Maternity research conference has Transatlantic focus
Posted on 22 April 2008
The event, on Thursday 11 September 2008, will be of interest to those involved in maternity service commissioning, planning and provision, service use and research related to providing optimal care to women and their companions during early labour.
The conference is being organised by Mother and Infant Research Unit (MIRU), based in the University’s Department of Health Sciences.
Speakers include:
- Julie Weston, Senior Trial Co-ordinator, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Canada. She will talk about the SELAN randomised controlled trial, which evaluated structured early labour care and was led by Professor Ellen Hodnett, Chair of Perinatal Nursing Research, University of Toronto.
- Dr Patti Janssen, Department of Healthcare and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, who will talk about the ELASH trial. This compared early labour assessment and support at home with telephone triage for women having their first baby.
This conference provides a unique opportunity to hear the results of four large studies aimed at finding ways to improve care for women and their families
Helen Spiby
- Helen Cheyne, Research Programme Co-ordinator, Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, University of Stirling, UK, who plans to talk about the TELSIS (The Early Labour Study In Scotland) trial. This compared the effectiveness of an algorithm for diagnosis of active labour for women expecting their first baby with standard care.
- Helen Spiby, Senior Lecturer (Evidence based practice in Midwifery), Mother and Infant Research Unit, University of York, UK, who will talk about the Early Labour Support and Assessment trial (ELSA) that investigated home visiting in early labour for women having their first baby.
Helen Spiby, Senior Lecturer, in MIRU, said:
"Until recently, there has been very little high quality research about the early part of labour; a stage which is very important for labouring women and those who look after and support them. This conference provides a unique opportunity to hear the results of four large studies aimed at finding ways to improve care for women and their families."
Fees: Midwives (NHS and independent), service users and representatives, midwifery students £100. Academic, medical, public health, commissioners, policy makers £150.
Conference Website www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/research/miruconference.html
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Notes to editors:
- For more information about the conference or study day, or to book a place, please contact: Jenny Brown on telephone number: (01904) 321832 or email: jb70@york.ac.uk
- The Mother and Infant Research Unit at the University of York is a multi-disciplinary team with wide-ranging research interests that aim to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of childbearing women, their babies and families. www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/research/miru.htm
- The Department of Health Sciences at York is large and multidisciplinary, offering a broad range of taught and research programmes in the health and social care field. It aims to develop the role of scientific evidence in health and health care through high quality research, teaching and other forms of dissemination.