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Midwives' evaluation of their role in crowdsourcing activities to improve the maternity experience: part 2

This is the second of two articles on crowdsourcing In the first article (Frewin and Church 2019), crowdsourcing was introduced as an innovative way to find solutions to issues in practice Defined as...

Lived experiences of young pregnant women who smoke

Smoking tobacco during pregnancy contributes to numerous adverse pregnancy outcomes (Salihu and Wilson, 2007; Marufu et al, 2015) Early life influences later health outcomes and exposure to problems...

Staying together: mothers and babies in prison

The number of women imprisoned across the world is increasing According to the World Female Imprisonment List, the number of female prisoners has increased worldwide by 53% since 2000 (Walmsley,...

Using a transcervical Foley catheter to enhance normality for induction of labour

In 2016–2017, 294% of women in the UK underwent a medical induction of labour (NHS Digital, 2017) This is an increase from the 149% in 2014–2015 (Hospital Episode Statistics Analysis, Health and...

Promoting evidence-based practice and raising concerns: considerations for the newly-qualified midwife

Newly-qualified midwives are expected to be safe, competent practitioners and are responsible for providing high standards of care for women and babies (Phelan et al, 2014); however, for many midwives...

Why midwives alone are not enough

Talking to midwives from across Ethiopia and Kenya about the challenges and triumphs of being a clinician, the conversation often turned to where to go next (Box 1) Although there have been...

Smoking and pregnancy

The adverse effects of smoking in pregnancy include miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth and birth defects (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2015) According to NHS Digital...

Book review

Why Caesarean matters I was intrigued...

Using elective placements effectively

Elective placements enable students to pursue an area of interest other than the essential standards required for pre-registration midwifery education (Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2009) Student...

Meet BJM's new arrivals

Although there is much about midwifery that has remained unchanged since it was first practised, the profession is inherently one of new beginnings. From welcoming a new life into the world, to...

We support Unicef … up to a point

It all started in Vancouver in the spring of 1993 when I attended the International Confederation of Midwives Congress to launch British Journal of Midwifery (BJM)

The student–mentor relationship

Recently, I have been reflecting on the role of the mentor in supporting midwifery students This relationship is at times challenging and often underestimated, but it is also crucial to student...

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