Staff Profile
Catherine McParlin
Associate Researcher
- Email: catherine.mcparlin@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 2088205/07810643796
- Address: Room 3.051, Leech Building,
Framlington Place,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE2 4HH
Background
Senior Research Midwife with a PhD in ‘Physical Activity Behaviour in overweight and obese pregnant women’ and Masters in Public Health/health services research. Co-investigator on the NIHR/HTA funded EmPOWER study (EMesis in Pregnancy, Ondansetron With mEtoclopramide)
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Publications
- Heslehurst N, Rankin J, McParlin C, Sniehotta FF, Howel D, Rice S, McColl E. GestationaL Obesity Weight management: Implementation of National Guidelines (GLOWING): A pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a guideline implementation intervention for the management of maternal obesity by midwives. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2018, (4), 47.
- Hodson K, Dalla Man C, Smith FE, Barnes A, McParlin C, Cobelli C, Robson SC, Araújo-Soares V, Taylor R. Liver triacylglycerol content and gestational diabetes: effects of moderate energy restriction. Diabetologia 2017, 60(2), 306-313.
- McParlin C, Carrick-Sen D, Steen IN, Robson SC. Hyperemesis in Pregnancy Study: a pilot randomised controlled trial of midwife-led outpatient care. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 2016, 200, 6-10.
- McParlin C, O'Donnell A, Robson SC, Beyer F, Moloney E, Bryant A, Bradley J, Muirhead CR, Nelson-Piercy C, Newbury-Birch D, Norman J, Shaw C, Simpson E, Swallow B, Yates L, Vale L. Treatments for Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Medical Association 2016, 316(13), 1392-1401.
- O'Donnell A, McParlin C, Robson SC, Beyer F, Moloney E, Bryant A, Bradley J, Muirhead C, Nelson-Piercy C, Newbury-Birch D, Norman J, Simpson E, Swallow B, Yates L, Vale L. Treatments for hyperemesis gravidarum and nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: a systematic review and economic assessment. London: NIHR Journals Library, 2016. Health Technology Assessment.
- Hodson K, McParlin C, Araujo-Soares V, Robson S, Taylor R. WEight Loss Looking for BAbe and mother's BEtter outcome (WELLBABE) study. In: British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society (BMFMS) 18th Annual Conference. 2016, Birmingham: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- McParlin C, Bell R, Robson SC, Muirhead CR, Araujo-Soares V. What helps or hinders midwives to implement physical activity guidelines for obese pregnant women? A questionnaire survey using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Midwifery 2017, 49, 110-116.
- McParlin C, Araujo-Soares V, Hodson K, Taylor R, Robson S. Women's experience of participating in a reduced calorie diet following diagnosis of gestational diabetes. In: British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society (BMFMS) 18th Annual Conference. 2016, Birmingham: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- McParlin C, O'Donnell A, Robson S, Beyer F, Moloney E, Bryant A, Bradley J, Muirhead C, Nelson-Peircey C, Newbury-Birch D, Norman J, Simpson E, Swallow B, Yates L, Vale L. A systematic review of the clinical-effectiveness of interventions for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. In: British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society (BMFMS) 17th Annual Conference 2015. 2015, London, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Bell R, Tennant PWG, McParlin C, Pearce MS, Adamson AJ, Rankin J, Robson SC. Measuring physical activity in pregnancy: a comparison of accelerometry and self completion questionnaires in overweight and obese women. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 2013, 170(1), 90-95.
- Hayes L, Kinnunen T, Robson S, McParlin C, Poston L, Bell R. Factors associated with level of physical activity in obese pregnant women participating in the Upbeat pilot trial [Abstract]. In: 15th Annual Conference of the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society. 2012, Glasgow, UK: BMJ Group.