Reid Judy, O'Reilly Rebecca, Beale Barbara, Gillies Donna, Connell Tanya
School of Nursing, College of Health and Science, University of Western Sydney (UWS), NSW, Australia.
Women Birth. 2007 Jun;20(2):57-63. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2007.03.001. Epub 2007 Apr 5.
Research is vital to achieve optimum health outcomes for pregnant women, children and families. Recently, the benefit of setting research priorities to effectively utilize limited resources has been identified. Currently there is a lack of published Australian research data relevant to the practice of midwifery. Consultation with current practitioners is important to fulfill the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) key priority for a healthy start to life, ensure limited resources are expended appropriately and promote evidence-based midwifery practice. The aim of this study was to ascertain the perceived research priorities and the research experience of midwives in NSW, Australia.
Postal questionnaire sent to the 1000 subscribers of Australian Midwifery, of whom 90% (900) are midwives, in March 2005 with key open-ended questions to ascertain midwifery research priorities and research experience of participants.
Respondents were all midwives with 95% indicating they were currently practising as a midwife. They identified six priority areas: professional practice; clinical issues; education and support; breastfeeding; psychosocial factors; rural/indigenous issues.
Priorities for research were identified and the need for a link between research and professional midwifery practice was highlighted. Midwives were positive about the possibility of becoming more actively involved in research and/or advocates for evidence based practice. The opportunity exists to take the broad priority areas from this study and develop research questions of relevance for the midwifery profession.
研究对于实现孕妇、儿童及家庭的最佳健康结局至关重要。最近，已认识到设定研究重点以有效利用有限资源的益处。目前，缺乏与助产实践相关的已发表的澳大利亚研究数据。与当前从业者进行磋商对于实现国家卫生与医学研究委员会（NHMRC）关于健康人生开端的关键优先事项、确保有限资源得到合理使用以及促进循证助产实践而言至关重要。本研究的目的是确定澳大利亚新南威尔士州助产士所认为的研究重点以及她们的研究经历。
2005年3月向《澳大利亚助产》的1000名订阅者邮寄了调查问卷，其中90%（900人）是助产士，问卷包含关键的开放式问题，以确定参与者的助产研究重点和研究经历。
受访者均为助产士，95%表示她们目前正在从事助产工作。她们确定了六个优先领域：专业实践；临床问题；教育与支持；母乳喂养；心理社会因素；农村/原住民问题。
确定了研究重点，并强调了研究与专业助产实践之间建立联系的必要性。助产士对于更积极地参与研究和/或成为循证实践倡导者的可能性持积极态度。有机会从本研究中提取广泛的优先领域，并针对助产专业提出相关的研究问题。
