Our Work

Anna

Pocovi-Subirana A, Perez-Botella M and Byrom A (2016) Salutogenesis: Sowing the seeds for childbearing health and wellbeing, The Practising Midwife, 19 (7)

Byrom A (2016) Perineal pain in focus: reviewing topical anaesthetic treatments, The Practising Midwife, 19 (8)

Byrom A, Heneghan S and Perez-Botella M (2015) With-woman, with-student: developing a woman and family-centred recruitment strategy ad curriculum for caring in Downe S and Byrom S (eds) The Roar Behind the Silence, Pinter and Martin, London.

Boyd G, Stanley A, Byrom A and Baker K (2015) Compassionate care, midwives, women and forum theatre: two tales from practice, in Downe S and Byrom S (eds) The Roar Behind the Silence, Pinter and Martin, London

Byrom A (2014) A Reproductive Tragedy: using theatre in the classroom to bring midwifery education to life, Essentially MIDIRS, Vol 5, No 6, pp 22-25

Schmeid V, Thomson G, Sheehan A, Burns A, Byrom A and Dykes F (2014) A Meta-ethnographic study of health care staff perceptions of the WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative, Women and Birth, 27 (4) pp 242-249

Byrom A, Dykes F, Thomson G and Dooris M (2014) Beyond the BFI Franchise: Leading, performing and receiving care in a fast-food maternity service, presented at the 30th Triennial ICM conference, Prague.

Byrom, A.*, Perez-Botella, M.*, Kenny, D., Shaw, J. (2013) *Equal contribution.

“Team building in Tyn Dwr: enhancing the learning experience through collaborative working”

Compendium of Effective Practice 2nd Edition: Proven examples of what works in enhancing the student experience in Higher Education. Higher Education Academy 

Byrom A (2013) Feeding Guilt, Practising Midwife,Vol 16. No 3, pp 18-26

Byrom A and Downe S (2005) Second Stage of Labour: challenging the use of directed pushing, RCM Journal, Vol.8, No.4, pp 168-169

Byrom A (2004) Advanced Maternal Age: a literature review, British Journal of Midwifery, Vol. 12, No. 12, pp 779-783 

Sheena

Byrom S (2016) Invited blog post Better births, better foundations, brighter futures
http://www.nhsconfed.org/blog/2016/07/better-births-better-foundations-brighter-futures

Byrom S (2016) Invited blog post Infant Mental Health: every midwife’s business
https://www.rcm.org.uk/news-views-and-analysis/views/infant-mental-health-every-midwife’s-business

Byrom S (2016) Invited blog post Influencing the media – is it a midwife’s responsibility? Bournemouth University
https://mediaandmidwifery.com/2016/08/27/guest-post-sheena-byrom/ 

Byrom S (2016) Infant Mental Health: every midwife’s business RCM
https://www.rcm.org.uk/news-views-and-analysis/views/infant-mental-health-every-midwife’s-business

Byrom S (2015) For better or for worse: a midwife’s personal account of being in the media Essentially Midirs Vol 6 No 2 pp 27-30

Byrom S (2015) Courage: triumph over fear. The Practising Midwife Vol 18 (10)

Byrom S (2014). Always a midwife. The Practising Midwife 16(9): 58

Byrom S (2014). Virtuous cycles and social media. The Practising Midwife 17(7):46

Byrom S (2014). We need more kindness in the NHS. The Practising Midwife 17(1):42

Byrom S (2014). Back to the future. The Practising Midwife 17(5):50

Byrom S (2014). Clinical guidelines: help or hindrance? The Practising Midwife 17(4):42

Byrom S (2014) Celebrating siccess: celebrating each other The Practising Midwife

Byrom S (2014). A clash of paradigms. The Practising Midwife 17(3):50

Byrom S (2014). Feeling the pressure: what can we do? The Practising Midwife 17(2):46

Byrom S; Byrom A (2014). Social media: connecting women and midwives globally. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 24(2):141-149

Byrom S (2013) Maternity services need to take stock of the Francis report too, Guest Blog NHS Voices

Byrom S (2013). The busy world of midwifery. The Practising Midwife 16(10):46

Byrom S (2013). The rise of birth centres in East Lancashire. The Practising Midwife 16 (11):46

Byrom S (2012) The word. The Practising Midwife October Vol 15 number 9 pg 5

Byrom S, Symon A (2011) Developing the midwife’s role in public health, The Practising Midwife vol 14 no 1 pp 16-17

Byrom S (2011) Breastfeeding in public: Australia and the UK The Practising Midwife Vol No Page 5

Byrom S, Downe S (2010) ‘She sort of shines’: midwives accounts of ‘good’ midwifery and ‘good’ leadership . Midwifery: 26(1) 126-137

Byrom S, Fardella J, Martindale E, Bardon L , Sandford J, Theophilou G (2010) Collaborating to push boundaries to promote positive birth: an inspirational reflection MIDIRS Midwifery Digest , vol 20, no 2, June 2010, pp 199-204

Byrom S, Edwards G, Garrod D (2009) Consultant midwives – 10 years on! MIDIRS Midwifery Digest Vol 19, no 1, pp 23-25

