Exploring the experience of participants in a pilot scheme to recognise teaching excellence in healthcare: A mixed methods approach.

Background: Within healthcare settings, practice-based healthcare professionals are expected to teach, supervise, assess and/or support learners in their respective disciplines. Ongoing development opportunities focusing specifically on teaching skills and support of students are varied and there are no mandatory requirements for practice-based healthcare professionals to develop formal teaching qualifications, despite their direct involvement with learners.

Objective: To explore the experience of participants in a pilot scheme to recognise teaching excellence in healthcare.

Midwives' experiences of discussing health behaviour change within routine maternity care: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.

Problem: Behaviours, such as smoking, alcohol use, unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity and vaccination non-adherence may lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Background: Pregnancy has been identified as an opportune time for midwives to support women to make health behaviour changes.

Aim: To synthesise existing qualitative research exploring midwives' experiences of discussing health behaviour change with women within routine care.

Exploring the STEP-uP to practice: A survey of UK Lead Midwives for Education views of the STudent midwife Extended Practice Placement during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: to assess the effect of implementation of the extended placement option available to midwifery students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design: Online survey open from 2nd June 2020 to 15th July 2020.

Setting: United Kingdom.

A mixed methods investigation of an online intervention to facilitate student midwives' engagement in effective conversations about weight-related behaviour change with pregnant women.

Objective: (1) To identify whether an online training intervention could increase midwifery students' knowledge of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) and intentions to use them in practice. (2) To identify students' views and current experiences of talking to women about weight-related behaviour change.

Design: Mixed methods study involving pre- and post-training assessments, and qualitative interviews with midwifery students.

Student midwives' awareness, knowledge, and experiences of antenatal anxiety within clinical practice.

Objective: The current study aimed to explore student midwives' awareness, knowledge, and experiences of supporting women with antenatal anxiety (ANA) within clinical practice.

Background: ANA is associated with negative outcomes for mother and baby. Midwives play a key role in the screening of antenatal mental health and care of women suffering from ANA.

Group psychological intervention for maternal depression: A nested qualitative study from Karachi, Pakistan.

Aim: To understand the experience of maternal depression, the factors implicated in accessing health, and the acceptability of the psychosocial intervention.

Methods: The participants were recruited from the paediatrics outpatient department of Civil Hospital Karachi, Pakistan. The study started in December 2009 and completed in December 2010.

Testing HIV positive in pregnancy: A phenomenological study of women's experiences.

Objective: globally women receive HIV testing in pregnancy; however, limited information is available on their experiences of this potentially life-changing event. This study aims to explore women's experiences of receiving a positive HIV test result following antenatal screening.

Design: a qualitative, phenomenological approach.

Women's experiences of cervical ripening as inpatients on an antenatal ward.

Objective: To gain an insight into women's lived experiences of inpatient cervical ripening, in the context of usual care, whilst they were admitted as inpatients on an antenatal ward.

Methods: A qualitative design was used guided by an interpretative phenomenological approach. Seven women who had experienced inpatient cervical ripening on an antenatal ward in Wales (UK) agreed to participate in the study.

A narrative review of fathers' involvement during labour and birth and their influence on decision making.

Objective: to identify and critically review the research literature that has examined fathers׳ involvement during labour and birth and their influence on decision making.

Design: the review follows the approach of a narrative review. Systematic searches of electronic databases Social Services Abstract, Sociological Abstracts, ASSIA, CINAHL Medline, Cochrane library, AMED, BNI, PsycINFO, Embase, Maternity and Infant care, DH-Data and the Kings Fund Database were combined with manual searches of key journals and reference lists.

The experiences of midwives when caring for obese women in labour, a qualitative study.

Background: maternal obesity is a significant public health challenge for maternity services, especially those in developed countries. Obesity presents an increased risk of mortality and morbidity during the childbearing continuum. Caring for the obese woman in labour is challenging for midwives and there is a dearth of qualitative research which examines their experiences.

Using Framework Analysis in nursing research: a worked example.

