Knowledge & skills perinatal mental health - training needs analysis
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Improving knowledge & skills in perinatal mental health: a training needs analysis
IRAS ID
206132
Contact name
Andy Kent
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
St. George's University of London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 17 days
Research summary
This project aims to generate evidence about the perinatal mental health (PNMH) education and training needs of midwives and specialist PNMH midwives in South West London to inform pre-registration midwifery education standards and future workforce development initiatives for health professionals working in maternity care.
The study will adopt a mixed methods approach using questionnaires and focus groups as data collection tools. Questionnaires will be distributed to service users, practicing midwives and those specialist midwives working in PNMH, Heads of Midwifery Services and Lead Obstetricians for PNMH to ascertain their views of midwives’ knowledge and skills in PNMH. Data from the questionnaires will be analysed using SPSS.
Focus groups with midwives will be undertaken to explore their experiences of education and training in PNMH and how effective this has been in preparing them to identify and care for women who develop perinatal mental illness. This data will be analysed thematically.
REC name
East of England - Cambridge Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/EE/0288
Date of REC Opinion
2 Aug 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion