The Handbook of Midwifery Research (eBook)

Mary Steen, Taniya Roberts (Autoren)

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2011
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-27621-1 (ISBN)

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Research is a fundamental part of midwifery practice. However, not everyone finds it easy to understand the basic principles, and particularly the language of research. This accessible handbook enables midwives and student midwives to firstly understand how to search and make sense of research evidence, how to write a research proposal and finally how to undertake a research study.

The Handbook of Midwifery Research specifically focuses on the needs of midwives and students and helps increase the knowledge and understanding of midwifery research, enabling the reader to undertake research with confidence. With case studies, learning objectives and clear examples throughout, this is an essential purchase for any midwife or student wanting to understand or undertake research. This handbook includes useful tools and techniques to assist midwives and students to keep themselves up-to-date with the best available evidence, enabling them to apply this evidence to their own clinical practice.

• An essential resource for midwifery students as well as qualified midwives
• Clear, straightforward, and accessible in style
• Provides midwives and students with the skills to undertake research with confidence
• Provides examples throughout to apply research to midwifery practice
• Includes a glossary of research terms

Dr Mary Steen is Research Fellow in Midwifery at University of Central Lancashire / RCM (joint appointment). She is interested in a wide remit of midwifery and women's health issues. Her specific focus has been on the care and consequences of perineal trauma after childbirth. Her research work has developed of a new pain relief treatment (femepad). She has published her work in several health related journals and presented at conferences. Her work has received several awards for original research and clinical innovation.

Inhalt

Title Page 5
Table of Contents 7
Foreword 11
Preface 13
About the book 15
About the authors 17
Acknowledgements 19
Part I: Understanding research 21
Introduction to midwifery research 23
Introducing research 23
Types of research knowledge 25
Audit and research 27
Introducing qualitative research 32
Introducing quantitative research 42
The importance of evidence based practice 52
Summary 59
Finding the evidence 60
Introduction to finding evidence 60
Literature searching 61
Literature review 61
Sources of evidence 64
Using a search strategy 67
Structured review 68
Systematic review 70
Summary 72
Making sense of the Evidence 74
Introduction to critiquing research evidence 74
Critiquing qualitative research 75
Critiquing quantitative research 79
Hierarchy of evidence 81
Differences between qualitative and quantitative research 86
Summary 90
Part II:Undertaking research 91
Data collection techniques 93
Introduction to data collection 93
Qualitative data collection techniques 95
Undertaking a research interview 103
Quantitative data collection techniques 110
Questionnaires 113
Summary 120
Ethics and research governance 122
Introduction 122
Introducing ethics and research 123
History of ethics and research 123
Principles of ethics 127
Research governance 130
Ethical issues relating to midwifery research 132
Gaining ethical approval 134
Summary 137
Data analysis 139
Introduction to data analysis 139
Qualitative data analysis 140
Quantitative data analysis methods 145
A basic understanding of statistics 153
Summary 167
Research dissemination 169
Introduction 169
The dissertation 169
Research degree – proposals 173
Writing skills 176
Getting your work published 179
Impact of publications 184
Presenting a conference paper 185
Useful resources 186
Becoming a researcher 187
Summary 188
Appendix a 190
Appendix b 196
Appendix c 197
Appendix d 213
Glossary 216
References 222
Index 236

Rezensionen

"This book is clear, concise and well-referenced." (Nursing
Standard, 7 March 2012)



"I found this book instantly likeable. It is easy to locate the
required information, the content overall is excellent, and it
outweighs its competitors by far. It is reasonably priced, and I
most definitely highly recommend it." (The Royal College Of
Midwives, 18 January 2012)

"This practical handbook of midwifery research is clear,
concise, informative and very user-friendly ... It is reasonably
priced, and I most definitely highly recommend it." (Midwives, 1
November 2011)

"The volume includes accessible examples throughout and a
glossary of research terms." (Booknews, 1 June 2011)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.11.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Schlagworte: accessible • BASIC • enables • everyone • finds • firstly • fundamental • Handbook • Hebammenpraxis • Krankenpflege • language • Midwifery • midwives • nursing • Part • Pocketguide • Practice • Principles • Proposal • Research • research evidence • Sense • specifically • Student • Study
• ISBN-10: 1-118-27621-3 / 1118276213
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-27621-1 / 9781118276211