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I was wondering about the « definition » of a “health visitor”. Probably the best definition is going to be - What they do - Whether there is a clear designation of tasks - Who pays - Whether this is universal or not And to a lesser extent what qualification / training. I thought of this, because I once read a paper about community health workers (CHWs) in LMICs, and the paper was solely about o What they are called o Who pays (or not) o What they do o Who they are accountable to And it was very fascinating. So possibly for chapter 1 of this thesis… Certainly in Belgium we have “health visitors” and some degree of definition of what they do, and there are some written agreements about collaboration with midwives in the postnatal period. Sophie Alexander MD, PhD PERU (Perinatal Epidemiology and Reproductive health Unit) Ecole de Santé Publique Universite Libre de Bruxelles 808 route de Lennik 1070 Brussels Belgium Tel +32 2555 4063 De : A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] De la part de PG-Aquino, Ryc Envoyé : lundi 23 mars 2015 11:48 À : [log in to unmask] Objet : Looking for research papers on midwife-health visitor collaboration To whom this may concern: I am Ryc Aquino, a first year PhD student in Health Services Research at the Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research, School of Health Sciences, City University London. My PhD focusses on the inter-professional working relationship between midwives and health visitors (as well as international equivalents, such as Child and Family Health Nurses in Australia and Plunket Nurses in New Zealand) in delivering maternal and child health services. Part of this PhD project involves a systematic review, which aims to: 1) identify the areas of practice where midwives and health visitors work collaboratively, 2) describe the methods which they employ when communicating and working collaboratively, 3) assess the effectiveness of this collaborative working relationship, and 4) explore whether current practice adheres to current policy guidelines. The systematic review protocol is registered on PROSPERO (registration number: CRD42015016666), and is available here: http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42015016666 At present, I have completed electronic database searching, which yielded 5,329 records. I would like to ask you if you are aware of any research conducted in this area, published or unpublished (e.g. theses, dissertations). If so, please send details of relevant papers/articles to [log in to unmask] by 13th April 2015. Please also feel free to share this information to relevant parties. Thank you all very much in anticipation, and I look forward to hearing from you soon. With best wishes, Ryc Aquino Maria Raisa Jessica (Ryc) Aquino, MSc BPsych PhD Student Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research School of Health Sciences City University London Myddleton Street Building 1 Myddleton Street London EC1R 1UW Tel.: +44 (0) 207 040 5773