Partner publications

Discover a range of publications produced in collaboration with our partners, where the iHV has played a key role in providing expert advice, leadership, or seconded input. These papers showcase the strength of cross-organisational partnerships in advancing health visiting practice. By working together, we drive evidence-based solutions and promote better outcomes for babies, children, and families in diverse communities.

2025

Baldwin S, Azizpoor L, Keshani M, Sumpton W, McLouglin M, Donohoe K, Kemp L. The Infant to School programme: supporting school readiness in children and developing community nursery nurses within health visiting teams, Journal of Public Health, 2025;, fdaf155, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaf155
Baldwin S, Eaton J, Harvey C, Le Conte N, Wiskin V, Sumpton W, Kemp L, (2025) Strengthening family support by integrating mental health practitioners into Jersey and Guernsey MECSH health visiting teams. Journal of Family and Child Health 2(11): 476-485. https://doi.org/10.12968/jfch.2025.2.11.476
Anderson M, Baldwin S, Rayment-Jones H, Challacombe FL. The impact of general anaesthetic caesarean section on parental mental health & infant bonding: A scoping review. Midwifery. 2025 Dec;151:104630. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2025.104630. Epub 2025 Oct 10. PMID: 41129867. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41129867/
Woodman J, Clery A, Saloniki E-C, Kendall S, Cassidy R, Cavallaro F, Bedford H, Bunting C, McGrath-Lone L, Atkins J, Harron K. National Institute for Health Research Policy Research Programme Project: Evaluation of the 0-5 Public Health Investment in England: a mixed methods study integrating analyses of national linked administrative data with in-depth case studies (June 2025) (need to add bitly link that we created)
Cann H, Ingram L, Rao Z, Stoianov D, Barlow J, Powell C, Capelas B, Holmes L, Fearon P, Woodman J. Start for Life Outcomes Framework: identifying candidate indicators.
Online: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/children-policy-research/sites/children_policy_research/files/start_for_life_outcomes_framework_report.pdf (March 2025)
Bunting C, Clery A, McGrath-Lone L, Liu M, Kendall S, Bedford H, Cavallaro F, Saloniki EC, Harron K, Woodman J. How does health visiting in the first year of life vary by family characteristics? A longitudinal analysis of administrative data. Journal of Public Health. 2025;47(1):82-89. https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/47/1/82/7758749
Jung J, Cattan S, Powell C, Barlow, J, Liu M, Clery A, McGrath Lone L, Bunting C, Woodman J. Early child development in England: Cross-sectional analysis of ASQ®-3 records from the 2-2½-year universal health visiting review using national administrative data (Community Service Dataset, CSDS). International Journal of Population Data Science. 2025;9(2):14. https://ijpds.org/article/view/2459

2024

Lysons JL, Mendez Pineda R, Aquino MRJ, Cann H, Fearon P, Kendall S, Kirman J, Woodman J. What do parents, professionals and policy colleagues want from a universal assessment of child development in the early years? A qualitative study in England. BMJ Open. 2024;14:e091080. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39653578/
Harron K, Kendall S, Bunting C, Cassidy R, Atkins J, Clery A, Saloniki EC, Cavallaro F, Bedford H, McGrath Lone L, Liu M, Woodman J. How should policymakers, funders, and research teams mobilize to build the evidence base on universal early years services? Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2024;25:e67. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39655521/
Clery A, Harron K, Bedford H, Woodman J. “All the changes drain the life out of you”: a qualitative study of variation in health visiting across three local areas across England. Center for Open Science. Published online 2024. https://osf.io/preprints/osf/qc8hw_v1
Clery A, Bunting C, Liu M, Harron K, Woodman J, McGrath Lone L. Can administrative data be used to research health visiting in England? A completeness assessment of the Community Services Dataset. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2024;9(1):16. https://www.ijpds.org/article/view/2385
Baldwin S, Opoku Y. (2024) Fathers’ experiences of the Maternal and Early Childhood Sustained Home visiting (MECSH) programme: A service user’s perspective. Journal of Health Visiting, 12(4):152-156. https://www.familyandchildhealth.com/content/case-study/fathers-experiences-of-the-maternal-and-early-childhood-sustained-home-visiting-mecsh-programme-a-service-users-perspective
Liu M, Woodman J, McGrath-Lone L, Clery A, Bunting C, Bennett S, Kendall S, Kirman J, Weatherly H, Barlow J, Bedford H, Harron K. Local area variation in health visiting contacts across England for children under age 5: a cross-sectional analysis of administrative data in England 2018-2020. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2024;9(2):02. https://ijpds.org/article/view/2382
Powell C, Barlow J, Cattan S, Jung J, Woodman J. Improving data completeness in the Community Services Dataset (CSDS): a focus on the Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ). Online: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/children-policy-research/sites/children_policy_research/files/at_a_glance_-_improving_data_completeness_in_the_community_services_dataset_-_a_focus_on_the_asq.pdf (May 2024)
Barrett S, Barlow J, Cann H, Pease A, Shiells K, Woodman J, McGovern R. Parental decision making about safer sleep practices: A qualitative study of the perspectives of families with additional health and social care needs. PLoS One. 2024;19(3):e0298383. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298383
Shiells K, Cann H, Pease, A, McGovern R, Woodman J, Barrett S, Barlow J. A Behaviour Change Analysis of Safer Sleep Interventions for Infants at Risk of Sudden and Unexpected Death. Child Abuse Review, 2024; 33(2), e2860. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2860
Baldwin S, Sumpton W, Hook B, Kemp L, (2024) Infant 2 School: A structured health promotion programme for community nursery nurses. Journal of Health Visiting, 12(1):20-26.

2023

Shiells K, Barrett S, Cann H, McGovern R, Pease A, Woodman J, Barlow J. Promoting safer sleeping for babies in high-risk groups in England. Online at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/children-policy-research/sites/children_policy_research/files/promoting_safer_sleeping_for_babies_in_high-risk_groups_in_england_-_report_-_february_2023.pdf (February 2023)

2022

Woodman J, McGrath-Lone L, Clery A, Weatherly H, Jankovic D, Appleton J, Kirman J, Barlow J, Kendall S, Bennett S, Gilbert R, Harron K. Study protocol: a mixed-methods study to evaluate which health visiting models in England are most promising for mitigating the harms of adverse childhood experiences. BMJ Open. 2022;12:e066880. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9/e066880