The Baby Sleep Project Part 2
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Supporting families with infants at risk of sudden unexpected death in infancy: co-production and realist evaluation of intervention to support safer infant sleep for families with infants at increased risk.
IRAS ID
329961
Contact name
Anna Pease
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Research Governance Team
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
R101809-101, Finance Grant Code
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 8 months, 28 days
Research summary
In this two-phase study, we aim to develop and evaluate an intervention, comprising a suite of resources, to increase the uptake of safer sleep advice in families with infants at increased risk of sudden unexpected death in infancy. Phase one will involve a process of co-production via four workshops. We will work with families, health professionals, commissioners and community based family support workers to refine and add to resources that can be used to support caregivers to follow safer sleep advice. As part of the final workshop, we will invite workshop participants to take part in a research focus group, so that data about the co-production process can be used with full consent.
The second phase, a realist evaluation, will be used to answer questions about the resources developed. The evaluation will look at how they work, who they work for, why they work and in what context do they work. ‘Work’ means to describe the mechanism of the intervention, how it interacts with the context and the resources to produce changes in behaviour. The realist evaluation will develop evidence-based theory about how the resources work or don’t work and why. We have already developed an initial programme theory from previous research.REC name
South West - Frenchay Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/SW/0119
Date of REC Opinion
12 Dec 2023
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion