Understanding barriers to involving community midwives in identifying research participants; experience of the First Steps Randomised Controlled Trial

Authors

Jane Stuart, University of London
Jacqueline Barnes, University of WollongongFollow
Helen Spiby, University of Nottingham
Diana Elbourne, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

RIS ID

128476

Publication Details

Stuart, J., Barnes, J., Spiby, H. & Elbourne, D. (2015). Understanding barriers to involving community midwives in identifying research participants; experience of the First Steps Randomised Controlled Trial. Midwifery, 31 779-786.

Abstract

Objective: to explore barriers to the involvement of community midwives in identifying women in early pregnancy as potential participants in the first steps study, a randomised controlled trial of a new intervention to provide health and parenting support to potentially vulnerable women.