Principles and Practice of Research in Midwifery, 2nd ed

By: Cluett

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This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Written by authors with clinical and research experience, this book is intended for midwives and student midwives participating in Diploma, Advanced Diploma and first level degree programmes. It aims to increase research awareness and develop the skills of critical appraisal of research evidence that are essential to evidence based practice.

Key features: - Introduces research methods in midwifery- Discusses the application of research to practice and looks at the route from practice to research- Presents both quantitative and qualitative research methods- Provides a framework for the appraisal of midwifery research evidence- New chapters on evidence based research and interviewing in qualitative research- Maternity care related examples used throughout.

New chapter on interviewing as a means of data collection, including information on using focus groups
New chapter on evidence-based practice including issues around supervision for evidence-based projects
Inclusion of new material in relation to such topics as undertaking case studies

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"The book's layout enables easy access to the material which can be read in its entirety to gain a broad understanding of research, or it can be dipped into for reference purposes. The book also contains plenty of checklists and midwifery examples to help the reader understand the application of the research concepts described. This book is appropriately directed at midwives and students studying at undergraduate level. The content makes it a useful resource for students, teachers and researchers at all levels of experience, particularly if they are looking to refresh knowledge and understanding of research methods that are less familiar to them.? Head of the Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research The Practicing Midwife / Volume 10 / Number 7 / July-August 2007

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Contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. viii
Foreword to the first edition	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
History of research in midwifery	p. 2
Aim and purpose of this book	p. 4
Research awareness	p. 5
Definition and purpose of research and evidence-based practice	p. 6
The relationship of audit to research and EBP	p. 9
Structure of the book	p. 9
From practice to research	p. 13
Introduction	p. 14
Midwifery practice	p. 14
Types of knowledge	p. 16
Theory	p. 19
The nature of research	p. 20
Paradigms, approaches, methodology and methods: a terminology debate	p. 22
The main assumptions for each paradigm	p. 24
From practice to research	p. 25
Conclusion	p. 29
Chapter summary	p. 29
Evidence-based practice	p. 33
Introduction	p. 34
Origins	p. 34
The purpose	p. 35
The process of evidence-based practice	p. 37
The evidence for EBP	p. 49
Evidence-based practice and policy	p. 52
Conclusion	p. 52
Chapter summary	p. 53
Experimental research	p. 57
Introduction	p. 58
Origins	p. 59
The purpose and types of experimental research	p. 60
The process of experimental research	p. 61
Experimental research designs	p. 78
Quasi-experimental designs	p. 86
Experimental case studies	p. 88
Conclusion	p. 89
Chapter summary	p. 89
Surveys	p. 93
Introduction	p. 94
Origins	p. 94
Purpose	p. 94
Characteristics of the approach	p. 95
Components of the research process	p. 96
Specific tools and methods used within the approach	p. 98
Reliability and validity	p. 112
Conclusion	p. 113
Chapter summary	p. 114
An introduction to statistics in midwifery research	p. 117
Introduction	p. 118
Origins	p. 119
Ethics and statistics	p. 120
Types of statistics	p. 121
Presentation of statistics	p. 121
Levels of measurement	p. 122
Descriptive statistics	p. 124
Probability, p values and significance	p. 131
Inferential statistics	p. 133
Correlation and the associated statistical tests	p. 138
Confidence intervals	p. 143
Odds ratio	p. 144
Relative risk	p. 146
Numbers needed to treat	p. 147
Analysis of variance	p. 148
Power calculations	p. 148
Secondary statistical analysis	p. 149
Systematic review and meta-analysis	p. 149
Additional reading	p. 150
Conclusion	p. 151
Chapter summary	p. 151
Grounded theory	p. 153
Introduction	p. 154
Origins	p. 154
Purposes	p. 156
Features of grounded theory	p. 156
Ethical issues	p. 167
Straussian and Glaserian perspectives of grounded theory	p. 167
Conclusion	p. 168
Chapter summary	p. 169
Ethnography	p. 171
Introduction	p. 172
Origins	p. 172
Purpose	p. 173
Characteristics of the approach	p. 173
Components of the research process	p. 176
Ethnographic reports	p. 184
Conclusion	p. 185
Chapter summary	p. 185
Phenomenology	p. 187
Introduction	p. 187
Origins	p. 188
Purpose	p. 189
Characteristics of the approach	p. 190
Ethical considerations	p. 199
Conclusion	p. 200
Chapter summary	p. 200
Alternative approaches to research	p. 203
Introduction	p. 203
Integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches	p. 204
Triangulation	p. 205
Historical research	p. 207
Feminist approaches	p. 208
Action research	p. 210
Evaluation research	p. 214
Case studies	p. 216
Conclusion	p. 217
Chapter summary	p. 217
Interviewing in qualitative research	p. 221
Introduction	p. 222
Origins	p. 222
Purpose	p. 223
Face-to-face interviews	p. 224
Telephone interviews	p. 226
Electronic interviews	p. 227
Focus group interviews	p. 228
The interview process	p. 231
After the interview	p. 238
Trustworthiness of the data	p. 239
Conclusion	p. 239
Chapter summary	p. 240
Critiquing the literature	p. 243
Introduction	p. 244
Critiquing and the skills	p. 244
The critiquing process	p. 246
Alternative critiquing frameworks	p. 259
Your decision	p. 260
Conclusion	p. 261
From research to practice	p. 265
Introduction	p. 265
Learning and working together	p. 266
Sharing information with colleagues	p. 266
Sharing information with students	p. 269
Evidence-based projects	p. 269
Sharing information with clients	p. 270
Evidence-based practice	p. 271
Midwives doing research	p. 273
Quality assurance	p. 273
Research as a strategy for change	p. 274
Conclusion	p. 275
Chapter summary	p. 276
Glossary	p. 279
Index	p. 287
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