Evaluating Models of care, best practice and care pathways for women who are dependent on drugs and their infants, from preconception to 18 months postnatal. The Stepping Stones Study
This is an exciting opportunity to join an interdisciplinary research team on a multi-site, longitudinal study that has been funded by the National Institute for Health Research.
The study will seek to establish systematic evidence of best practice models that improve the wellbeing of mothers and babies and that have the potential to interrupt the transmission of adversity across generations. It will also entail longitudinal qualitative research with women tracking their care pathways and experiences of services and treatment through pregnancy and up to 18 months postnatal. Using a range of qualitative research methods including serial qualitative interviews, timelines drawn by the research participants and audio diaries, the team will explore women’s views and experiences of models of care and how services can be improved. Working as part of a team of researchers, the successful candidate will contribute to systematic reviews of international clinical and best practice guidelines and research evidence of integrated models of perinatal care for women who are dependent on drugs and their babies.
