Dear Joy,
There is evidence from controlled studies. Our chapter in Page &
McCandlish summarises key evidence that is broader than Cochrane, which
only covers RCTs.
Ref - McCourt C, Stevens T, Sandall J, Brodie P. Working with women:
continuity of carer in practice. In: Page L, McCandlish R. The New
Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice. 2nd Ed. Churchill
Livingstone, Oxford, 2006.
Other articles published from our evaluative studies of caseload
midwifery in the UK include various aspects, including clinical, women's
and midwives' experiences.
The unpublished study reports also include economic evaluations, and
these reports are downloadable from: www.health.tvu.ac.uk/mid
some refs:
McCourt C, Page L, Hewison J, Vail A. Evaluation of One-to-One
Midwifery: Women's Responses to Care. Birth: 25 1998
Page L, McCourt C, Beake S, Hewison J, Vail A. Clinical interventions
and outcomes of one-to-one midwifery practice. Journal of Public Health
Medicine 1999;21(4):243-248.
McCourt C, Pearce, A. Does continuity of carer matter to women in
minority ethnic groups Midwifery 16(2): 145-154.*
McCourt C, Beake S. Using Midwifery Monitor to assess quality in two
maternity care systems. The Practising Midwife 2001;4(2):23-29.
Page L, Beake S, McCourt C, et al. Cohort study of one-to-one midwifery:
clinical interventions and outcomes. British Journal of Midwifery,
11-2001
Harper-Bulman K, McCourt C, Somali refugee women’s views and experiences
of maternity care in West London. Critical Public Health. December 2002.
Stevens T & McCourt C. An ethnographic study of caseload midwifery.
Parts 1-4. British Journal of Midwifery, December 2001, Jan, Feb, March
2002.
McCourt C and Stevens T. Relationship and Reciprocity in Caseload
Midwifery. In Deery R and Hunter B (2008) Emotional work in midwifery
and reproduction.
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From: Caseload midwifery on behalf of jude bradfield
Sent: Wed 21-Oct-09 9:18 PM
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Subject: Re: Evidence to support caseloading
Hi Joy,
I agree with you about the research ... it is not very helpful. I have
just done a return to practiee course and compared teams with
caseloading. I have a wealth of information related to the positive
effects on midwives and women, The albany teams in London are a good
practice to look at if you have not done so. Alternative countries like
Denmark with their high home birth rate. I am happy to forward you the
research documents that I found but you have probably looked at them
yourself anyway. You are also welcome to look at my document which was
done in the same way as a report if you like.
The government site for NHS NICE recommend case holding/loading over and
above teams as it has shown to have better outcomes for women and
babies. Surely the governments 'song' book is good enough to convince
the NHS.
Best wishes
Jude B.
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Caseload Midwifery: A Review, MIDWIFERY MATTERS, Issue No.108
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From: Joy Kemp <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, 21 October, 2009 14:45:18
Subject: Evidence to support caseloading
I am helping a local Trust to develop a bid for monies for a new
midwifery
caseloading project, to be set up in conjunction with a new midwifery
led birth
centre.
I have done an initial literature search for the evidence to support
caseloading
and it appears that there is much more out there on the qualitative
aspects,
rather than the 'hard' evidence which may be required to convince
funders. I
have found the Cochrane review, and the discussion about this in
'Midwifery' -
but if anyone knows of even more evidence that will help is make the
case for
caseloading I would be very grateful.
Many thanks,
Joy Kemp, Senior Lecturer/Programme Director 78 week midwifery
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