The Midwives and Mothers Listening Project
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Listening to mothers, listening to midwives: The Midwives and and Mothers listening project: A study into how mothers and midwives experience compassionate care within the childbearing continuum.
IRAS ID
208120
Contact name
Sue Macdonald
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Middlesex University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
1592, Middlesex University Health & Social Care Ethics Committee
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 30 days
Research summary
This project is designed to explore the experience of both childbearing women and midwives, of compassionate care within the pregnancy and childbearing continuum. The aim is to expand the understanding of what women want and need during their maternity care experience, and also will highlight what impacts on midwives to facilitate them in being compassionate, and what their own experience of compassionate care would be.
The project objectives are to:
• Explore the experience of compassionate care from the perspective of a number of individual mothers;
• Explore the experience of providing compassionate care from the midwife’s perspective
• Review factors that might impinge on the midwife’s ability to demonstrate compassion in the provision of maternity care
• Consider factors that might assist the midwife to demonstrate compassionate care
The main method is an interview designed on the principles of the BBC/British Library ‘Listening project’. This will involve the two participants – the mother and the midwife who has provided a significant aspect of care, to meet together in an audio recorded semi structured interview to talk about their shared experience. This information will be analysed using a qualitative textual analysis.REC name
London - Chelsea Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/LO/1721
Date of REC Opinion
19 Oct 2017
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion