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Scholarship that opens the door to research – and opportunity
The Wellbeing of Women (WoW) and Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Entry-Level Research Scholarship was pivotal in my career as a clinical academic midwife and helped me achieve my ambition to progress midwifery-led research to improve the ...
Hearing midwives’ voices: International Women's Day 2021
Midwives’ voices are often absent from international, national or local policy dialogue. In Bangladesh, where midwifery is a new profession and all midwives are young women and therefore doubly disadvantaged because of their age and gender, ...
Standing on the shoulders of research giants
At the RCM, we believe it’s time to end the negative perceptions of research.
The research that inspired me: Mary Steen
I remember seeing Professor James Walker presenting a lecture in the late 1980s and asking an important question: ‘Why were pregnant women being admitted to the antenatal ward when they could just as easily be seen and treated in an antenatal ...
Secondhand smoke exposure during pregnancy in developing countries
Exposure to tobacco smoke during pregnancy poses serious but avoidable risk to fetal development leading to stillbirth, congenital malformations and low birthweight.
Clinicians’ views of factors influencing CS decision-making
There is limited explanation for the increasing rates of CS globally. Despite having evidence that vaginal birth is safer for most women, and associated with fewer complications compared to CS, many countries continue to have a rising trend ...
Day and time of birth and mode of onset and birth
Studies of daily variations in numbers of births in England and Wales in the last three decades of the 20th century revealed a pronounced weekly cycle.
Blown off course
Midwifery student drop-out rates can be high, but why do some students fall away? And what interventions could make a difference? The RePAIR report is providing some answers, writes Juliette Astrup.
Research: What causes women in New South Wales to birth before arrival, and why?
Birthing options in Australia are more numerous in densely populated coastal regions but less available in rural and remote areas, often necessitating some women to move to city regions as their birth due date draws near.