Verónica Blanco Gutiérrez

veronica.blancogutierrez@bristol.ac.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-blanco-gutierrez/

Project Title: One size fits all? The role of social determinants of health on AI-driven Cardiotocography Intrapartum Decision Support Tools in Pregnant Women at Term.

Supervisors:

Prof Kenton O'Hara, School of Computer Science

Dr Aisling O'Kane, School of Computer Science

Associate Prof Antoniya Georgieva, Oxford Labour Monitoring

General Profile:

My professional/academic journey started in Spain in 2008, where I qualified as a general nurse and, shortly after, became a Mental Health Nurse. A few months later, I moved to England and worked as an adult nurse for the private sector and the NHS. Since becoming a midwife in 2013, I have worked for the NHS in various midwifery roles. My passion for research led me to complete an NIHR-funded MRes in Clinical and Health Research at the University of Southampton in 2017. My dissertation focused on a qualitative research project exploring women’s experiences of perinatal bladder care. Most recently, I have completed an HEE Population Health Fellowship hosted by Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (South East). During this fellowship, I developed a passion for population health, health inequalities and behaviour change. I also had the opportunity to undertake a Health Equity Audit focusing on the Covid-19 vaccine uptake during pregnancy among different ethnic groups.

I am fascinated by the digitalisation of health services to improve care and health outcomes, particularly in women’s health promotion. I am also enthusiastic about co-design, the effects of digitalisation on health inequalities and exclusion among underrepresented, and the ethical aspects of it.

Publications

- Wessex Healthier Together website. A piece on urinary incontinence during and after pregnancy. Available at:
https://what0-18.nhs.uk/pregnant-women/after-you-have-had-your-baby (uploaded 2/10/2019).

- En respuesta al Dr Gerardo Ventura (In response to Dr Gerardo Ventura) (3rd August 2019). Blog entry in the 'El
Parto es Nuestro' webpage. Available at: https://www.elpartoesnuestro.es/blog/2019/08/03/en-respuesta-al-dr -gerardo-ventura.

- Verónica Blanco Gutiérrez, V., Barceló-Monserrat, BC., De la Cruz-Maíllo Parejo, A., Crespi-Sallan, L. (2019).
'Obstetric violence: under the midwives' eyes. The abstract of this poster was published in the European Journal of
Health Research, Volume 5 (Supplement); p. 266. ISSN 2444-9067. Legal deposit: AL 1706-2015.

- Blog entry in the 'El Parto es Nuestro' webpage. Title: Estamos de luto (We are mourning). 27th April 2019. Available at: https://www.elpartoesnuestro.es/blog/2019/04/27/estamos-de-luto.

- Verónica Blanco Gutiérrez (2019). ‘Empowering women through social media: a maternal health promotion tool'.
This poster’s abstract was published in the European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education,
Volume 9 (Supplement); p. 362. Author: Veronica Blanco Gutiérrez. ISSN 2174-8144 y Legal deposit: AL 828-2011.

- Verónica Blanco Gutiérrez (2019). 'Las experiencias de las mujeres en el cuidado vesical perinatal' (Women's
experiences in maternity bladder care, in Spanish). This poster’s abstract was published in the European Journal of
Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, Volume 9 (Supplement); p.361. ISSN 2174-8144, legal deposit:
AL 828-2011 9 (Supplement); p. 362.:. ISSN 2174-8144 y Legal deposit: AL 828-2011.

- Gutiérrez, VB., Fader, M., Monga, A., Kitson-Reynolds, E. (2019). ‘Lack of care? Women's experiences of maternity
bladder management’. British Journal of Midwifery, 27:1, 15-25. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2019.27.1.15