Marianne Nieuwenhuijze

Kweekel L, Mangindin EL, Cadee F, Nieuwenhuijze MJ. The impact of Twinning up North: A qualitative exploration among Icelandic and Dutch midwives. Women and Birth 2026;39. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2025.102125

Cellissen E, Hendrix M, Vogels-Broeke M, Budé L, Nieuwenhuijze M. Exploring Women’s Perceived Quality of Antenatal Care:A Cross-Sectional Study in The Netherlands. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Sep 6;22(9):1392. doi: 10.3390/ijerph22091392. PMID: 41007536; PMCID: PMC12470214.

Cellissen E, Hendrix MJC, Budé L, Shareef N, Vogels-Broeke M, Nieuwenhuijze MJ. Women's Experience of Continuity During Antenatal Care: A Cross-Sectional Study in The Netherlands. Birth. 2025 Aug 29. doi: 10.1111/birt.70008. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40878882.

Vogels-Broeke M, Cellissen E, Daemers D, Budé L, de Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze M. Women's decision-making autonomy in Dutch maternity care. Birth. 2023 Jun;50(2):384-395. doi: 10.1111/birt.12674. Epub 2022 Aug 17. PMID: 35977033.

Vlassak, E. M. E., Keulen, J. K. J., Miteniece, E., de Ritter, R., Hendrix, M. J. C., & Nieuwenhuijze, M. J. (2025). Care Providers' and Parents' Experiences with Implementing the Conversational Health Literacy Assessment Tool (CHAT)-Maternity-Care in the Netherlands: A Mixed Methods Study. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 13(10), 1173.

Guðmundsdóttir EÝ, Nieuwenhuijze M, Rúdólfsdóttir AG, Gottfreðsdóttir H. Fostering empowerment through communication: The needs, expectations, and experience of maternity care among Polish migrant women in Iceland. Sex Reprod Healthcare 2025;44:101087. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2025.101087

Scheenen AJC, Timmers L, Hoogendijk I, Scheepers HCJ, Nieuwenhuijze MJ. Women’s experiences with continuous care during labor by maternity care assistants in The Netherlands: a qualitative study. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology 2025;6(1). doi: 10.1080/0167482X.2025.2483292

Brabers AEM, Haaren-Ten Haken TMV, Keulen JKJ, Offerhaus PM, Nieuwenhuijze MJ, de Jong JD. Practice variation in induction of labour: women's role in the decision-making process. Res Health Serv Reg. 2025 Feb 19;4(1):2. doi: 10.1007/s43999-025-00059-z.

Healy M, Leahy-Warren P, Calleja- Agius J, Calleja N, Lalor J, Hadjigeorgiou E, Nieuwenhuijze M. Maternity care providers’ experiences of work-related serious events (MATES): An International survey. PLoS ONE 2025;20(2):e0317682. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317682

Simmelink R, Neppelenbroek E, Pouwels A, van der Lee N, Pajkrt E, Ziesemer KA, Harmsen van der Vliet-Torij HW, Verhoeven CJM, de Jonge A, Nieuwenhuijze M. Understanding how midwife-led continuity of care can be implemented and under what circumstances: a realist review. BMJ Open 2025;15(2):e091968. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091968

Brabers AEM, Haaren-Ten Haken TMV, Keulen JKJ, Offerhaus PM, Nieuwenhuijze MJ, de Jong JD. Practice variation in induction of labour: women's role in the decision-making process. Res Health Serv Reg. 2025 Feb 19;4(1):2. doi: 10.1007/s43999-025-00059-z.

Buchanan K, Bayes S, Newnham E, Kirkham M, Nieuwenhuijze M. Global perspectives of midwifery ethics: Crucial features for practice via an international Delphi study. Midwifery 2025;149:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2025.104582

Practice variation in induction of labor: A critical document analysis on the contribution of regional protocols. Zondag D.C, Offerhaus P.M, Keulen J.K.J., Van Haaren-ten Haken T.M. en Nieuwenhuijze M.J.
1 oktober 2024. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311032

Validation of the Birth Beliefs Scale for maternity care professionals in The Netherlands. Zondag D.C, Van Haaren-ten Haken T.M., Offerhaus P.M., Mestdagh E, Scheepers, H.C.J. en Nieuwenhuijze M.J. Artikel: 2392160. 21 augustus 2024. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, volume 45, issue 1, 2024. doi: 10.1080/0167482X.2024.2392160

Hendrix MJC, Daemers DOA, Osterhaus JMA, Quadvlieg L, van den Hof-Boering M, Feijen-de Jong EI, Nieuwenhuijze MJ. The extent of implementation and perceptions of maternity and social care professionals about two interprofessional programs for care for pregnant women: a mixed methods study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024;24:528. doi:10.1186/s12884-024-06731-5.

Cellissen E, Zelm van R, Hendrix M, Wildschut H.I. J. †, Nieuwenhuijze M. Integrated maternity care: A concept analysis. PLOS ONE 1 augustus 2024. doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0306979.

Daemers DOA, Hendrix MJC, Quadvlieg L, van den Hof-Boering M, Levelink B, Feijen-de Jong EI, Nieuwenhuijze MJ. Exploring psychosocial vulnerability among Dutch pregnant women: a register study. J Psychosom Obstet Gynecol. 2024;45(1):2362653. doi:10.1080/0167482X.2024.2362653.

Vlassak EME, Miteniece E, Keulen JKJ, Gravendeel M, Korstjens I, Budé L, Hendrix MJC, Nieuwenhuijze MJ. Development of the Conversational Health Literacy Assessment Tool for maternity care (CHAT-maternity-care): participatory action research. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Jan 24;24(1):135. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-10612-0. PMID: 38267977; PMCID: PMC10809538.

Offerhaus P, van Haaren-Ten Haken TM, Keulen JKJ, de Jong JD, Brabers AEM, Verhoeven CJM, et al. (2023) Regional practice variation in induction of labor in the Netherlands: Does it matter? A multilevel analysis of the association between induction rates and perinatal and maternal outcomes. PLoS ONE 18(6): e0286863.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286863

Evelien Cellissen, Maaike Vogels-Broeke, Irene Korstjens, Marianne Nieuwenhuijze . Integrating women’s voices in quality improvement for maternity care: A qualitative study. European Journal of Midwifery. 2022. https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/152253

Dirkje C. Zondag, Tamar M. van Haaren-Ten Haken, Pien M. Offerhaus, Veronique Y. F. Maas, Marianne J. Nieuwenhuijze. Knowledge and skills used for clinical decision-making
on childbirth interventions: A qualitative study among
midwives in the Netherlands. European Journal of Midwifery. 2022;6 (September): 56. https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/151653

Verhoeven CJM, Boer J, Kok M, Nieuwenhuijze M, de Jonge A, Peters LL. More home births during COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. Birth.2022 May 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12646

Vogels-Broeke M, Daemers D, Budé L, de Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze M. Sources of information used by women during pregnancy and the perceived quality. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Feb 8;22(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04422-7. PMID: 35135487; PMCID: PMC8827281.

Pouwels, A., et al. (2020). "Detailed registration of care in midwifery practices in the Netherlands: an opportunity for research within a healthy pregnant population." BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 20(1): 366.

Zeegers B, Offerhaus P, Peters L, Budé L, Verhoeven C, Nieuwenhuijze M. Impact of maternal height on birthweight classification in singleton births at term: a cohort study in The Netherlands. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020 Sep 3:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2020.1814246. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32883148.

Offerhaus P, Jans S, Hukkelhoven C, de Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze M. Women's characteristics and care outcomes of caseload midwifery care in the Netherlands: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Sep 7;20(1):517. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-03204-3. PMID: 32894082.

Korstjens, I., et al. (2020). "The paradoxes of communication and collaboration in maternity care: A video-reflexivity study with professionals and parents." Women Birth.

Vogels-Broeke, M., et al. (2020). "Dimensions in women's experience of the perinatal period." Midwifery 83: 102602.

Nieuwenhuijze, M. J., et al. (2019). "Midwifery students' perspectives on how role models contribute to becoming a midwife: A qualitative study." Women Birth.

