Contents // Foreword, ix // Soo Downe // Preface, xi // About the book, xiii // About the authors, xv // Acknowledgements, xvii // Part I Understanding research // Chapter 1 Introduction to midwifery research, 3 // Introducing research, 3 // Types of research knowledge, 5 // Audit and research, 7 // Introducing qualitative research, 12 // Introducing quantitative research, 22 // The importance of evidence-based practice, 32 // Summary, 39 // Chapter 2 Finding the evidence, 40 // Introduction to finding evidence, 40 // Literature searching, 41 // Literature review, 41 // Sources of evidence, 44 // Using a search strategy, 47 // Structured review, 48 // Systematic review, 50 // Summary, 52 // Chapter 3 Making sense of the evidence, 54 // Introduction to critiquing research evidence, 54 // Critiquing qualitative research, 55 // Critiquing quantitative research, 59 // vi Contents // Hierarchy of evidence, 61 // Differences between qualitative and quantitative research, 66 // Summary, 70 // Part II Undertaking research // Chapter 4 Data collection techniques, 73 // Introduction to data collection, 73 // Qualitative data collection techniques, 75 // Undertaking a research interview, 83 // Quantitative data collection techniques, 90 // Questionnaires, 93 // Summary, 100 // Chapter 5 Ethics and research governance, 102 // Introduction, 102 // Introducing ethics and research, 103 // History of ethics and research, 103 // Principles of ethics, 107 // Research governance, 110 // Ethical
issues relating to midwifery research, 112 // Gaining ethical approval, 114 // Summary, 117 // Chapter 6 Data analysis, 119 // Introduction to data analysis, 119 // Qualitative data analysis, 120 // Quantitative data analysis methods, 125 // A basic understanding of statistics, 133 // Summary, 147 // Chapter 7 Research dissemination, 149 // Introduction, 149 // The dissertation, 149 // Research degree - proposals, 153 // Writing skills, 156 // Getting your work published, 159 // Impact of publications, 164 // Presenting a conference paper, 165 // Useful resources, 166 // Becoming a researcher, 167 // Summary, 168 // Appendix A, 170 // Appendix B, 176 // Contents vii // Appendix C, 177 // Appendix D, 193 // Glossary, 196 // References, 202 // Index, 216