Dr Anna Davies
BSc(Birm.), MSc(Kings College London), PhD(Lond.)
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Current positions
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Research interests
I am a mixed methods researcher in Health Psychology and health services researcher applied to perinatal and women's health. My current work explores the experiences of, and investigates behaviour change in women with risk factors for poor outcomes in pregnancy, including smokers, those with risk of pre-eclampsia, chronic disease, and pregnancy diabetes (GDM). I am also working with colleagues to develop Core Outcome Sets for care after stillbirth and neonatal death. Previously I have developed a co-designed antenatal education intervention (ACE) and have conducted work exploring decision making in maternity care.
I am lead of WREN (Women's health Research Engagement Network), which aims to engage women from the underserved groups in all research activities in the Academic Women's Health Unit.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Rework of IAA Smartwound Development
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/09/2018 to 30/09/2019
Publications
Recent publications
10/06/2024Codesign and refinement of an optimised antenatal education session to better inform women and prepare them for labour and birth
BMJ Open Quality
Cross-sectional survey of antenatal educators' views about current antenatal education provision
Maternal and Child Health Journal
Maternity healthcare professionals' experiences of supporting women in decision-making for labour and birth
BMJ Open
Protocol for cost-effectiveness analysis of a randomised trial of mHealth coaching (Bump2Baby and Me) compared with usual care for healthy gestational weight gain and postnatal outcomes in at-risk women and their offspring in the UK, Australia, Ireland and Spain
BMJ Open
Exposure to microplastics and human reproductive outcomes
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology