Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research
Article History
Received: 13 March 2017
Accepted: 28 August 2017
First Online: 2 September 2017
Authors’ information
: JJ was an MRes Candidate at the University of Birmingham, and is a qualified midwife who has been in practice for 25 years. AH is a Senior Lecturer and Research Lead for Nursing at the University of Birmingham. LG is a Research Fellow under the Maternity and Child Health Theme of CLAHRC West Midlands, University of Birmingham. SK is a Professor in Evidence Based Maternity Care, and the Maternity Theme Lead for CLAHRC West Midlands, University of Birmingham.
: Ethical Approval for the overall research protocol was gained from the University of Birmingham Research Ethics Committee (ERN_15-0122S), and site-specific approval was granted by the Research and Development Department of each Trust.Participants were made aware that they were under no obligation to contribute to the study and had the right to withdraw from participation at any time. Informed consent to participate was recorded both in writing and verbally before the focus group sessions began, and all data were immediately anonymised following transcription.
: Consent was obtained from participants for anonymous quotes to be published in peer reviewed journal publications.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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