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The Use of Ethnography in Maternity Care.
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- The quantification of midwifery research: Limiting midwifery knowledge.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2022Pooled it
- Managing obstetric bleeding in Wales: A qualitative evaluation of the OBS Cymru care bundle using Normalisation Process Theory.PloS one · 2025Article
- Understanding women's decision-making process for birth location in Tanzania based on individual women's reproductive pathways: a life-course perspective.Global health action · 2022Article
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Abstract
While the value of ethnography in health research is recognized, the extent to which it is used is unclear. The aim of this review was to map the use of ethnography in maternity care, and identify the extent to which the key principles of ethnographies were used or reported. We systematically searched the literature over a 10-year period. Following exclusions we analyzed 39 studies. Results showed the level of detail between studies varied greatly, highlighting the inconsistencies, and poor reporting of ethnographies in maternity care. Over half provided no justification as to why ethnography was used. Only one study described the ethnographic approach used in detail, and covered the key features of ethnography. Only three studies made reference to the underpinning theoretical framework of ethnography as seeking to understand and capture social meanings. There is a need to develop reporting guidelines to guide researchers undertaking and reporting on ethnographic research.
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