Job Title
Associate Clinical Professor
Department
WMS - Health Sciences
Research Interests
Women's health, maternity and child health; Public health, inequalities and health improvement; Organisation and improvement of health systems; Health policy; The role of the workforce in health improvement.
Biography
Beck Taylor BMedSc MBChB MPH PhD FFPH joined Warwick Medical School in 2023. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in Public Health with nearly two decades of experience in public health medicine. She is a mixed methods researcher, and leads and contributes to a wide portfolio of multidisciplinary, cross-institutional research. She brings a public health perspective to investigating complex clinical, service and policy questions, particularly in maternity and women's health.
- Cross-Sudworth, Fiona, Taylor, Beck, Kenyon, Sara, 2024. Community postnatal care delivery in England since Covid-19 : a qualitative study of midwifery leaders' perspectives and strategies.. Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives, 37 (1), pp. 240-247
- Macdonald, Clare, MacGregor, Becky, Hillman, Sarah C., MacArthur, Christine, Bick, Debra, Taylor, Beck, 2023. Qualitative systematic review of general practitioners? (GPs?) views and experiences of providing postnatal care. BMJ Open, 13 (4)
- Kokab, Farina, Jones, Eleanor, Goodwin, Laura, Taylor, Beck, Kenyon, Sara, 2022. Community midwives views of postnatal care in the UK ; a descriptive qualitative study. Midwifery, 104
- Taylor, Beck, 2022. Effect of maternal multimorbidity on the risk of preterm birth : record-linkage study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 129 (S1)
- Lee, Siang Ing, Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Amaya, Agrawal, Utkarsh, Kennedy, Jonathan I., Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi Francis, Hope, Holly, Subramanian, Anuradhaa, Anand, Astha, Taylor, Beck, Nelson-Piercy, Catherine, Damase-Michel, Christine, Yau, Christopher, Crowe, Francesca, Santorelli, Gillian, Eastwood, Kelly-Ann, Vowles, Zoe, Loane, Maria, Moss, Ngawai, Brocklehurst, Peter, Plachcinski, Rachel et al (Select to open full list), 2022. Epidemiology of pre-existing multimorbidity in pregnant women in the UK in 2018 : a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22 (1)
- Taylor, Beck, Hewison, Alistair, Cross-Sudworth, Fiona, Morrell, Kevin, 2022. Transformational change in maternity services in England : a longitudinal qualitative study of a national transformation programme ?Early Adopter?. BMC Health Services Research, 22 (1)
- Leung, Charlotte, Olufunlayo, Tolulope, Olateju, Zahra, MacArthur, Christine, Taylor, Beck, 2022. Perceptions and experiences of maternity care workers during COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos State, Nigeria ; a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 22 (1)
- Curry, Leslie, Ayedun, Adeola, Cherlin, Emily, Taylor, Beck, Castle-Clarke, Sophie, Linnander, Erika, 2022. The role of leadership in times of systems disruption : a qualitative study of health and social care integration. BMJ Open, 12 (5)
- Thet Wai, Khin, Olateju, Zahra, Olufunlayo, Tolulope, MacArthur, Christine, Leung, Charlotte, Taylor, Beck, 2022. Community health workers experiences and perceptions of working during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos, Nigeria?a qualitative study. PLoS One, 17 (3)
- Lee, Siang Ing, Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Amaya, Agrawal, Utkarsh, Kennedy, Jonathan I, Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi Francis, Hope, Holly, Subramanian, Anuradhaa, Anand, Astha, Taylor, Beck, Nelson-Piercy, Catherine, Damase-Michel, Christine, Yau, Christopher, Crowe, Francesca, Santorelli, Gillian, Eastwood, Kelly-Ann, Vowles, Zoe, Loane, Maria, Moss, Ngawai, Brocklehurst, Peter, Plachcinski, Rachel et al (Select to open full list), 2021. Epidemiology of pre-existing multimorbidity in pregnant women in the UK in 2018 : a cross-sectional study. The Lancet, 398
