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Improving the quality and content of midwives’ discussions with low-risk women about their options for place of birth: Co-production and evaluation of an intervention package (2018)
Journal Article
Henshall, C., Taylor, B., Goodwin, L., Farre, A., Jones, M. E., & Kenyon, S. (2018). Improving the quality and content of midwives’ discussions with low-risk women about their options for place of birth: Co-production and evaluation of an intervention package. Midwifery, 59, 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2018.01.016

Objective: Women's planned place of birth is gaining increasing importance in the UK, however evidence suggests that there is variation in the content of community midwives’ discussions with low risk women about their place of birth options. The obje... Read More about Improving the quality and content of midwives’ discussions with low-risk women about their options for place of birth: Co-production and evaluation of an intervention package.

The midwife–woman relationship in a South Wales community: Experiences of midwives and migrant Pakistani women in early pregnancy (2017)
Journal Article
Goodwin, L., Hunter, B., & Jones, A. (2018). The midwife–woman relationship in a South Wales community: Experiences of midwives and migrant Pakistani women in early pregnancy. Health Expectations, 21(1), 347-357. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12629

Background: In 2015, 27.5% of births in England and Wales were to mothers born outside of the UK. Compared to their White British peers, minority ethnic and migrant women are at a significantly higher risk of maternal and perinatal mortality, along w... Read More about The midwife–woman relationship in a South Wales community: Experiences of midwives and migrant Pakistani women in early pregnancy.

Midwives' experiences of performing maternal observations and escalating concerns: A focus group study (2017)
Journal Article
Jeffery, J., Hewison, A., Goodwin, L., & Kenyon, S. (2017). Midwives' experiences of performing maternal observations and escalating concerns: A focus group study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17, Article 282. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1472-8

Background: For the past decade, Maternal Mortality Reports, published in the United Kingdom every three years, have consistently raised concerns about maternal observations in maternity care. The reports identify that observations are not being done... Read More about Midwives' experiences of performing maternal observations and escalating concerns: A focus group study.

Immigration and continuing inequalities in maternity outcomes: Time to reexplore the client–provider relationship? (2015)
Journal Article
Goodwin, L., Hunter, B., & Jones, A. (2015). Immigration and continuing inequalities in maternity outcomes: Time to reexplore the client–provider relationship?. International Journal of Childbirth, 5(1), 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1891/2156-5287.5.1.12

The United Kingdom has seen a substantial rise in immigration over the past 10 years. This new population has a high percentage of women of childbearing age (Office for National Statistics, 2012b), consequently placing an increased demand on U.K. mat... Read More about Immigration and continuing inequalities in maternity outcomes: Time to reexplore the client–provider relationship?.