Carol Kingdon, Melanie Haith-Cooper |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health |
| Citations (WoS) | 11 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Sharing and modifying stories in neonatal peer support: an international mixed‐methods study
| Authors | Gill Thomson, Marie‐Clare Balaam |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The role of midwifery and other international insights for maternity care in the United States: An analysis of four countries
| Authors | Holly Powell Kennedy, Marie‐Clare Balaam, Hannah Dahlen, ... |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Birth | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Women’s, partners’ and healthcare providers’ views and experiences of assisted vaginal birth: a systematic mixed methods review
| Authors | Nicola Crossland, Carol Kingdon, Marie-Clare Balaam, ... |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Reproductive Health | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Building capacity and wellbeing in vulnerable/marginalised mothers: A qualitative study
| Authors | Marie-Clare Balaam, Gill Thomson |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Women and Birth | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Findings from the Italian Babies Born Better Survey
| Authors | Elena Skoko, Claudia Ravaldi, Alfredo Vannacci, ... |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Minerva Ginecologica |
A concept analysis of the term migrant women in the context of pregnancy
| Authors | Marie-Clare Balaam, Melanie Haith-Cooper, Alena Parizkova, ... |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Nursing Practice | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
A salutogenic perspective on maternity care for migrant women.
| Authors | Berit Viken, Marie-Clare Balaam, Lyberg Anne |
| Year | 2017 |
| Book Title | New thinking on improving maternity care: International perspectives | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
'We make them feel special': The experiences of voluntary sector workers supporting asylum seeking and refugee women during pregnancy and early motherhood
| Authors | Marie-Clare Balaam, Carol Kingdon, Gill Thomson, ... |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Midwifery | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Building social capital through breastfeeding peer support: insights from an evaluation of a voluntary breastfeeding peer support service in North-West England
| Authors | Gill Thomson, Marie-Clare Balaam, Kirsty Hymers |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | International Breastfeeding Journal | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
A concept analysis of befriending
| Authors | Marie-Clare Balaam |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Advanced Nursing |
A qualitative review of migrant women's perceptions of their needs and experiences related to pregnancy and childbirth
| Authors | Marie-Clare Balaam, Kristin Akerjordet, Anne Lyberg, ... |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Advanced Nursing | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Exploring mothers’ experiences of perinatal care in Cyprus: Babies Born Better survey
| Authors | E. Hadjigeorgiou, M. Andreaki, I. Koliandri, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Understanding childbirth as a complex salutogenic phenomenon: The EU COST BIRTH Action Special Collection
| Authors | Soo Downe, Jean Calleja Agius, Marie-Clare Balaam, ... |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | PLOS ONE |
International insights into peer support in a neonatal context: A mixed-methods study
| Authors | Gill Thomson, Marie-Clare Balaam |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | PLOS ONE | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Making maternity and neonatal care personalised in the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the Babies Born Better Survey in the UK and the Netherlands
| Authors | Lauri M.M. van den Berg, Naseerah Akooji, Gill Thomson, ... | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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