Thompson, S. M., et al. (2019). "Creating Guardians of Physiologic Birth: The Development of an Educational Initiative for Student Midwives in the Netherlands." J Midwifery Womens Health 64(5): 641-648.

Nieuwenhuijze, M. and P. Leahy-Warren (2019). "Women's empowerment in pregnancy and childbirth: A concept analysis." Midwifery 78: 1-7.

Thompson, S. M. (2019). 'A powerful midwifery vision': Dutch student midwives' educational needs as advocates of physiological childbirth." Women and Birth. 2019; DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.12.010

Thompson, S. M., et al. (2019). ""A powerful midwifery vision": Dutch student midwives' educational needs as advocates of physiological childbirth." Women Birth 32(6): e576-e583.

Molenaar J, Korstjens I, Hendrix M, de Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze M. Needs of parents and professionals to improve shared decision‐making in interprofessional maternity care practice: A qualitative study, Birth, 2018; 45 (3): 245-254,2018.

Hendrix M, Molenaar J, Korstjens I, Nieuwenhuijze M. Gezamenlijke besluitvorming in de praktijk. Tijdschrift voor verloskundigen. 2018;04

Weltens M, de Nooijer J, Nieuwenhuijze MJ. Influencing factors in midwives'decisionmaking during childbirth: A qualitative study in the Netherlands. Women and Birth

Cadée, F., et al. (2018). "From equity to power: Critical Success Factors for Twinning between midwives, a Delphi study." J Adv Nurs 74(7): 1573-1582.

Gottfredsdottir H, Nieuwenhuijze MJ. Midwifery education: Challenges for the future in a dynamic environment. Midwifery. 2018;59:78-9-.

Daemers DOA, van Limbeek EBM, Wijnen HAA, Nieuwenhuijze MJ, de Vries RG. Factors influencing the clinical decision-making of midwives: a qualitative study. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2017;17(1):345.

Merkx A, Ausems M, Bude L, de Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze MJ. Factors affecting perceived change in physical activity in pregnancy. Midwifery. 2017;51:16-23.

Merkx A, Ausems M, de Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze MJ. Come On! Using intervention mapping to help healthy pregnant women achieve healthy weight gain. Public Health Nutr. 2017:1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980017000271

Daemers DO, van Limbeek EB, Bude LM, Wijnen HA, Nieuwenhuijze MJ, de Vries RG. The use of midwife-led primary antenatal care by obese women in The Netherlands: An explorative cohort study. Midwifery. 2016.

Cadee F, Nieuwenhuijze MJ, Lagro Janssen AL, De Vries R. The state of the art of twinning, a concept analysis of twinning in healthcare. Global Health. 2016;12(1):66.

Thompson, S., et al. (2016). "Exploring Dutch midwives' attitudes to promoting physiological childbirth: A Qualitative Study." Midwifery 09(19).

Fontein Y, Ausems M, Bude L, Van Limbeek EBM, De Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze M. Factors influencing maternal distress among Dutch women with a healthy pregnancy. Women and Birth. 2015;28(3):e36-e43.

Fontein Y, Ausems M, de Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze M. The effect of Wazzup Mama?! An antenatal intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress in pregnancy. Archives of Womens Ment Health [Internet]. 2016

Daemers DO, Wijnen H, Van Limbeek EBM, Bude L, Nieuwenhuijze M, M.E.A. S. The effect of gestational weight gain on likelihood of referral to obstetric care for women eligible form primary, midwife-led care after antenatal booking. Midwifery. 2016;34:123-32

Merkx A, Ausems M, Bude L, de Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze M. Dutch Midwives' Behavior and Determinants in Promoting Healthy Gestational Weight Gain, Phase 2: A Quantitative Approach. International Journal of Childbirth. 2015;5(3).

Merkx A, Ausems M, Bude L, de Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze M. Dutch Midwives' Behavior and Determinants in Promoting Healthy Gestational Weight Gain, Phase 1: A Qualitative Approach. International Journal of Childbirth. 2015;5(3). DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.04.008

Nieuwenhuijze M, Downe S, Gottfreðsdóttir H, Rijnders M, du Preez A, Vaz Rebelo P. Taxonomy for complexity theory in the context of maternity care. Midwifery. 2015;10.

