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Dear Christine, Thanks so much for this invitation. Is there any way that this presentation will be live cast or recorded as a future podcast? This is a very timely study. K *Karline Wilson-Mitchell RM, RN, CNM, MSN* *Associate Professor* Midwifery Education Program Ryerson University 350 Victoria Street Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3 Office: SHE 604 Phone: 416-979-5000 ext 7686 http://www.ryerson.ca/midwifery/faculty-kw.html On 7 March 2015 at 03:12, McCourt, Christine <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > All are welcome to attend, but please notify our Centre administrator by > email in case of last minute changes in arrangements. > > > > [image: City_Logo_A4_RGB.jpg] > > > > *School of Health Sciences* <http://www.city.ac.uk/communityandhealth> > > > > [image: Picture1.jpg] > > > ------------------------------ > > > > *Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research Seminar* > > > > *Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho, Consultant Midwife for Public Health, St George's > NHS Trust and PhD Student Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research, > City University London* > > > > *Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose, three attributes of midwives working at an > inner city multi-ethnic freestanding midwifery unit * > > > > The Barkantine Birth Centre, opened in 2008, is a well-established urban > freestanding birth centre with a target of 600 births/year. It is > consistently achieving about 82% of spontaneous vaginal births and a > similar percentage of normal births, keeping caesarean sections at 9% and > instrumental birth at about 8%. High rates of normal birth within > freestanding have also been reported nationally by the Birthplace Study. > However, to date there is a knowledge gap regarding key elements in > midwifery practice, environment, and organisation of care, which may > potentially affect rates of normal birth. This ethnographic study aims to > contribute to the theory-generation in the arena of ‘how to keep birth > normal’. This is the first ethnographic study of an inner city freestanding > midwifery-led unit in the UK serving a multi-ethnic population. > > This is a post-critical ethnographic study. The researcher was an > ‘insider’, who has conducted the fieldwork from April 2011 to June 2012. > Participants included birth centre service users and staff as well as > stakeholders at the linked hospital. A total of 80 participants were > recruited. The participants reflected the local multi-ethnic population. > The fieldwork included participant observation, in-depth interviews, local > operational procedures, guidelines and photographs. Audio recordings were > transcribed and anonymised in order to maintain confidentiality. Analysis > was conducted using a constructionist Grounded Theory approach in order to > develop a mid-range theory. Atlas.ti computer software was used in order to > manage the large amount of data but some manual analysis was included. > Constant comparative methods were used throughout the analytic process. Two > service users have helped at every stage of this project. > > > > > > Venue: *Room ELG08 (Drysdale Building)* > > Date: *11 March 2015* > > Time: *13:00 – 14:00 * > > > > > > > > > > *Craig Hill* > > PA to Associate Dean of Research, Prof. Jill Francis and Research Centre > Administrator > > > > School of Health Sciences > > City University London > Northampton Square > > EC1V 0HB > > > > > > T: +44 (0)20 7040 5322 > > W: http://www.city.ac.uk > > Advisory Group for Maternal and Child Health Research - > http://blogs.city.ac.uk/surf/ > > > > This email and its contents are the property of City University London. If > you are not the intended recipient of this message and any attached files, > please delete it. Unauthorised copying or distribution of this message, its > attachments or parts thereof, is strictly prohibited unless specifically > stated otherwise. Please consider the environment before printing this > message > > >