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The emotions of integrating breastfeeding knowledge into practice for English midwives: A qualitative study (2008)
Journal Article
Furber, C. M., & Thomson, A. M. (2008). The emotions of integrating breastfeeding knowledge into practice for English midwives: A qualitative study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45(2), 286-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.08.017

Background
Breastfeeding prevalence in the United Kingdom is one of the lowest in Europe. The midwife provides feeding support for new mothers but research suggests that midwives’ knowledge of breastfeeding is limited.

Objective
To discover the... Read More about The emotions of integrating breastfeeding knowledge into practice for English midwives: A qualitative study.

Midwives in the UK: An Exploratory Study of Providing Newborn Feeding Support for Postpartum Mothers in the Hospital (2007)
Journal Article
Furber, C. M., & Thomson, A. M. (2007). Midwives in the UK: An Exploratory Study of Providing Newborn Feeding Support for Postpartum Mothers in the Hospital. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 52(2), 142-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmwh.2006.10.016

Our objective was to explore English midwives' views and experiences of supporting mothers with feeding their newborn baby. Grounded theory methodology was used. Data were collected using in-depth interviews from 30 midwives in the North of England.... Read More about Midwives in the UK: An Exploratory Study of Providing Newborn Feeding Support for Postpartum Mothers in the Hospital.

‘Breaking the rules’ in baby-feeding practice in the UK: deviance and good practice? (2006)
Journal Article
Furber, C. M., & Thomson, A. M. (2006). ‘Breaking the rules’ in baby-feeding practice in the UK: deviance and good practice?. Midwifery, 22(4), 365-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2005.12.005

Objective
to discover the views of midwives in relation to baby feeding.

Design and method
qualitative using grounded theory. Data collection used in-depth interviews with 30 midwives who volunteered to participate. Field notes of the interactio... Read More about ‘Breaking the rules’ in baby-feeding practice in the UK: deviance and good practice?.

Interprofessional education in a midwifery curriculum: the learning through the exploration of the professional task project (LEAPT) (2004)
Journal Article
Furber, C., Hickie, J., Lee, K., McLoughlin, A., Boggis, C., Sutton, A., …Wakefield, A. (2004). Interprofessional education in a midwifery curriculum: the learning through the exploration of the professional task project (LEAPT). Midwifery, 20(4), 358-366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2004.04.001

Objective:
to develop interprofessional education for students of midwifery, nursing and medicine. To foster collaborative working and learning between students of midwifery, nursing and medicine.

Design:
a quasi-experimental method to evaluate... Read More about Interprofessional education in a midwifery curriculum: the learning through the exploration of the professional task project (LEAPT).

Promoting interdisciplinarity through educational initiative: a qualitative evaluation (2003)
Journal Article
Wakefield, A., Furber, C., Boggis, C., Sutton, A., & Cooke, S. (2003). Promoting interdisciplinarity through educational initiative: a qualitative evaluation. Nurse Education in Practice, 3(4), 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1471-5953%2802%2900119-1

This paper describes a multi-professional teaching innovation that took place at The University of Manchester during October 2001. Ideas for the project were first established in December 2000 when a multi-professional team of educationalists began e... Read More about Promoting interdisciplinarity through educational initiative: a qualitative evaluation.

Interactive multimedia in midwifery education (2001)
Journal Article
Furber, C. (2001). Interactive multimedia in midwifery education. British Journal of Midwifery, 9(8), 502 - 505. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2001.9.8.7938

This article describes how collaboration in a European project has initiated the development of interactive learning using information technology in pre-registration midwifery education. Participation in the project has enabled new teaching methods t... Read More about Interactive multimedia in midwifery education.

An exploration of midwives' attitudes to health promotion (2000)
Journal Article
Furber, C. M. (2000). An exploration of midwives' attitudes to health promotion. Midwifery, 16(4), 314-322. https://doi.org/10.1054/midw.2000.0219

Objective: to explore midwives' attitudes to health promotion.

Design:quantitative study, data collected using self-completed postal questionnaires in 1996.

Setting: the North West of England, UK.

Participants: 182 senior midwives who were w... Read More about An exploration of midwives' attitudes to health promotion.