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Maternity care and disability study
11/03/08
Maternity care and disability study
How the health service caters for women with disabilities in relation to pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood is to be the subject of new research.
The research is to be carried out by TCD's School of Nursing and Midwifery and is aimed at exploring the strengths and weaknesses of publicly-funded health services in these areas.
The researchers would like to talk to women with disabilities who have experience of publicly-funded maternity services.
They include women who are blind/vision impaired; women who are deaf/hard of hearing; women with a physical disability; women with mental health difficulties or women with an intellectual disability.
"Women with disabilities have very little voice and their needs in relation to maternity services are not well understood. We are interested in meeting women who have a disability and who are willing to talk about their experiences of the maternity services either before, during or after having a baby", said Prof Cecily Begley of TCD.
Women interested in taking part in the study or who would like further details are invited to contact Denise Lawler, Lecturer in Midwifery/Research Assistant, School of Nursing and Midwifery, TCD. Email lawlerde@tcd.ie/Tel 086 378 9758.
Visit irishhealth.com's Pregnancy Clinic at http://www.mum.ie
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