Monday 1 – Sunday 7 May 2023 Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week is a week-long campaign dedicated to talking about mental health problems before, during and after pregnancy. The recent 2022 MBRRACE Report showed that maternal suicide remains the leading cause of direct maternal death. Unplanned pregnancies have been shown to be associated with maternal mental health, including increased levels

Participants in the P3 Study were asked a set of questions, known as the Reproductive Autonomy Scale. These questions were developed in the USA and so as part of the P3 Study we wanted to assess whether they worked here in the UK. Ms Eleanor Riches carried out this analysis as her MSc dissertation, under the supervision of Dr Hall

Our previous work has shown that the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy (DAP) Scale is suitable for use in the UK (published in July 2022, read more about it here), and has shown that it is highly predictive of pregnancy (published in October 2022, read more about it here). We have now gone on to consider the clinical use of the

Contraception (prevention of pregnancy) and preconception care (preparation for pregnancy) are two services that most people need during their reproductive life. However, service provision of preconception care is far from routine, despite the growing recognition that health before pregnancy is crucial. Using data from the P3 study, as well as a comprehensive review of the literature, case studies of current

What is Orchid? Orchid is the app that helps you take control of your reproductive health. The app guides you through a set of questions about your reproductive preferences and presents you with personalised results; a reproductive preference group, your likelihood of pregnancy in the next year and links to helpful and trustworthy resources. Why Orchid? We named the app

Following on from the first P3 paper where we checked whether the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy (DAP) Scale was suitable to use in UK (published in July 2022, read more about it here), we have now looked in more detail at how well the DAP predicts pregnancy within 12 months. Overall, our work shows that the DAP is excellent at

The P3 Study team are very happy to announce that the first paper from the P3 study has been published. This paper describes the steps we took to evaluate the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy (DAP) Scale for use within the UK. The DAP scale is a set of 14 questions, with 5 possible answers (ranging from strongly agree to strongly

The ELOPE-GDM study is currently recruiting women to join a patient and public involvement (PPI) group. What is the ELOPE-GDM study? ELOPE-GDM is a qualitative study exploring the lived experience of women with gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is diabetes that develops during pregnancy. Having gestational diabetes can increase a woman’s chance of going on to develop type 2 diabetes in

In 2021 the Government’s call for evidence to inform the development of the Women’s Health strategy received over 100,000 responses from the general public and over 400 responses from health experts. The call for evidence sought opinions on six key themes: Placing women’s voices at the centre of women’s health Improving information and education about women’s health Ensuring the care

The UK government has today (20th September 2021) announced that flour in the UK is to be fortified with folic acid, a move welcomed by the P3 Study team. This will help to prevent neural tube defects such as: Spina bifida – where the membranes around the spine do not close properly, which can problems with walking or controlling the bladder