Byrom S (2009) My good day! MIDIRS Midwifery Digest Vol 19, no 1 March 2009 p 106

em>Byrom S (2009) Onwards and Upwards: pushing the boundaries to promote positive birth in East Lancashire AIMS Journal Vol 21 No 4

Byrom S, Baker K, Broome C, Hall J (2007) Speech to Rita: the birth of a voice. The Practising Midwife Vol 10 No 1 Pp 19-21

Byrom S, Bond C, Mulligan L (2007) Promoting normal birth: utilising the evidence MIDIRS Midwifery Digest

Byrom S, Downe S (2007) Narratives from the Blackburn West Caseholding Team: setting up BJM Vol 15 No 4 pp 225-227

Garrod D, Byrom S (2007) Public Health: why the debate? RCM Midwives Vol 10, no 10 pp 470-473

Slater L, Byrom S (2006) Antenatal care in children’s centres: making it happen RCM MidwivesVol 9, no 11, pp 446-447

Byrom S (2005) Mothering the Midwife, Mother and Baby British Journal of Midwifery Vol 13 No 10 Pg 621

Byrom S, Edwards G (2005) Separated at Birth, joined at the hip RCM Journal Vol 8 No 12 pp 496-497

Byrom S (2004) Public health: taking a lead RCM Midwives Journal vol 7 no 4 April 2004, pp 168-169

Byrom S (2004) Keeping up the good work RCM Midwives Journal vol 7 no 11 November 2004 pp 482-483

Byrom S (2001) Supporting Pregnant Teenagers Midwives in Action. English National Board London

Byrom S (1999) Developing the midwife’s Public Health role: Supporting teenagers who are pregnant Making a Difference Strengthening the nursing, midwifery and health visiting contribution to health and healthcare DOH London

Book Chapters

Downe S Byrom S (2015) Turning the silence into a roar. In: Byrom S, Downe S (Eds) The Roar Behind the Silence Pinter and Martin London

Byrom S Downe S (2015) What’s going on in maternity care? In: Byrom S, Downe S (Eds) The Roar Behind the Silence Pinter and Martin London

Byrom S, Henry S, Newburn M, Warwick C, Fen Cheung N (2010) What do leaders do to influence maternity services? Midwifery leadership as applied to case studies. In (Eds) Downe S, Byrom S, Simpson L Leadership, collaboration and expertise in midwifery Blackwells

Byrom S, Downe S, Byrom A (2010) Transformational leadership and midwifery: a nested narrative review. In (Eds) Downe S, Byrom S, Simpson L Leadership, collaboration and expertise in midwifery Blackwells

Byrom S, Kay, L (2010) Midwifery Leadership: theory, practice and potential. In (Eds) Downe S, Byrom S, Simpson L (2010) Leadership, collaboration and expertise in midwifery Blackwells

Byrom S, Gaudion A (2009) (Eds) Empowering mothers: strengthening the future Byrom S, Edwards G, Bick D (2009) Essential Practice: Postnatal Care Blackwell London

Garrod D, Byrom S (2007) The midwifery public health agenda: setting the scene. In Edwards G, Byrom S (Eds) (2007) Essential Midwifery Practice: Public Health 

Byrom S Harding C (2004) Best practice in antenatal education: improving services for women of South Asian Heritage in Eds Nolan ML, Foster J Birth and Parenting skills: new directions in antenatal education

Book Editing

Edwards G, Byrom S (2007) Essential Midwifery Practice: Pubic Health Blackwell London

Byrom S, Edwards G, Bick D (2009) Essential Midwifery Practice: Postnatal Care Blackwell London

Walsh D, Byrom S (2009) Birth Stories for the Soul Blackwell London

Byrom S, Downe S, Simpson L (2010) Expertise, Leadership and Collaborative Working Blackwell London

Byrom S, Downe S (2015) The Roar Behind the Silence Pinter and Martin London

Sheena and Anna – Joint Publications

Byrom S, Downe S, and Byrom A (2010) Transformational Leadership and Midwifery: A nested narrative review, in Downe S, Byrom S and Simpson L (eds) Leadership, Expertise and Collaborative Working, Blackwell publishing, Oxford pp 23-43.

Byrom S, Byrom A, Downe S (2011) Transformational Leadership and Midwifery: a nested narrative review In: (Eds) Downe S, Byrom S, Simpson L. Essential Midwifery Practice: Leadership, Expertise and Collaborative Working. Blackwell Publishing, London

Byrom S, Byrom A (2014) Social media: connecting women and midwives globally MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, vol 24, no 2, June 2014, pp 141-149

Byrom S, Byrom A (2017) Around the world in 80 tweets—social media and midwifery. In (Eds) Luce A, Hundley V, vanTeijlingen E.  Media and Midwifery, London: Palgrave.

Byrom S, Byrom A  (2017) Choice, childbearing and maternity care – the choice agenda and place of birth. In  (Eds) Macdonald, S Johnson, G Mayes Midwifery Pages 573-585  Balliere Tindall Elsevier, Edinburgh and London