Health communication for pregnant Chinese migrant women v1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Health communication for pregnant Chinese migrant women in northern England – an explorative qualitative study
IRAS ID
182901
Contact name
Qian (Sarah) Gong
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Leicester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 30 days
Research summary
This study intends to make a contribution to the research of the health communication aspect of the maternity care in England. It focuses on pregnant Chinese migrant women, an ethnic minority group which has been so far insufficiently studied in the health research literature. The investigation of the health communication aspect engages closely with health policy-making as the recent National Maternity Review, Better Births (Cumberlege, 2016, pp. 4. 29, 33) emphasises women’s informed choices underpinned by good communication of unbiased health information as one of the two fundamental principles of good maternity care. This study explores Chinese migrant women’s own accounts of their experiences of maternity care during their pregnancy, focusing particularly on how health information is communicated to them through in-person and (media) mediated channels. The study also investigates midwives’ experiences of providing health advice to Chinese migrant women as part of the maternity care. The study analyses the processes and outcomes of the health communication, and explores whether and how the provision of health-related information helps these women make informed choices in their personalised maternity care. This in-depth qualitative study is based on semi-structured interviews with pregnant Chinese migrant women and midwives, as well as participant observations of pregnant Chinese migrant women’s midwife appointments (ideally taking place at 16th, 31st, 34th or 36th week) in Leeds and Manchester where both cities have large Chinese communities.
REC name
West of Scotland REC 3
REC reference
17/WS/0130
Date of REC Opinion
21 Jul 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion