How to implement NICE recommendations for birthplace in practice?

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  How can Nice Intrapartum Guidelines recommendations on place of birth for women with uncomplicated pregnancies be implemented in practice

• IRAS ID

  209028

• Contact name

  Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho

• Contact email

  Lucia.Rocca-Ihenacho@city.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  City University London

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  Staff/16-17/10, Indemnity City University

• Duration of Study in the UK

  2 years, 8 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  Study Summary

  Title: ‘How can NICE Intrapartum Guidelines recommendations on place of birth for women with uncomplicated pregnancies be implemented in practice’

  Short title: How can NICE guidelines on place of birth for low-risk women be implemented in practice?

  Objectives:
  1. To develop, as part of a Participatory Action Research process an implementation Pathway, including staff training and tools to support implementation of an evidence-based model of care.
  2. To explore whether the development and implementation of The Pathway can have an impact on the number of births outside OUs and assess the impact on service users and frontline staff.
  3. To improve the knowledge implementation of NIHR and other evidence, policy and NICE guidelines into practice within the NHS.
  4. To contribute to the development of knowledge mobilization (KM) theory and research methodologies
  5. To help developing a culture of active participation of service users and frontline staff in research and planning service delivery.

  Methodology: The methodology is a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project using a modified PARIHS framework (Promoting Action on Research Implementation In Health Services) combined with the COM-B model prospectively to design and implement a pathway and conduct initial impact evaluation.

  Study duration: 3 years

  Setting: NHS trust

  Participants: 900 participants (service users and staff)

• REC name

  East of England - Cambridge East Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/EE/0382

• Date of REC Opinion

  16 Sep 2016

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion