Yvonne Kuipers

Professor Yvonne Kuipers is affiliated with the School of Health and Social Care at Edinburgh Napier University. She serves as a leading academic in the Maternal and Child Health and Wellbeing Research Group and Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research.

• Research Themes: Health, Culture and Communities, AI and Technologies
• Research Areas: Maternal and child health, Mental health, eHealth, Reproductive health, Transition to parenthood

Research Focus: Professor Kuipers investigates maternal mental health, perinatal emotional wellbeing, and transition to parenthood. Her work includes validating psychological assessment tools for pregnant/postpartum populations and analyzing the impact of global crises like the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mental health. She examines midwifery support models and develops interventions such as WazzUp Mama© for perinatal emotional distress prevention.

Academic Contributions: Recent publications focus on shared decision-making in perinatal care, reproductive potential denial in neonaticide cases, and GHQ-12 validation for antenatal emotional screening. Her studies span Belgium, Scotland, and international contexts.