How do informal information sources influence women's decision-making for birth? A meta synthesis of qualitative studies

Ruth Sanders

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Ruth Sanders is a midwife currently involved with organisations supporting maternal and neonatal health including The Royal College of Midwives (RCM), Wellbeing of Women (WoW), Cavell Nurses’ Trust, and The University of East Anglia (UEA). She is a keen advocate for women sitting on her local Maternity Services Liaison Committee, keeping in touch with women and families experiences of maternity care with a view to improve services. When not working clinically she teaches in her role as Associate Tutor for the University of East Anglia, interviewing for both the long and short midwifery programs and offering a range of lectures and workshops in midwifery subjects and research methodology. She is involved in the Royal College of Midwives in a work capacity as Health and Safety Representative for her Trust, and was an invited collaborator on a pilot with the Design Council for the Better Births Initiative (2015-2016). She is also an ambassador for Cavell Nurses Trust, a charity assisting midwives, nurses and healthcare assistants at times of hardship. Ruth has had articles published in various professional journals including Birth: Issues in Perinatal Health, Women and Birth, British Journal of Midwifery, British Journal of Health Visiting and Midirs. 

Abstract

Women approach birth using various methods of preparation, drawing from healthcare providers and formal antenatal education but also from wide and diverse informal information sources (IISs). There is a dearth of understanding... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Ruth Sanders (Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
  2. Kenda Crozier (University of East Anglia)

Topic Area

Social and cultural precursors and consequences of optimal childbirth

Session

concurr5 » Decision making (10:40 - Wednesday, 4th October, Winster)

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