- Lee, Siang Ing, Eastwood, Kelly-Ann, Moss, Ngawai, Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Amaya, Subramanian, Anuradhaa, Anand, Astha, Taylor, Beck, Nelson-Piercy, Catherine, Yau, Christopher, McCowan, Colin, O'Reilly, Dermot, Hope, Holly, Kennedy, Jonathan Ian, Abel, Kathryn Mary, Locock, Louise, Brocklehurst, Peter, Plachcinski, Rachel, Brophy, Sinead, Agrawal, Utkarsh, Thangaratinam, Shakila et al (Select to open full list), 2021. Protocol for the development of a core outcome set for studies of pregnant women with pre-existing multimorbidity. BMJ Open, 11 (10)
- Morad, Sharon, Pitches, David, Girling, Alan, Taylor, Beck, Fradd, Vikki, MacArthur, Christine, Kenyon, Sara, 2021. 24 hour consultant obstetrician presence on the labour ward and intrapartum outcomes in a large unit in England : a time series analysis. PLoS One, 16 (3)
- Kiguli, Juliet, Gardiner, Esme, Lai, Jo Freda, Khanna, Divya, Meza, Graciella, de Wildt, Gilles, Taylor, Beck, 2021. Exploring women?s decisions of where to give birth in the Peruvian Amazon ; why do women continue to give birth at home? A qualitative study. PLoS One, 16 (9)
- Guo, Pengfei, Xu, Dong, Liew, Zeyan, He, Hua, Brocklehurst, Peter, Taylor, Beck, Zhang, Chao, Jin, Xin, Gong, Wenjie, 2021. Adherence to traditional Chinese postpartum practices and postpartum depression : a cross-sectional study in Hunan, China. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12
- Jones, Eleanor, Stewart, Fiona, Taylor, Beck, Davis, Peter G., Brown, Stephanie J., 2021. Early postnatal discharge from hospital for healthy mothers and term infants. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021 (6)
- Yu, Min, Gong, Wenjie, Taylor, Beck, Cai, Yiyuan, Xu, Dong (Roman), 2020. Coping styles in pregnancy, their demographic and psychological influences, and their association with postpartum depression : a longitudinal study of women in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (10)
- Jones, Eleanor, Taylor, Beck, MacArthur, Christine, Bradshaw, Sally, Hope, Lucy, Cummins, Carole, 2020. Early postnatal discharge for infants : a meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 146 (3)
- Bradshaw, Sally, Bem, Danai, Shaw, Karen, Taylor, Beck, Chiswell, Christopher, Salama, Mary, Bassett, Eve, Kaur, Geetinder, Cummins, Carole, 2019. Improving health, wellbeing and parenting skills in parents of children with special health care needs and medical complexity ? a scoping review. BMC Pediatrics, 19 (1)
- Taylor, Beck, Mathers, Jonathan, Parry, Jayne, 2019. A conceptual framework for understanding the mechanism of action of community health workers services : the centrality of social support. Journal of Public Health, 41 (1), pp. 138-148
- Taylor, Beck, Cross-Sudworth, Fiona, Goodwin, Laura, Kenyon, Sara, MacArthur, Christine, 2019. Midwives? perspectives of continuity based working in the UK : a cross-sectional survey. Midwifery, 75, pp. 127-137
- Henshall, Catherine, Taylor, Beck, Goodwin, Laura, Farre, Albert, Jones, Miss Eleanor, Kenyon, Sara, 2018. Improving the quality and content of midwives? discussions with low-risk women about their options for place of birth : co-production and evaluation of an intervention package. Midwifery, 59, pp. 118-126
- Naylor Smith, Jo, Taylor, Beck, Shaw, Karen, Hewison, Alistair, Kenyon, Sara, 2018. ?I didn?t think you were allowed that, they didn?t mention that.? A qualitative study exploring women?s perceptions of home birth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18 (1)
- Taylor, Beck, Mathers, Jonathan, Parry, Jayne, 2018. Who are community health workers and what do they do? Development of an empirically derived reporting taxonomy. Journal of Public Health, 40 (1), pp. 199-209
- Jones, Eleanor, Taylor, Beck, Rudge, Gavin, MacArthur, Christine, Jyothish, Deepthi, Simkiss, Douglas E., Cummins, Carole, 2018. Hospitalisation after birth of infants : cross sectional analysis of potentially avoidable admissions across England using hospital episode statistics. BMC Pediatrics, 18 (1)
