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Evidence Based Midwifery Volume 9 (2011)

Evidence Based Midwifery is the research journal of the Royal College of Midwives.

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September 2011 (Volume 9, Issue 3)


  • Constructing methodology: a radical textual analysis
    Constructing a research methodology is one way of meeting the assessment criteria at masters' level study. How to undertake this process is less well documented than how to write a dissertation. This article examines how one methodology, a radical textual analysis, was constructed after examining the discourse analysis literature, which covers approaches to words, conversations, events and documents.
  • Achieving optimal birth using salutogenesis in routine antenatal education
    Midwife researchers face a challenge to reclaim and revolutionise UK antenatal education programmes as a catalyst to achieving optimal birth. We propose that a radical reform of such education using salutogenic theory will provide the necessary shift of focus from the prevailing and negative forces associated with avoiding risk to that of a more positivistic and optimal health promoting experience for women.
  • Balancing research and action in turbulent times: action research as a tool for change
    Action research is now reported globally and is carried out in a variety of contexts to incorporate a range of professions including midwifery. It is impossible to describe a one-dimensional approach because there are such diverse sources that inspire action researchers. Given that the purpose of action research is to engage in a dynamic relationship with constantly changing situations, it is appropriate that a 'one size fits all' is not achievable.
  • Complementary medicine for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: a review of the evidence
    Many pregnant women are affected by nausea and vomiting and some will use complementary medicine to manage their symptoms. Although the evidence of safety and efficacy for many of these therapies is predominantly anecdotal, over the past decade there have been an increasing number of clinical trials investigating their effects. This paper reviews the current evidence, focusing on clinical trials, for the use of complementary therapies to manage nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.
  • Teamwork in obstetric emergencies
    A maternity unit in Northern Ireland, providing care at that time for approximately 2750 childbearing women, was the setting for this research study. The aim: To explore inter-professional teamwork during obstetric emergencies.
  • Delivering the pre-registration midwifery curriculum: findings from the UK MINT project
    The objective of this paper is to describe current pre-registration curricula models and methods and the implications of resource issues for midwife teachers/lecturers and midwifery education provision in the UK.