The Centre for Midwifery & Women's Health aims to promote the health and wellbeing of women, babies and their families by enhancing practice through education, research and scholarship.
The Centre focuses on research in midwifery, maternal and perinatal care, and women's health. Academic researchers associated with the group employ a wide spectrum of research approaches, ranging from qualitative to quantitative research and from mixed-methods studies to systematic reviews.
We cover a range of different topics, with studies undertaken locally in Dorset and the South of England, nationally across the UK, and internationally as far afield as Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA. We currently have a number of doctoral students working on a wide variety of projects both local and international.