- Taylor, Beck, Henshall, Catherine, Kenyon, Sara, Litchfield, Ian, Greenfield, Sheila, 2018. Can rapid approaches to qualitative analysis deliver timely, valid findings to clinical leaders? A mixed methods study comparing rapid and thematic analysis. BMJ Open, 8 (10)
- Taylor, Beck, Henshall, Catherine, Goodwin, Laura, Kenyon, Sara, 2018. Task shifting Midwifery Support Workers as the second health worker at a home birth in the UK : a qualitative study. Midwifery, 62, pp. 109-115
- Goodwin, Laura, Taylor, Beck, Kokab, Farina, Kenyon, Sara, 2018. Postnatal care in the context of decreasing length of stay in hospital after birth : the perspectives of community midwives. Midwifery, 60, pp. 36-40
- Mathers, Jonathan, Taylor, Beck, Parry, Jayne, 2017. Measuring the impact of Health Trainers Services on health and health inequalities: does the service's data collection and reporting system provide reliable information?. Journal of Public Health, 39 (1), pp. 139-144
- Jones, Eleanor, Taylor, Beck, MacArthur, Christine, Pritchett, Ruth, Cummins, Carole, 2016. The effect of early postnatal discharge from hospital for women and infants : a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 5 (1)
- Henshall, Catherine, Taylor, Beck, Kenyon, Sara, 2016. A systematic review to examine the evidence regarding discussions by midwives, with women, around their options for where to give birth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16 (1)
- Sidhu, M., Gale, P., Gill, P, Marshall, T., Taylor, Beck, Jolly, K., 2014. A systematic review of lay-led group-based self-management interventions for minority-ethnic populations diagnosed with long term conditions in high income countries. , 2014;11(3):.. Diversity and equality in health and care, 11 (3), pp. 225-236
- Mathers, Jonathan, Taylor, Beck, Parry, Jayne, 2014. The challenge of implementing peer-led interventions in a professionalized health service : a case study of the National Health Trainers Service in England. Milbank Quarterly, 92 (4), pp. 725-753
- Mathers, Jonathan, Taylor, Beck, Parry, Jayne, 2012. Formulation and implemention of evidence-based public health policy in political environments : the health trainer service initiative in England. The Lancet, 380
- Thomas William, S., Taylor, Beck, Barrett, S., Janmohamed, K., 2011. Changes in HIV testing rates among patients with tuberculosis in a large multiethnic city in the UK. international Journal of STD & AIDS, 22 (12), pp. 748-750
- Taylor, Beck, Mathers, J., Atfield, T., Parry, J., 2011. What are the challenges to the Big Society in maintaining lay involvement in health improvement, and how can they be met?. Journal of Public Health, 33 (1), pp. 5-10
- Marshall, Tom, Taylor, Beck, Hothersall, Ellie, Pérez-Martín, Leticia, 2011. Plagiarism : a case study of quality improvement in a taught postgraduate programme. Medical Teacher, 33 (7), pp. e375-e381
- Ayorinde, Abimbola, Esan, Oluwaseun B., Buabeng, Rachael, Taylor, Beck, Salway, Sarah, 2023. Ethnic inequities in maternal health. BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIHR Doctoral Fellowship: British-Pakistani women with Gestational Diabetes: Understanding the antenatal and postnatal factors contributing to their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Jan 2025 | 30 Sept 2027 |
| NIHR HDRC Stage 2 lead by Coventry City Council: NIHR151356-Coventry Health Determinants Research Collboration | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Oct 2022 | 30 Sept 2027 |
| NIHR Health Reproductive Health Policy Research Unit 2024 - 2026. UCL Lead (Linked to Repro-Health:76254 & 80255 & 80211 & 82889) | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Jan 2024 | 31 Dec 2026 |
| mNC-PIC Agreement for Future Suture: A mixed methods study to develop and sustain skills, competencies and confidence of newly registered midwives to manage, assess and repair maternal perineal trauma. Linked 80149 | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 07 Mar 2025 | 06 Aug 2026 |
| HS&DR Rapid Service Evaluation Research Team:BRACE | University of Birmingham | 01 Apr 2023 | 31 Mar 2025 |