EquiBirth Project
Research type
Research Study
Full title
EquiBirth project: improving choice, informed consent and respect for women/ birthing people from racial and ethnic minorities accessing UK maternity care
IRAS ID
341434
Contact name
Naomi Taylor
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Nottingham University Hospitals
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Work programme one (WP1) will involve a realist review. The review will identify and refine programme theories that have the potential to improve respect, choice and informed consent for women from racial and ethnic minorities accessing UK maternity care. The resulting theory-based understanding will provide the basis for work programme two (WP2).
Work Programme two (WP2) will:
1. Draw on experience-based co-design methodologies to develop and refine interventions that aim to improve choice, informed consent and respect for women from racial and ethnic minorities accessing UK maternity care
2. Assess the acceptability and feasibility of the underlying programme theories, intervention components and evaluation design (the latter of which is outlined in WP3)WP3 (the realist evaluation) will utilise a case study design to test and refine the programme theories (mechanism-context-outcome configurations) underlying the intervention developed in WP2 in different maternity contexts. A case study design has been chosen as the methodology lends itself to the in-depth study of a phenomenon (in this case an intervention and its underlying programme theory) in real-world contexts (UK maternity settings).
REC name
South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
25/SC/0228
Date of REC Opinion
19 Aug 2025
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion