Mrs Jeanne Lythgoe

School of Health & Society

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Contact Details

University of Salford
Mary Seacole Building Room MS3.70
Fredrick Road Campus
Salford
M6 6NY

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07847895073

Current positions

Senior Lecturer

Biography

I joined the University of Salford in 2010 as a Lecturer of Midwifery having spent 28 years in midwifery practice, education, management and research. I qualified as a nurse in 1982 in Salford and after working as a staff nurse in a heart care unit and on a medical ward for two years trained as a midwife. My midwifery experience covers all aspects of the role, with her main areas of interest being: public health (safeguarding, domestic abuse) perinatal & infant mental health, neonatal health, community midwifery, user engagement, low risk birth settings, acupuncture & research. My career has led me to fulfil many roles prior to my current role as Senior Lecturer; Lecturer Practitioner, Sure Start /Public Health Lead and Lead Midwifery for Education. Within these and my present role I have instigated new ways of working through innovation, developing public health services, midwifery practice models, teaching and assessment methods and research projects.

Current role and responsibilities
As a Senior Lecturer, I am Programme Leader for the Postgraduate MSc Midwifery & single modules, Leading Perinatal Mental Health education at the University of Salford. I also supervise PhD & MSc dissertations, having 4 PhD students who have successfully gained their PhD. I am currently supervises 3 PhD students. I teach on both undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes.
As a researcher I have been:
i) Principle investigator on an evaluation of a HomeStart Project ‘Startwell’ 2201-23, aiming to increase non-white British volunteers and coordinators for Homestart, increasing uptake of services by non-white families
ii) Co- Investigator on a £600,000 funded project focused on neonatal skin care working with a commercial company surveying the use/effectiveness of baby wipes within Grt. Manchester 2020-22
iii) Principle Investigator of a project funded by Grt. Manchester Perinatal Mental Health Strategic Network evaluating the impact of the education opportunities provided over the last 2 years -2019
iv) Worked in partnership with Home Start to train and evaluate the experiences of volunteers offering support to pregnant women. This is a new innovation for Home Start which commenced in August 2017, focused on supporting pregnant women with complex needs including perinatal mental health problems.
v) Working in partnership with Salford Bolton & Wigan Better Births Pioneer Team to evaluate the implementation of Personalised Maternity Care Budgets. Communicating with pregnant and newly delivered parents via the development of a Facebook site ‘Voices for Better Births’, developing opportunities for user feedback and the exchange of ideas & information 2017

From September 2019- 2022 I was a member of the University of Salford Research & Enterprise Committee. I sit on the University of Salford Ethics Committee for staff. I am a University Link Lecturer for Bolton Foundation Trust.
From September 2015 to September 2016 I held the role of Lead Midwife for Education (LME) for the University of Salford.
From 2009- 2014 I sat on the members council for British Medical Acupuncture Council and continues to lead the Manchester Acupuncture Group. I ran an acupuncture clinic for pregnant women within the NHS for 10 years from 2006- 2018.

I a m a peer reviewer for the journals ‘Midwifery’, British journal of Midwifery and ‘The Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine’.

Areas of Research

Public Health- Perinatal Mental Health, Domestic Abuse, Infant Feeding/Breastfeeding
Acupuncture
Physiological Birth
Exercise in Pregnancy

Areas of Supervision

Acupuncture, Midwifery, Public Health

Teaching Qualifications and Recognitions Publications

Teaching

As a Senior Lecturer, I am Programme Leader for the Postgraduate MSc Midwifery & single modules, Leading Perinatal Mental Health education at the University of Salford.
I teach undergraduate & postgraduate students leading modules at both levels
I am passionate about providing support for our student midwives and developing dynamic teaching opportunities within the class activities, via high fidelity simulation & on-line activities.
I also supervise PhD & MSc dissertations, having 4 PhD students who have successfully gained their PhD. I am currently supervises 3 PhD students. I teach on both undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes.

Qualifications and Recognitions

Qualifications

  • Professional Doctorate

    2010 - 2015

  • Practitioner Research

    2000 - 2003

  • Health Studies

    1991 - 1993

Recognitions

  • Registered Midwife & Registered Adult Nurse

Publications

Publications

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