Hi Marie

I am very interested in your research on trust. I am looking at trust with community participants. I am looking at using a tool called the Rickterscale. Check out the website The Rickter Company. They have a great back end to record your research data including qualitative comments. I have copied Keith into this email. Feel free to email him for some further information.

Cheers
Karen
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HI fiona,
I am sorry. I am New to these lists and probably made a mistake inn joining
the design list. I was thinking more about research design and sharing ideas
with others doing qualitative research.
Best Wishes
Marie
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hello Marie

your project sounds very interesting.

I'd love to know more about it, and also to know more about your reasons for
bringing it to the attention of this list- I for one am pleased you have
done so.

I've read a little about aesthetic knowing and empathy in a nursing context,
and thought I perceived some parallels to aspects of my work as a clothing
designer/researcher e.g. when interpreting the needs of 'a client', or
interviewing research participants, or using my intuition when working with
students.

Do you see some parallels with design, or are you looking more for a wider
engagement in terms of research methodology and analysis etc?

Be good to hear from you

Fiona

http://www.a-brand.co.uk/

Fiona Candy
Senior Lecturer
School of Art Design and Performance
University of Central Lancashire
Preston UK

Now in its 20th year!
The Textile Society's Manchester Antique Textile Fair.
Sunday 4th March 2012
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HI,

My name is Marie Lewis and I am curretnly undertaking a part time PhD. My
research is a phenomenolgical study exploring the concept of Trust within
the midwife mother relationship.


I bring to this research both my professional and my personal experiences of
trust within the midwife mother relationship. As a midwife I was trained to
believe that normality was the key to midwife led care, within this was an
inherent trust of the physiological processes of normal childbirth. I
progressed in my training with mentors and midwives who supported me in
developing my trust in the physiological processes of normal childbirth and
on qualifying as a midwife I had an in-depth belief in normality. It was
only as a qualified midwife that I discovered not everybody shared my
philosophy and that I would battle with those around me to ensure that
normality was a primary concern. As a qualified midwife I adapted my style,
my communication and the way I was with my colleagues in order to counteract
this battle. To continue the battle on a minute by minute basis was just too
emotionally draining but inside I remained focused with true belief in
physiological childbirth.


In my first pregnancy I naturally believed that the midwives looking after
me would support me and promote normality in my care. I hoped and trusted
that they would share my beliefs, my values and would help me to achieve the
natural childbirth that I wanted. But it was not to be, my pregnancy was not
without complications. The attitudes of my midwives were that they knew I
was never going to do it, that they knew my body was not going to play ball.
This was the first time since qualifying that I realised how important it
was for me, as a mother, to feel trusted and to feel that others shared my
philosophy and would look after me in the way I wanted. This was where my
journey towards the PhD and exploring the concept of trust began.


Short Title: Trust within the midwife mother relationship:

Research Problem: Trust appears to be an important concept within the
midwife mother relationship yet evidence to define it as a concept and what
it means to women is sparse. Without a greater understanding of what trust
is and what part it plays in the midwife mother relationship it may be more
difficult to shape services in a way that fulfils the needs of women.


Research intention: The aim of the study is to explore the nature and
concept of trust as experienced by mothers when developing a relationship
with midwives providing their care. The main purpose is to gain further
understanding of the concept by gaining an insight into the personal lived
experience of pregnant women and the meaning they place on the concept of
trust. It is not the intention of the researcher to generalise the findings
or to prove an existing theory exists but to use the lived experience of a
specified group of women to provide greater understanding of the phenomena
for midwives working in this field.


Research approach: This study aims to explore the concept of trust within
the midwife mother relationship and clearly sits within the naturalistic
paradigm in its intent to understand the concept of trust as experienced by
individual women during their interactions with midwives. An initial review
of the literature around trust and the midwife mother relationship has
indicated that the phenomenon being studied may in fact develop or change
over time. As such it is necessary to explore the phenomenon over the period
of the relationship mothers have with midwives. The study will follow a time
line covering the phases of pregnancy, birth and post birth.


I am really keen to keep in touch with the group to share ideas and explore
the views of a wider community as I embark on the process of data analysis
and writing up my thesis.

Best Wishes

Marie
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