Food, Pregnancy & Me: Exploring food insecurity in pregnancy in the UK to inform future public health intervention needs–A mixed-methods study protocol

Kiya L. Hurley; Kate Jolly; Heather Brown; Steph Scott; Zainab Akhter; Eleanor Dyer; Giang Nguyen; Amelia A. Lake; Christine Möller-Christensen; Nicola Flint; Angela Baker; Kerry Brennan-Tovey; Sonya Dickie; Emma Gibson; Catherine Jackson; Rachel Loopstra; Harbir Nagra; Judith Rankin; Dianne Williams; Alice Wiseman; Nicola Heslehurst

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0321638

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Food, Pregnancy & Me: Exploring food insecurity in pregnancy in the UK to inform future public health intervention needs–A mixed-methods study protocol

Kiya L. Hurley ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: k.hurley@bham.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Applied Health Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom, Public Health Research for Health (PHRESH) Consortium, West Midlands, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration West Midlands, West Midlands, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5084-5410

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Kate Jolly,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Applied Health Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom, Public Health Research for Health (PHRESH) Consortium, West Midlands, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration West Midlands, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Heather Brown,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Health Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom, LiLaC Consortium, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0067-991X

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Steph Scott,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Fuse, The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Zainab Akhter,

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Fuse, The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Eleanor Dyer,

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Fuse, The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4797-1459

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Giang Nguyen,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Fuse, The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Amelia A. Lake,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Fuse, The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Christine Möller-Christensen,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Development/ Maternity Department, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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Nicola Flint,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2283-0130

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Angela Baker,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Coventry City Council, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Kerry Brennan-Tovey,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Fuse, The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North East and North Cumbria, United Kingdom
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Sonya Dickie,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Felling Food Network, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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Emma Gibson,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gateshead Council, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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Catherine Jackson,

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations LiLaC Consortium, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1317-8948

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Rachel Loopstra,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations LiLaC Consortium, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
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Harbir Nagra,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Coventry City Council, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Judith Rankin,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Fuse, The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North East and North Cumbria, United Kingdom
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Dianne Williams,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Moat House Community Trust and Coventry Feeding Network, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Alice Wiseman,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gateshead Council, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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Nicola Heslehurst

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Fuse, The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8656-2319

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Food, Pregnancy & Me: Exploring food insecurity in pregnancy in the UK to inform future public health intervention needs–A mixed-methods study protocol

Kiya L. Hurley,
Kate Jolly,
Heather Brown,
Steph Scott,
Zainab Akhter,
Eleanor Dyer,
Giang Nguyen,
Amelia A. Lake,
Christine Möller-Christensen,
Nicola Flint

Published: May 7, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321638

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