Women's contribution to co-constructed hand-held maternity records: mapping content to theory in patient-centred care (SWHMR 1)
Funding: NHS Research & Development Endowment Grant 2008 (Project No 08/31)
Investigators: Humphrey T1, Tucker J1, Shetty A2.
Research Assistant: Claire de Labrusse1
Summary
The Scottish Women's Hand Held Maternity Record (SWHMR) was launched in 2007 and aims not just to support communication, but also woman-centred maternity care. One new and unevaluated feature is that women are invited to write in their case-notes. The research aim is to investigate how co-constructed records support patient-centredness in maternity services. A case-note series will be reviewed and data transcribed. Content analysis will be used to identify themes and map women's and contribution to the records and evidence of professional responsiveness to domains of patient-centred care.
1Dugald Baird Centre, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen
2NHS Grampian, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital