These articles were all originally published in New Digest, NCT's continuing professional development journal for antenatal teachers, breastfeeding counsellors, postnatal leaders, maternity services representatives and research networkers, up to January 2011 when it was replaced by Perspective. The first articles, starting in 2001, formed a series of 'evidence-based briefings' on clinical interventions relating to the management of labour and birth. Several of the articles are formal reviews of evidence, including the review of the safety of home birth by Gyte and Dodwell. Others are broader overviews of research evidence on a given maternity care or parenting subject.

Research overviews are grouped together under the following headings: Pregnancy and birth, Baby Feeding and Transition to Parenthood.

Pregnancy and birth

Research overview: self-hypnosis for labour and birth (2011)
How important is continuous support for women in labour? An overview of evidence (2011)
Postnatal depression – the impact for women and children and interventions to enhance the mother-infant relationship (2011)
Pregnant women’s perceptions and decision-making about antenatal screening for Down’s syndrome: a meta-synthesis (2010)
Working with pain in labour - overview of evidence (2010)
Complementary therapies in pregnancy - review of evidence (2009)
Safety of planned home birth - review of evidence (2007)
Antenatal and postnatal mental health - evidence based briefing (2007)
Eating and drinking in labour - evidence based briefing (2007)
Third stage of labour - part 1 - evidence based briefing (2006)
Third stage of labour - part 2 - evidence based briefing (2006)
Vaginal birth after caesarean - part 3 - evidence based briefing (2006)
Vaginal birth after caesarean - part 2 - evidence based briefing (2005)
Vaginal birth after caesarean - part 1 - evidence based briefing (2005)
Maternity care in birth centres - part 1 - evidence based briefing(2005)
Maternity care in birth centres - part 2 - evidence based briefing (2005)
Assisted vaginal birth - part 2 - evidence based briefing (2004)
Assisted vaginal birth - part 1 - evidence based briefing (2003)
Use of the partogram in labour - evidence based briefing (2003)
Episiotomy and the perineum - evidence based briefing (2003)
Active management of labour - evidence based briefing (2003)
Depression before and after childbirth - evidence based briefing (2002)
Caesarean section - part 1 - evidence based briefing (2002)
Caesarean section - part 2 - evidence based briefing (2002)
Epidural - evidence based briefing (2002)
Induction of labour - evidence based briefing (2002)

Feeding babies

Choosing a formula – what is the evidence for different milks and added ingredients? (2010)
Colic in babies - evidence based briefing (2007) 
Peer support for breastfeeding - evidence based briefing (2004)
When babies can start on solids - evidence based briefing (2002)

Transition to parenthood

Fathers' roles in perinatal mental health: causes, interactions and effects (2011)
Understanding couple relationship breakdown- research overview (2010)
Bed sharing and co-sleeping- research overview (2009)
Development of secure attachment - review of research (2008)
Social inequalities - a summary of research (2008)
What influences baby sleeping behaviour at night? - review of evidence (2008)
Antenatal and postnatal mental health - evidence based briefing (2007)
Depression before and after childbirth - evidence based briefing (2002)