Research priorities of NSW midwives

‘I only give advice if I am asked’: Examining the grandmother's potential to influence infant feeding decisions and parenting practices of new mothers

“…17,22,29 Midwives have identified that they want a greater understanding of how to support breastfeeding women and that increased workloads deny them the time and opportunity to give better support and to access research that would inform the support. 30 The results of this study extend beyond the notion of 'being helpful, updating my knowledge and learning together' as outlined in the study of grandmothers by Grassley and Eschiti 8 to highlight the potentially precarious nature of the grandmother/new mother relationship. Using focus groups, their qualitative study ascertained thirty-five participant's views of breastfeeding experiences, knowledge and concerns.…”

Leading Change and Advancing Health by Enhancing Nurses' and Midwives' Knowledge, Ability and Confidence to Conduct Research through a Clinical Scholar Program in Western Australia

“…However, in some instances nurses and midwives are unaware of the available resources to assist them to engage in research [9]. A further barrier preventing nurses and midwives from engaging in research activities has been shown to be their lack of research knowledge, skills, and experience [2, 10]. Often this lack of knowledge is as a result of the type of preservice education received.…”

“…In addition, nurses and midwives consider that research should be conducted by specialist researchers and that they should not be expected to lead research projects [9]. A lack of personal motivation was also identified as a reason for nurses [2] and midwives [10] not engaging in research activities. This was compounded by them not seeing any personal benefit in undertaking such activities.…”

“…This strategy is supported by Kajermo et al [8] who found that, as work schedules became busier, registered nurses did not have the time to read published research and to implement the evidence into practice [7, 12]. Lack of time to participate in research activities has also been shown to be problematic for midwives [9, 10]. Inadequate support through lack of funds to conduct research has been identified as another reason that clinicians do not engage in research within the clinical setting [10].…”

“…Lack of time to participate in research activities has also been shown to be problematic for midwives [9, 10]. Inadequate support through lack of funds to conduct research has been identified as another reason that clinicians do not engage in research within the clinical setting [10]. …”