Midwives' evaluation of their role in crowdsourcing activities to improve the maternity experience: part 2

Journal article


Frewin, S. and Church, S. (2019). Midwives' evaluation of their role in crowdsourcing activities to improve the maternity experience: part 2. British Journal of Midwifery. 27 (07). https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2019.27.7.420
AuthorsFrewin, S. and Church, S.
Abstract

Background
Although all members of staff can be involved in improving the quality of maternity services, midwives can identify areas in need of improvement through their relationships with women and their families, and can influence care through activities such as crowdsourcing.

Aims
A service evaluation was undertaken to explore how midwives who attended the workshop viewed their involvement in crowdsourcing, and to examine whether midwives who attended the workshop considered themselves as agents of change for quality improvement in maternity care.

Methods
A generic qualitative approach was selected. Data were collected using face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with six midwives who attended the workshop.

Findings
Four key themes emerged from analysing the data: improving communication, experiencing different perspectives, shared learning, and positivity.

Conclusions
Involving stakeholders as a ‘crowd’ to find solutions to problems in care is successful and highly rewarding. Midwife participants took pride in sharing their ideas for improvement.

This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Midwives’ evaluation of their role in crowdsourcing activities to improve the maternity experience: Part 2, copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12968/bjom.2019.27.7.42...

Year2019
JournalBritish Journal of Midwifery
Journal citation27 (07)
PublisherMark Allen Group
ISSN0969-4900
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2019.27.7.420
Web address (URL)https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12968/bjom.2019.27.7.420
Publication dates
Online02 Jul 2019
Publication process dates
Accepted22 May 2019
Deposited15 Aug 2019
Accepted author manuscript
License
All rights reserved
File Access Level
Open
Permalink -

https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/87xx6

Download files


Accepted author manuscript
Frewin and Church 2R accepted.doc
License: All rights reserved
File access level: Open

  • 103
    total views
  • 55
    total downloads
  • 3
    views this month
  • 1
    downloads this month

Export as

Related outputs

Rhythmic variations of labour
Church, S. Rhythmic variations of labour. in: Macdonald, S and Johnson, G (ed.) Mayes' Midwifery pp. 1264-1273
Student midwives' perspectives of women's sexual and reproductive health literacy in Turkey.
Church, S., Ejder Apay, S., Gurol, A., Slaveva, Y. and Mills, R. (2023). Student midwives' perspectives of women's sexual and reproductive health literacy in Turkey. Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives. 37, p. 100864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100864
Consideration of methodological issues when using photo-elicitation in qualitative research.
Church, S. and Quilter, J. (2021). Consideration of methodological issues when using photo-elicitation in qualitative research. Nurse Researcher. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2021.e1729
Midwifery students’ reactions to ethical dilemmas encountered in outpatient clinics
Apay SE, Gürol A, Gür EY and Church, S. (2020). Midwifery students’ reactions to ethical dilemmas encountered in outpatient clinics . Nursing Ethics. 27 (7). https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733020922875
Multidimensional eHealth Literacy for Infertility
Sykes, S., Wills, J., Frings, D., Church, S. and Wood, K. (2020). Multidimensional eHealth Literacy for Infertility. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17 (3), pp. 966-966. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030966
Women and waterbirth: A systematic meta-synthesis of qualitative studies
Clews, C., Church, S. and Ekberg, M. (2020). Women and waterbirth: A systematic meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. Women and Birth. 33 (6), pp. 566-573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2019.11.007
Midwives’ evaluation of their role in crowdsourcing activities to improve the maternity experience: Part 1
Frewin, S. and Church, S. (2019). Midwives’ evaluation of their role in crowdsourcing activities to improve the maternity experience: Part 1. British Journal of Midwifery. 27 (6), pp. 368-372. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2019.27.6.368
Developing a reproductive identity: the experiences of pregnant midwives
Church, S (2019). Developing a reproductive identity: the experiences of pregnant midwives. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest. 29 (1), pp. 40-45.
Maternity care international perspectives: setting the scene
van teijlingen, E, Frith, L and Church, SLR (2017). Maternity care international perspectives: setting the scene. in: Church, SLR, Frith, L, Balaam, M-C, Berg, M, Smith, V, van der Walt, C, Downe, S and van der teijlingen, E (ed.) New Thinking on Improving Maternity Care International Perspectives Pinter and Martin.
Migrant midwives: contributing to a different culture
Church, SLR and Gouni, O (2017). Migrant midwives: contributing to a different culture. in: Church, SLR (ed.) New Thinking on Improving Maternity Care International Perspectives London UK Pinter and Martin.
Rhythmic variations of labour
Church, S and Barnfather, T (2017). Rhythmic variations of labour. in: Macdonald, S and Johnson, G (ed.) Mayes' Midwifery Elsevier.
Review: Challenges of having a child with thalassaemia major: a phenomenological study
Church, S (2017). Review: Challenges of having a child with thalassaemia major: a phenomenological study. Journal of Research in Nursing. 23 (1), pp. 21-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987117724693