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 ...1-10 of 68 result(s)
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.
UK midwives' perspective on the practice of intrapartum midwifery-led care within the hospital setting: a qualitative study
The aim of this study is to identify the barriers and facilitators to midwives practicing midwifery-led care, within the hospital setting, during the intrapartum period
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.
VIDM 2022 presentation and poster proposals now being welcomed
Organisers of the Virtual International Day of the Midwife 2022 (VIDM 2022) are now welcoming presentations and posters for their 24-hour conference.
Research participation: Midwives' perspectives of perinatal mental health
Are you a qualified midwife currently employed in the UK? I’m really interested in finding out more about your perspectives on perinatal mental health.