Healthcare professional and women's experiences of NHSG FIP
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Midwives’, health visitors’, family nurse practitioners’ and women’s experiences of the NHS Grampian’s Financial Inclusion Pathway in practice: A qualitative investigation of early implementation and impact
IRAS ID
290576
Contact name
Flora Douglas
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
Midwives', health visitors', family nurse practitioners' and women's experiences of the NHS Grampian's Financial Inclusion Pathway in practice: A qualitative investigation of early implementation and impact
Children growing-up in poverty experience significant disadvantage in terms of health, developmental and educational outcomes, and poorer health and life chances later, compared to wealthier peers. Recent legislation requires all Scottish NHS Boards and partners to help tackle child poverty by enabling, for example, better access to financial advice and support for all pregnant women and families with children under five in contact with midwifery and early years nursing services. Financial Inclusion Referral Pathways (FIP) between money and welfare services, and maternity and nursing services, aims to maximise incomes of women families identified at risk of financial hardship. NHS Grampian (NHSG) is in the process of implementing its FIP, in collaboration with Midwifery and Nursing Services and the Grampian Citizen's Advice Service. This study aims to enhance understanding about the early implementation of this pathway within the NHSG area in relation to its impact on clinical practice and the experience of care. This will be addressed through consideration of two objectives in relation to two groups: Objective 1/ Study Group 1: the views and experiences of midwives, health visitors and family nurse practitioners based in the NHSG region (Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray), associated with the introduction of the FIP within routine antenatal and post-natal care of pregnant women and families with young children; and Objective 2/ Study Group 2: the views and experiences of women targeted by NHSG’s Local Child Poverty Action Plan associated with the early implementation of the FIP. A qualitative investigation will address these objectives. In light of COVID-19 restrictions, it is necessary to use remote data-collection methods. For Objective 1/ Study Group 1, this will be individual semi-structured interviews with up to 40 midwives, health visitors and family nurse practitioners from the three NHS Grampian regions, recruited via clinical leads. For Objective 2/ Study Group 2, individual semi-structured interviews with 10-15 women from across the same geographical area, recruited via their midwife, health visitor or family nurse or the Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub in Aberdeen City. Interviews will be facilitated through either telephone or an internet-mediated means. Participants will be provided with an information sheet and their consent for participation will be elicited verbally, recorded and stored as part of the interviews. Themes across the interviews will be identified and reported on, informing local health and social policy, clinical practice and nurse education.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds West Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/YH/0324
Date of REC Opinion
23 Nov 2020
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion