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Employment (11)

Swansea University: Swansea, GB

2022-11-01 to present | Senior Lecturer (School of Health and Social Care)
Employment
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Aimee Grant

Swansea University: Swansea, Swansea, GB

2021-03-20 to 2022-10-31 | Senior Research Officer: Infant Feeding (Human and Health Sciences)
Employment
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Aimee Grant

Cardiff University: Cardiff, GB

2016-01-05 to 2019-11 | Research Associate (Centre for Trials Research)
Employment
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Aimee Grant

Cardiff University: Cardiff, GB

2013-11-04 to 2016-03 | Research Fellow (School of Medicine)
Employment
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Aimee Grant

Cardiff University: Cardiff, Wales, GB

2013 to 2013 | University Teacher (Lifelong Learning)
Employment
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Aimee Grant

Public Health Wales NHS Trust: Cardiff, Wales, GB

2012 to 2013 | Senior Health Promotion Practitioner (Policy, Research and Development)
Employment
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Aimee Grant

Action on Smoking and Health Wales: Cardiff, GB

2011 to 2012 | Research and Policy Officer
Employment
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Aimee Grant

University of Glamorgan: Cardiff, GB

2011 to 2011 | Research Assistant (Policy and Enterprise in Creative Industry)
Employment
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Aimee Grant

Cardiff University: Cardiff, Wales, GB

2011 to 2011 | Research Assistant (School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies)
Employment
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Aimee Grant

Cardiff University: Cardiff, Wales, GB

2007 to 2011 | Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (Social Sciences)
Employment
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Aimee Grant

Scottish Government: Edinburgh, Scotland, GB

2010 to 2010 | ESRC Intern (Equalities Research)
Employment
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Aimee Grant

Education and qualifications (4)

Sheffield Hallam University: Sheffield, England, GB

2023 to 2024 | PGCert Autism (distinction
Education
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Aimee Grant

Cardiff University: Cardiff, Wales, GB

2007 to 2011 | PhD Social Policy (Social Sciences)
Education
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Aimee Grant

Cardiff University: Cardiff, Wales, GB

2006 to 2007 | MSc Social Science Research Methods (Social Sciences)
Education
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Aimee Grant

Cardiff University: Cardiff, Wales, GB

2003 to 2006 | BSc (Econ) Criminology and Social Policy (1st class hons) (Social Sciences)
Education
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Aimee Grant

Professional activities (6)

Autism In Adulthood (journal): Portland, US

2024-05 to present | Deputy Editor
Invited position
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Aimee Grant

Disability Wales: Cardiff, GB

2023-08 to present | Director & trustee
Invited position
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Aimee Grant

Sense: London, GB

2024-11 | Campaigner of the Year
Distinction
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Aimee Grant

Autism CRC: Brisbane, Queensland, AU

2024 | Inclusive Research Practice Award
Distinction
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Aimee Grant

Shaw Trust: Bristol, England, GB

2023 | Disability Power 100 (STEM)
Distinction
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Aimee Grant

Health and Care Research Wales: Cardiff, Wales, GB

2021 | Rising Research Star Award: Highly Commended
Distinction
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Aimee Grant

Funding (15)

Moving away from tragedy narratives of Autism by exploring Autistic joy online: a social media analysis of performativity and network-building

2024-10 to 2025-06 | Grant
Morgan Studies Advanced Institute (Swansea, GB)
Source: Self-asserted source
Aimee Grant

Should infant formula be available at UK food banks? Evaluating different pathways to ensuring parents in financial crisis can access infant formula.

2024-04-24 to 2025-08-30 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: MR/Z503575/1
Source: Self-asserted source
Aimee Grant via DimensionsWizard

Improving UK breastfeeding duration:salutogenic evaluation of English regional success to codevelop community-based breastfeeding support intervention

2022-12-01 to 2024-02-29 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: MR/X503009/1
Source: Self-asserted source
Aimee Grant via DimensionsWizard

Autism from menstruation to menopause: Participatory community led qualitative longitudinal research to understand Autistic reproductive experiences throughout the life course and improve healthcare services

2022-11-01 to 2030-10-31 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

225274/Z/22/Z

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Aimee Grant via DimensionsWizard

Developing prenatal resources for Autistic people

2022-10 to 2023-07 | Grant
HEFCW (Cardiff, Wales, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

Research Wales Innovation Fund (1 of 2)

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Aimee Grant

Finding the right formula: Establishing the feasibility of doing science in the home to assess the safety of Powdered Infant Formula preparation

2021-11-16 to 2023-03-30 | Grant
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/W009188/1
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Aimee Grant via DimensionsWizard

Autism healthcare passports for maternity services: a literature review and qualitative survey

2021-09 to 2022-06 | Grant
Healthcare Technology Centre (Swansea, GB)
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Aimee Grant

Qualitative systematic review of Autistic Women’s experiences of breastfeeding in public

2021-04 to 2021-09 | Grant
HEFCW (Cardiff, Wales, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

Research Wales Innovation Fund (2 of 2)

Source: Self-asserted source
Aimee Grant

The feasibility and acceptability of a planned pre-pregnancy weight loss intervention: the Plan-it study

2018 to 2020 | Grant
National Institute for Health Research (London, England, GB)
Source: Self-asserted source
Aimee Grant

Understanding barriers to public breastfeeding: a socio-ecological understanding of infant feeding within public space using participatory visual and ethnographic methods to facilitate future intervention development

2017-10 to 2019-04 | Award
Wellcome Trust (London, England, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

105613/Z/14/Z

Source: Self-asserted source
Aimee Grant

Contextualising deprived women’s risky health behaviours within pregnancy: a qualitative longitudinal study using visual methods to inform future intervention codevelopment

2016 to 2017 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, England, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

105613/Z/14/Z

Source: Self-asserted source
Aimee Grant

A novel peer-support intervention using Motivational Interviewing for breastfeeding maintenance: a UK feasibility study

2014 to 2016 | Grant
National Institute for Health Research (London, England, GB)
Source: Self-asserted source
Aimee Grant

An independent evaluation of The Filter youth smoking prevention and cessation service

2014 to 2015 | Grant
Action on Smoking and Health Wales (Cardiff, GB)
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Aimee Grant

Adapting and piloting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to Frank drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST Frank): an exploratory trial

2013 to 2016 | Grant
National Institute for Health Research (London, England, GB)
Source: Self-asserted source
Aimee Grant

Exploring Pathways to Work for Incapacity Benefit Claimants

2006-09 to 2011-01 | Award
ESRC (Swindon, England, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTA-031-2006-00079

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Aimee Grant

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“I felt belittled and ridiculed for being in pain”: An online survey of Autistic people's experience of care for pregnancy loss (perinatal loss) in the United Kingdom✰

Midwifery
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Catrin Griffiths; Kathryn Williams; Amy E. Brown
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“Running on goodwill and fairydust” – Midwives' experiences of facilitating and delivering local breastfeeding support via Facebook groups: A qualitative descriptive study

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
2025-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0952-3871
Part of ISSN: 1365-277X
Contributors: Holly Morse; Amy Brown; Aimee Grant
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Aimee Grant

“I Just Gritted My Teeth to Get Through It All”: An Online Survey of Autistic People’s Experiences of Maternity Care in the United Kingdom

Autism in Adulthood
2025-02-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Catrin Griffiths; Kathryn Williams; Amy Brown
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The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Community Science Approach to Explore Infant Formula Preparation Safety in the Home

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
2025-01-09 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2057-4991
Contributors: Sara Jones; Jonie Cooper; Abbie Dolling; Tara McNamara; Susan Dvorak; Victoria Sibson; Amy Brown; Emma Yhnell; Phyllis Buchanan; Sharon Breward et al.
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Aimee Grant

Co-developing an Autism Research Funding Application to Facilitate Ethical and Participatory Research: The Autism from Menstruation to Menopause Project

2024 | Book chapter
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Kathryn Williams; Karen Henry; Willow Holloway; Christina Nicolaidis; Helen Kara; Amy Brown
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Participatory longitudinal qualitative interview study to understand Autistic gynaecological and obstetric health: the Autism from menstruation to menopause study protocol

BMJ Open
2024-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Gemma L Williams; Harriet Axbey; Abigail Wilkins; Ellen Firth; Hazel Lim; Helen Cave; Kathryn Williams; Kay Ribbons; Madeleine Sinfield et al.
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“I am afraid of being treated badly if I show it”: A cross-sectional study of healthcare accessibility and Autism Health Passports among UK Autistic adults

PLOS ONE
2024-05-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Emily Lund; Sarah Turner; Sebastian C. K. Shaw; Kathryn Williams; Hayley Morgan; Rebecca Ellis; Amy Brown
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‘Building our own house’ as an insider-only Community-Partnered Participatory Research Council: Co-creating a safe space for Autistic knowledge production

Autism
2024-05-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Gemma L Williams; Rebecca Ellis; Willow Holloway; Selena Caemawr; Monique Craine; Kathryn Williams; Aimee Grant
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Analysing Data With Members of a Stigmatised Community: Experiences, Reflections and Recommendations for Best Practice From the Finding the Formula Community Analysis Group

International Journal of Qualitative Methods
2024-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Tara McNamara; Jonie Cooper; Susan Dvorak; Abbie Dolling; Rebecca Ellis; Carol McIntyre; Sara Jones; Amy Brown
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The safety of at home powdered infant formula preparation: A community science project

Maternal & Child Nutrition
2024-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1740-8695
Part of ISSN: 1740-8709
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Sara Jones; Vicky Sibson; Rebecca Ellis; Abbie Dolling; Tara McNamara; Jonie Cooper; Susan Dvorak; Sharon Breward; Phyll Buchanan et al.
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Aimee Grant

“It felt like I had an old fashioned telephone ringing in my breasts”: An online survey of UK Autistic birthing parents' experiences of infant feeding

Maternal & Child Nutrition
2024-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1740-8695
Part of ISSN: 1740-8709
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Catrin Griffiths; Kathryn Williams; Amy Brown; Aimee Grant
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Aimee Grant

Scroungers, shirkers and the sick: disability and welfare in the 21st century

Diversity and Welfare Provision
2024-01-11 | Book chapter
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Aimee Grant
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Aimee Grant

A realist review of health passports for Autistic adults

PLOS ONE
2023-09-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Rebecca Ellis; Ali B. Mahmoud; Kathryn Williams; Amy Brown; Eleanor Healer; Aimee Grant
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Breastfeeding in the pandemic: A qualitative analysis of breastfeeding experiences among mothers from Canada and the United Kingdom

Women and Birth
2023-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1871-5192
Contributors: Sarah Turner; Meredith Brockway; Meghan B. Azad; Aimee Grant; Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen; Amy Brown; Aimee Grant
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Aimee Grant

Miscarriage and Curtains: A phenomenological autoethnography of curtains, privacy, and loss in an Early Pregnancy Unit in the UK

Geoforum
2023-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-7185
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Aimee Grant
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Aimee Grant

Unmet need, epistemic injustice and early death: how social policy for Autistic adults in England and Wales fails to slay Beveridge’s Five Giants

Social Policy Review 35
2023-06-30 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781447369219
Part of ISBN: 9781447369189
Part of ISBN: 9781447369189
Part of ISBN: 9781447369196
Part of ISBN: 9781447369202
Part of ISBN: 9781447369219
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Gemma Williams; Kathryn Williams; Richard Woods; Aimee Grant
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Aimee Grant

Breastfeeding sick children in hospital: Exploring the experiences of mothers in UK paediatric wards

Maternal & Child Nutrition
2023-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1740-8695
Part of ISSN: 1740-8709
Contributors: Lyndsey Hookway; Amy Brown; Aimee Grant; Aimee Grant
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Aimee Grant

A hostile context, very limited intervention theory and almost no change in outcomes: findings from a systematic realist review of health passports for Autistic adults

2022-12-05 | Preprint
Contributors: Rebecca Ellis; Kathryn Williams; Amy Brown; Eleanor Healer; Aimee Grant
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Identities of women who have an autoimmune rheumatic disease [ARD] during pregnancy planning, pregnancy and early parenting: A qualitative study

PLOS ONE
2022-11-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Denitza Williams; Bethan Pell; Aimee Grant; Julia Sanders; Ann Taylor; Adrian Edwards; Ernest Choy; Rhiannon Phillips; Aimee Grant
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Aimee Grant

Views and experience of breastfeeding in public: A qualitative systematic review

Maternal & Child Nutrition
2022-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Bethan Pell; Lauren Copeland; Amy Brown; Rebecca Ellis; Delyth Morris; Denitza Williams; Rhiannon Phillips
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Autistic women’s views and experiences of infant feeding: A systematic review of qualitative evidence

Autism
2022-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Sara Jones; Kathryn Williams; Jennifer Leigh; Amy Brown
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Breastfeeding, social work and the rights of infants who have been removed

Qualitative Social Work
2022-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-3250
Part of ISSN: 1741-3117
Contributors: Ariane Critchley; Aimee Grant; Amy Brown; Lisa Morriss; Aimee Grant
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Aimee Grant

Development, implementation and evaluation of an early warning system improvement programme for children in hospital: the PUMA mixed-methods study

Health and Social Care Delivery Research
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Davina Allen; Amy Lloyd; Dawn Edwards; Aimee Grant; Kerenza Hood; Chao Huang; Jacqueline Hughes; Nina Jacob; David Lacy; Yvonne Moriarty et al.
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Doing your research project with documents

Policy Press
2021 | Book
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Aimee Grant

Breasts and the city: an urban ethnography of infant feeding in public spaces within Cardiff, United Kingdom

International Breastfeeding Journal
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Aimee Grant
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Considering the Autistic advantage in qualitative research: the strengths of Autistic researchers

Contemporary Social Science
2021-12-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Helen Kara
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An ‘incredible community’ or ‘disgusting’ and ‘weird’? Representations of breastmilk sharing in worldwide news media

Maternal & Child Nutrition
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Sally Dowling; Aimee Grant
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Documents as data: burrowing into the heart of educational institutions.

Handbook of Qualitative Research in Education
2020 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978 1 78897 714 2
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Aimee Grant

Using Visual Timelines in Telephone Interviews: Reflections and Lessons Learned From the Star Family Study.

International journal of qualitative methods
2020-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Pell B; Williams D; Phillips R; Sanders J; Edwards A; Choy E; Grant A
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Aimee Grant via Europe PubMed Central

Doing EXCELLENT social research with documents

Routledge
2019 | Book
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Aimee Grant

Understanding health behaviour in pregnancy and infant feeding intentions in low-income women from the UK through qualitative visual methods and application to the COM-B (Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behaviour) model

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2019-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Melanie Morgan; Dawn Mannay; Dunla Gallagher
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"Nobody knows, or seems to know how rheumatology and breastfeeding works": Women's experiences of breastfeeding whilst managing a long-term limiting condition - A qualitative visual methods study.

Midwifery
2019-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Williams D; Webber J; Pell B; Grant A; Sanders J; Choy E; Edwards A; Taylor A; Wu MC; Phillips R
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Aimee Grant via Europe PubMed Central

Participant-created documents as an elicitation tool: Things we might not have otherwise been told

2019-04 | Book chapter
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Aimee Grant
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Feasibility and acceptability of a motivational interviewing breastfeeding peer support intervention

Maternal & Child Nutrition
2019-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Lauren Copeland; Laura Merrett; Cheryl McQuire; Aimee Grant; Nina Gobat; Sally Tedstone; Rebecca Playle; Sue Channon; Julia Sanders; Rhiannon Phillips et al.
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). ‘Watching what I’m doing, watching how I’m doing it’: Exploring the everyday experiences of marginalised young mothers in low-income locales.

Marginalized Mothers, Mothering from the Margins.
2018 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781787564008
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Aimee Grant

Shock and Offence Online: The Role of Emotion in Participant Absent Research

Emotion and the Researcher: Sites, Subjectivities and Relationships
2018 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781787146129
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Aimee Grant

Smoking during pregnancy, stigma and secrets: Visual methods exploration in the UK.

Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
2018-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Grant A; Morgan M; Gallagher D; Mannay D
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Aimee Grant via Europe PubMed Central

A prospective, mixed-methods, before and after study to identify the evidence base for the core components of an effective Paediatric Early Warning System and the development of an implementation package containing those core recommendations for use in the UK: Paediatric early warning system - utilisation and mortality avoidance- the PUMA study protocol.

BMC pediatrics
2018-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Thomas-Jones E; Lloyd A; Roland D; Sefton G; Tume L; Hood K; Huang C; Edwards D; Oliver A; Skone R et al.
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Aimee Grant via Europe PubMed Central

Identifying the unmet information and support needs of women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during pregnancy planning, pregnancy and early parenting: mixed-methods study.

BMC rheumatology
2018-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Phillips R; Pell B; Grant A; Bowen D; Sanders J; Taylor A; Edwards A; Choy E; Williams D
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Aimee Grant via Europe PubMed Central

Reaching a consensus on research priorities for supporting women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during pre-conception, pregnancy and early parenting: A Nominal Group Technique exercise with lay and professional stakeholders.

Wellcome open research
2018-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Phillips R; Williams D; Bowen D; Morris D; Grant A; Pell B; Sanders J; Taylor A; Choy E; Edwards A
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Aimee Grant via Europe PubMed Central

Development of a novel motivational interviewing (MI) informed peer-support intervention to support mothers to breastfeed for longer.

BMC pregnancy and childbirth
2018-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Phillips R; Copeland L; Grant A; Sanders J; Gobat N; Tedstone S; Stanton H; Merrett L; Rollnick S; Robling M et al.
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Aimee Grant via Europe PubMed Central

A realist review of one‐to‐one breastfeeding peer support experiments conducted in developed country settings

Maternal & Child Nutrition
2018-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Heather Trickey; Gill Thomson; Aimee Grant; Julia Sanders; Mala Mann; Simon Murphy; Shantini Paranjothy
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Availability of breastfeeding peer support in the United Kingdom: A cross‐sectional study

Maternal & Child Nutrition
2018-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Aimee Grant; Kirsten McEwan; Sally Tedstone; Giles Greene; Lauren Copeland; Billie Hunter; Julia Sanders; Rhiannon Phillips; Amy Brown; Mike Robling et al.
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'People try and police your behaviour': the impact of surveillance on mothers and grandmothers' perceptions and experiences of infant feeding

Families, Relationships and Societies
2017 | Journal article
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Aimee Grant

A novel peer- motivational interviewing for breastfeeding maintenance: a UK feasibility study

NIHR Health Technology Assessment Journal
2017 | Book
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Aimee Grant

Parent perceptions of flu illness and their decision-making process regarding the nasal flu vaccine for children: a UK mixed-method study

Nursing Children and Young People
2017 | Journal article
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Aimee Grant

Negotiating Closed Doors and Constraining Deadlines: The Potential of Visual Ethnography to Effectually Explore Private and Public Spaces of Motherhood and Parenting.

Journal of contemporary ethnography
2017-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Mannay D; Creaghan J; Gallagher D; Marzella R; Mason S; Morgan M; Grant A
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Aimee Grant via Europe PubMed Central

“I Don’t Want You Sitting Next to Me”

International Journal of Qualitative Methods
2017-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Aimee Grant
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Adapting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to FRANK drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST + FRANK): intervention development, refinement and a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial

2017-10 | Book
Contributors: White J; Hawkins J; Madden K; Grant A; Er V; Angel L; Pickles T; Kelson M; Fletcher A; Murphy S et al.
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Aimee Grant via Europe PubMed Central

Print media representations of UK Accident and Emergency treatment targets: Winter 2014-2015.

Journal of clinical nursing
2017-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Grant A; Hoyle L
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Aimee Grant via Europe PubMed Central
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