Baby Friendly Initiative Implementation: Maternity Staff Experiences

NCT04395703 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 274438
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 21
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This qualitative, case study will explore the experiences of maternity staff in England when implementing the World Health Organisation and Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standards within a maternity organisation.

Conditions

Experience, Life

Keywords

Staff experience,barriers,challenges,facilitators

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• To identify barriers to the successful implementation of Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative within a maternity organisation.

  The aim is to identify themes regarding barriers that are in place when implementing policies into maternity organisations. These will be developed into recommendations which managers and policy makers can utilise to enable change management.

  2 years

• To identify challenges to the successful implementation of Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative within a maternity organisation.

  The aim is to identify themes regarding the challenges that are in place when implementing policies into maternity organisations. These will be developed into recommendations which managers and policy makers can utilise to enable change management.

  2 years

• To identify what facilitates the successful implementation of Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative within a maternity organisation.

  The aim is to identify themes regarding the facilitators when implementing the Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative into maternity organisations. These will be developed into recommendations which managers and policy makers can utilise to enable change management.

  2 years

Study Arms (2)

Maternity staff

Interviews with maternity staff working within a maternity unit including midwifery managers and infant feeding lead staff members.

Other: Interviews and focus groups

Neonatal unit staff

Staff working within a local maternity unit.

Other: Interviews and focus groups

Interventions

Interviews and focus groups OTHER

Unstructured and semi-structured interviews with open ended questions.

Maternity staff; Neonatal unit staff

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 99 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Maternity and neonatal staff who meet the inclusion criteria.

You may qualify if:

• Maternity staff who have had training in and with experience of working with the BFI.
• Senior neonatal staff working in the maternity unit.
• Maternity unit management.
• Staff in specialised infant feeding roles at local hospitals.
• Student midwives on placement at main study hospital site.
• English speaking.

You may not qualify if:

• Maternity staff with no BFI experience.
• Medical staff.
• Community maternity staff.
• Community nurses and health visitors.
• Student nurses.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bournemouth University: lead
• Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2JY, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Interviews as Topic; Focus Groups

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Hazel Tennant

  Postgraduate Researcher and Midwife

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 12, 2020
• First Posted: May 20, 2020
• Study Start: October 27, 2020
• Primary Completion: October 11, 2021
• Study Completion: October 11, 2021
• Last Updated: April 8, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)