Projects & Outputs
Bridging the gap between pregnancy loss research and policy and practice: insights from a qualitative survey with knowledge users
- Authors
Hennessy, M., O’Donoghue, K.
- Year
- 2024
- Journal Name
- Health Research Policy and Systems
- Category
- Journal Article
- Keywords
- Health policy, Miscarriage, Pregnancy loss,
- Full Citation
Hennessy, M., O’Donoghue, K. Bridging the gap between pregnancy loss research and policy and practice: insights from a qualitative survey with knowledge users. Health Res Policy Sys 22, 15 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01103-z
- Link to Publication
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01103-z
Abstract
The loss of a pregnancy or the death of baby around the time of their birth can have profound impacts on parents, families and staf involved. There is much opportunity to enhance the systematic uptake of evidence-based interventions to enhance service provision, lived experiences and outcomes. Challenges exist to translating pregnancy loss research evidence into policy and practice, however. Pregnancy loss remains a neglected area of research and resourcing and is steeped in stigma. While barriers and facilitators to the use of research evidence by decision-makers in public health and health services are well documented, we aimed to better understand the factors that infuence the translation of pregnancy loss research into practice and policy