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 ...71-80 of 80 result(s)
Task shifting: Maternity Support Workers as the second health worker at a home birth in the UK: a qualitative study
Traditionally two midwives attend home births in the UK. This paper explores the implementation of a new home birth care model where births to low-risk women are attended by one midwife and one Midwifery Support Worker (MSW).
Men’s use of metaphors to make sense of their spouse’s miscarriage: expanding the communicated sense-making model
With approximately 20% of pregnancies ending in loss, miscarriage is a relatively common and stressful occurrence. Because romantic partners’ coping efforts are intimately connected, the way one partner copes with the other’s miscarriage ...
Latest research: Student midwifery reflection
This project aimed to optimise the learning potential of practice-based experiences by enhancing midwifery students’ capacity for reflective practice through writing.
Why Hypnobirthing has Earned its Place in Mainstream Childbirth
Giving birth is one of life’s most incredible miracles but while the birth of a child is a precious moment, stories of painful and laborious childbirths abound.
WASP (write a scientific paper): Qualitative research and evidence-based practice: implications and contributions
Qualitative methodologies are commonly used in the social sciences. This paper discusses how this type of research can enhance evidence-based practice in health care settings.
Association between interpregnancy with a previous stillbirth: an international cohort study
To reduce the risk of adverse birth outcomes, WHO recommends that women wait at least 2 years after a livebirth and at least 6 months after a miscarriage or induced abortion before conceiving again.
How strong relationships can improve infant mental health
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) shares how they develop evidence-based approaches to design systems and services to improve infant mental health.
Spontaneous premature birth as a target of genomic research
Spontaneous preterm birth is a serious and common pregnancy complication associated with hormonal dysregulation, infection, inflammation, immunity, rupture of fetal membranes, stress, bleeding, and uterine distention.
Women with fear of childbirth might benefit from having a known midwife during labour
The results of a pilot study which aimed to describe the prevalence and factors related to having access to a known midwife for women referred to counselling due to childbirth fear, have been published.