Aims: To demonstrate Framework Analysis using a worked example and to illustrate how criticisms of qualitative data analysis including issues of clarity and transparency can be addressed.

Background: Critics of the analysis of qualitative data sometimes cite lack of clarity and transparency about analytical procedures; this can deter nurse researchers from undertaking qualitative studies. Framework Analysis is flexible, systematic, and rigorous, offering clarity, transparency, an audit trail, an option for theme-based and case-based analysis and for readily retrievable data.

Antenatal interventions for reducing weight in obese women for improving pregnancy outcome.

Background: Being obese and pregnant is associated with substantial risks for the mother and her child. Current weight management guidance for obese pregnant women is limited. The latest recommendations suggest that obese pregnant women should gain between 5.

What can qualitative studies tell us about the experiences of women who are pregnant that have an eating disorder?

Objective: pregnancy is a life-stage during which women undergo significant changes to their body and can feel acute responsibility for the development and well-being of the fetus. A synthesis of qualitative studies was conducted to increase our understanding of pregnancy experiences among women with an eating disorder.

Design: a systematic search of eight electronic databases was carried out to identify relevant investigations.

The challenges and realties of diaper area cleansing for parents.

Objective: To explore the complexities of diaper area cleansing reported by women participating in a randomized controlled trial designed to compare optimally formulated baby wipes (Johnson's Baby Skincare fragrance free wipe) with cotton wool and water.

Design: A mixed-method design incorporating quantitative and qualitative methods to explore maternal views and experiences of using baby wipes or cotton wool and water to cleanse their newborn's diaper area over an 8-week period.

Setting: Participants were recruited from a large regional maternity hospital in Northern England.

Effect on skin hydration of using baby wipes to clean the napkin area of newborn babies: assessor-blinded randomised controlled equivalence trial.

Background: Some national guidelines recommend the use of water alone for napkin cleansing. Yet, there is a readiness, amongst many parents, to use baby wipes. Evidence from randomised controlled trials, of the effect of baby wipes on newborn skin integrity is lacking.

Antenatal interventions for reducing weight in obese women for improving pregnancy outcome.

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions that reduce weight in obese pregnant women.

A qualitative study of the experiences of women who are obese and pregnant in the UK.

Objective: to explore the experiences related to obesity in women with a body mass index (BMI)>35 kg/m(2) during the childbearing process.

Design: a qualitative design was used. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and field notes.

A qualitative study of mild to moderate psychological distress during pregnancy.

Background: Psychological distress is common in the antenatal period. In England, psychological distress is classified as mild, moderate or severe but only those who suffer severe psychological distress are referred to the specialist mental health services. Those who suffer mild to moderate psychological distress are managed by the primary care services.

Promoting interdisciplinarity through educational initiative: a qualitative evaluation.

This paper describes a multi-professional teaching innovation that took place at The University of Manchester during October 2001. Ideas for the project were first established in December 2000 when a multi-professional team of educationalists began exploring ways in which three disparate student groups could be brought together as part of an integrated learning activity (). For this reason, a problem-based learning scenario was developed to encourage nursing, midwifery, and medical students to share their previous knowledge and principles of care.

The power of language: a secondary analysis of a qualitative study exploring English midwives' support of mother's baby-feeding practice.

Objective: to explore the use of language by midwives reporting their experiences of baby-feeding practice.

Design: A qualitative approach incorporating a secondary analysis of data previously collected in a study based on grounded theory principles. Data were collected using in-depth interviews.

Breastfeeding practice in the UK: midwives' perspectives.

Despite breastfeeding prevalence increasing, many mothers in developed countries are dissatisfied with care provided by midwives. However, a paucity of research exists related to midwives' experiences of supporting breastfeeding mothers. This study explored the experiences of English midwives' during their breastfeeding support role.

Midwives in the UK: an exploratory study of providing newborn feeding support for postpartum mothers in the hospital.

Our objective was to explore English midwives' views and experiences of supporting mothers with feeding their newborn baby. Grounded theory methodology was used. Data were collected using in-depth interviews from 30 midwives in the North of England.