Helmond, I. v., et al. (2015). "What makes for good collaboration and communication in maternity care. A scoping study." Int J Childbirth 5: 210-223.

Merkx A, Ausems M, Bude L, de Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze M. Weight gain in healthy pregnant women in relation to pre-pregnancy BMI, diet and physical activity. Midwifery. 2015

van Haaren-ten Haken T, Hendrix M, Smits L, Nieuwenhuijze M, Severens J, de Vries R, et al. The influence of preferred place of birth on the course of pregnancy and labor among healthy nulliparous women: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth. 2015, 15:33

Nieuwenhuijze MJ, Korstjens I, de Jonge A, de Vries R, Lagro-Janssen A. On speaking terms: a Delphi study on shared decision-making in maternity care. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2014;14:223.

van Haaren-ten Haken T, Pavlova M, Hendrix M, Nieuwenhuijze M, de Vries R, Nijhuis J. Eliciting prefences for key attributes of intrapartum care in The Netherlands. Birth. 2014(41);2:185-194.

Nieuwenhuijze M, Kane Low L, Korstjens I, Lagro-Janssen T. The role of maternity care providers in promoting shared decision making regarding birthing positions during the second stage of labor. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. 2014;00:1-9.

Daemers DO, Wijnen HA, Van Limbeek EBM, Budé LM, Nieuwenhuijze M, M. S, et al. The impact of obesity outcomes of midwife-led pregnancy and childbirth in a primary care population: a prospective cohort study. BJOG. 2014;121(11):1403-13.

Spelten E, Nieuwenhuijze M. Midwifery Research in the Netherlands: Gaining Momentum. International Journal of Childbirth. 2013;3(4).

Fontein-Kuipers YJ, Nieuwenhuijze MJ, Ausems M, Budé L, de Vries R. Antenatal interventions to reduce maternal distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials. BJOG, 2014

Nieuwenhuijze M, Low LK. Facilitating Women’s Choice in Maternity Care. The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 2013;24:276-82.

de Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze M, Buitendijk SE, the members of Midwifery Science Work Group. What does it take to have a strong and independent profession of midwifery? Lessons from the Netherlands. 2013;29:1122-1128

Fontein-Kuipers YJ, Budé L. Ausems M, de Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze MJ. Dutch midwives' behavioural intentions of antenatal management of maternal distress and factors influencing these intentions: An exploratory survey. Midwifery, 2013.

Nieuwenhuijze MJ, de Jonge A, Korstjens I, Budé L, Lagro-Janssen TLM. Influence on birthing positions affects women’s sense of control in second stage of labour. Midwifery, 2013.

Christiaens W, Nieuwenhuijze MJ, de Vries R. Trends in the medicalisation of childbirth in Flanders and the Netherlands. Midwifery, 2013;29:e1-e8.

Seefat - van Teeffelen A, Nieuwenhuijze M, Korstjens, I. Women want proactive psychosocial support from midwives during transition to motherhood: a qualitative study. Midwifery, 2011;27:e122-127

van Haaren-ten Haken T, Hendrix M, Nieuwenhuijze M, Budé L, de Vries R, Nijhuis J. Preferred place of birth: Characteristics and motives of low-risk nulliparous women in the Netherlands. Midwifery. 2012

Nieuwenhuize M, de Jonge A, Korstjens I, Lagro,T. Women's choices in birthing positions: knowing what you want is essential. Congress International Confederation of Midwives. Durban 21 June 2011.

Nieuwenhuijze M, de Jonge A, Korstjens I, Lagro-Jansse T. Factors influencing the fulfillment of women's preferences for birthing positions during second stage of labor. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 2012 Mar;33(1):25-31.

Korstjens I, Nieuwenhuijze M. Midwifery students and graduated midwives want to develop international competences in feasible European Midwifery Master of Science. Congress International Confederation of Midwives. Durban 23 June 2011.<br />