MIDIRS Midwifery Digest Hot Topic: Why are some voices not heard? Exploring how maternity care can be improved for women with limited English
There is a robust body of evidence, accumulated over the decades, which shows that limited English proficiency is a key factor associated with poorer maternal and neonatal outcomes. Our work as midwives and researchers has led us to believe ...11-20 of 80 result(s)
Podcast: Writing for publication - advice for students and midwives
This quick fire podcast from MIDIRS (Midwives Information and Resource Service) provides some tips and tricks on how to write for an academic publication such as MIDIRS Midwifery Digest. We recently used this resource to support the Bangladesh ...
Research: The attitudes of midwives towards the use of NHS maternity care by international migrants
This study is concerned with the attitudes of midwives towards the use of NHS maternity care by international migrants and the current policies concerning charging and sharing the data of non-citizens. Midwives are being invited to take part ...
Student midwives: Win MIDIRS subscription packages at the RCM Annual Conference 2022
MIDIRS is offering five free annual MIDIRS subscription packages to student midwives who attend the RCM Annual Conference, 4-5th October 2022, ICC Wales.
RCM Student Midwifery Forum launches midwifery societies poster competition
The Royal College of Midwives Student Midwifery Forum (SMF) has launched a competition inviting Midwifery Societies to submit abstracts that can be turned into a poster or infographic.
MuM-PreDICT Delphi Survey: Core outcome set for studies of pregnant women with two or more long-term health conditions
Researchers at the University of Birmingham are now accepting participants for their Delphi Survey on core outcome sets for studies of pregnant women with two or more long-term health conditions.
The fourth trimester – physiological barriers and enablers to women returning to exercise, postpartum
This study will identify the physiological barriers and enablers that contribute to a women’s return to exercise, postpartum. By identifying these factors through surveying women who have given birth within the last 24 months, this study ...
Wellbeing of Women Scholarships and Fellowship opportunities now open
The Wellbeing of Women (WoW), in partnership with the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and Burdett Trust for Nursing, scholarship and fellowship awards are now open for applicants.
MIDIRS Midwifery Digest Hot Topic: Sheehan’s syndrome: no milk? Think Sheehan’s!
Sheehan’s syndrome (postpartum hypopituitarism) was first described in 1937 by Harold Leeming Sheehan (1900-1988). He described it as pituitary gland necrosis following postpartum haemorrhage or hypovolemia (Sheehan 1937).
Call for midwife participation: Strategies to improve iodine status in early pregnancy: a qualitative study into the knowledge and views of midwives
A research from Queen's University Belfast is seeking midwives to participate in an interview about improving iodine status in early pregnancy.