What influences birth place preferences, choices and decision-making amongst healthy women with straightforward pregnancies in the UK? A qualitative evidence …

K Coxon, A Chisholm, R Malouf, R Rowe… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2017 - Springer
Background English maternity care policy has supported offering women choice of birth
setting for over twenty years, but only 13% of women in England currently give birth in …

Job satisfaction and sustainability of midwives working in caseload models of care: An integrative literature review

A Hanley, D Davis, E Kurz - Women and Birth, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Demand for caseload midwifery care continues to outstrip supply. We know little
about what sustains midwives working in caseload models of care. Aim This review …

Woman-centred care during pregnancy and birth in Ireland: thematic analysis of women's and clinicians' experiences

A Hunter, D Devane, C Houghton, A Grealish… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2017 - Springer
Background Recent policy and service provision recommends a woman-centred approach
to maternity care. Midwife-led models of care are seen as one important strategy for …

Understanding how midwives employed by the National Health Service facilitate women's alternative birthing choices: Findings from a feminist pragmatist study

C Feeley, G Thomson, S Downe - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
UK legislation and government policy favour women's rights to bodily autonomy and active
involvement in childbirth decision-making including the right to decline recommendations of …

Organizational ethnographic case studies: toward a new generative in-depth qualitative methodology for health care research?

É Côté-Boileau, I Gaboury, M Breton… - … Journal of Qualitative …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
A growing body of literature suggests combining organizational ethnography and case study
design as a new methodology for investigating complex organizational phenomena in …

Mapping midwifery and obstetric units in England

D Walsh, H Spiby, CP Grigg, M Dodwell, C McCourt… - Midwifery, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective to describe the configuration of midwifery units, both alongside&free-standing, and
obstetric units in England. Design national survey amongst Heads of Midwifery in English …

P30 Developing a methodological framework for organisational case studies: A rapid review and consensus development process

M Rodgers, S Thomas, M Harden, G Parker… - J Epidemiol …, 2016 - jech.bmj.com
Background Organisational case study proposals can be poorly articulated and
methodologically weak, raising the possible need for publication standards in this area. This …

Relationships and trust: Two key pillars of a well‐functioning freestanding midwifery unit

L Rocca‐Ihenacho, C Yuill, C McCourt - Birth, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Despite strong evidence supporting the expansion of midwife‐led unit
provision, as a result of optimal maternal and perinatal outcomes, cost‐effectiveness, and …

Place of birth and concepts of wellbeing: an analysis from two ethnographic studies of midwifery units in England

C McCourt, J Rayment, S Rance… - Anthropology in …, 2016 - berghahnjournals.com
A bstract This article is based on analysis of a series of ethnographic case studies of
midwifery units in England. Midwifery units 1 are spaces that were developed to provide …

[HTML][HTML] The Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study: further analyses to enhance policy and service delivery decision-making for planned place of …

J Hollowell, R Rowe, J Townend, M Knight, Y Li… - 2015 - europepmc.org
Background Evidence from the Birthplace in England Research Programme supported a
policy of offering 'low risk'women a choice of birth setting, but a number of unanswered …