Pat Jones
Senior Lecturer
Maternal and Child Health
University of Huddersfield
United Kingdom
Biography
I was appointed as Head of Maternal and Child Health in September 2014 in the School of Human and Health Sciences, having previously worked as the Head of Postgraduate Provision since 2010 and prior to this as a Senior Lecturer in Midwifery. I qualified as a midwife in 1984 and have also gained the BSc (Hons) Nursing with Education in 1994 (University of Huddersfield) and MA Health Care Ethics in 1998 (Leeds University). I have also undertaken the Examination of the Newborn Course (ENB N96) in 2000 (Sheffield University). Prior to working as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield in 1996, I worked as a midwifery lecturer at Bradford University (1989-1996).
Research Interest
PhD: An exploration of ambulance transfer for labouring women where birth is planned at home or in a free-standing birth centre (current) 'My Baby’s Birth Centre' (MYBCC) - Developing Midwife-Led Care: An Action Research Study (2013-2015) A study to evaluate the impact of grading clinical practice in midwifery (2008) A study to evaluate the implications of a local birth centre on midwives and women (2004)
Publications
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Deery, R., Jones, P. and Phillips, M. (2007) ‘Women in the driving seat: birth centre insights’ Practising Midwife , 10 (5), pp. 23-27. ISSN 1461-3123
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Jones, P. and Marshall, J. (2015) ‘Relationships between university and practice, and the role of the link lecturer’ The Practising Midwife , 18 (2), pp. 38-41. ISSN 1461-3123
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Marshall, J. and Jones, P. (2015) ‘Developing midwife-led care to support normal birth: an action research study’. In: Normal Labour & Birth, 15th - 17th June 2015, Grange Over Sands, Lake District
