Comparing midwife‐led and doctor‐led maternity care: a systematic review of reviews

Sutcliffe, Katy; Caird, Jenny; Kavanagh, Jennifer; Rees, Rebecca; Oliver, Kathryn; Dickson, Kelly; Woodman, Jenny; Barnett-Paige, Elaine; Thomas, James

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05998.x

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“…Specifically, doctors' tasks of supporting child-birth required more technological support relative to midwives because the latter were not allowed to engage in certain medical procedures (Sutcliffe et al, 2012), with technology and occupational demarcations thus together strongly shaping the work design of different professionals.…”

Section: Occupational Influencesmentioning

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Work Design Influences: A Synthesis of Multilevel Factors that Affect the Design of Jobs

Parker

Broeck

Holman

2017

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High quality work design is a key determinant of employee well-being, positive work attitudes, and job/organizational performance. Yet many job incumbents continue to experience deskilled and demotivating work. We argue that there is a need to understand better where work designs come from. We review research that investigates the factors that influence work design, noting that this research is only a small fragment of the work design literature. The research base is also rather disparate, spanning distinct theoretical perspectives according to the level of analysis. To help integrate this literature, we use a framework that summarizes the direct and indirect ways in which work design is shaped by the higher-level external context (global/ international, national and occupational factors), the organizational context, the local work context (work group factors), and individual factors. We highlight two key indirect effects: first, factors affect formal decisionmaking processes via influencing managers' work design-related motivation, knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), and opportunities; and second, factors shape informal and emergent work design processes via influencing employees' work design-related motivation, KSAs and opportunities. By reviewing the literature according to this framework, we set the stage for more comprehensive theoretical development and empirical studies on the factors that influence work design. 3Work Design Influences A Synthesis of Multi-Level Factors that Affect The Design of WorkWork design refers to "the content and organization of one's work tasks, activities, relationships, and responsibilities" (Parker, 2014, p. 662). When work is designed so that it has motivating characteristics like job autonomy and social support, as well as reasonable levels of job demands, multiple positive individual and organizational outcomes arise. A vast amount of research shows that work design affects work stress, job satisfaction, performance, absenteeism, accidents, team innovation, company financial revenue, and more (e.g. see the meta analysis by Humphrey, Nahrgang, & Morgeson, 2007).Yet, despite extensive evidence about the benefits of well-designed work, there are still many poorly designed jobs in both advanced and developing economies. For example, in Europe, Lorenz and Valeyre (2005) reported that one third of workers had jobs that were deskilled or that involved excessive demands. Significant technological and societal change is also affecting work and organizing, yet we know little about how this change might affect people's work design (Parker, 2014). Both of these forces -the continued prevalence of poor quality work designs and the vast change occurring in work -highlight the importance of having a comprehensive, evidence-based understanding of the forces that affect work design.Such an understanding is currently lacking. In most theory and research pertaining to the design of jobs, work design is modeled at the start of a causal chain leading to outcomes via intermediary pr...

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Section: Occupational Influencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Work Design Influences: A Synthesis of Multilevel Factors that Affect the Design of Jobs

Parker

Broeck

Holman

2017

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154

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“…In fact, the planned place of birth might shape both women's expectations and experiences of birth, with impacts on maternal satisfaction (Birthrights, 2013;Dahlen et al, 2010;Overgaard et al, 2012;Waldenstrom and Nilsson, 1993), clinical outcomes and medical interventions (Hodnett et al, 2010;Sandall et al, 2013;Sutcliffe et al, 2012).…”

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The kaleidoscopic midwife: A conceptual metaphor illustrating first-time mothers' perspectives of a good midwife during childbirth. A grounded theory study

2016

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“…While several robust evaluations of midwife-led care have demonstrated significant benefits (Sandall et al 2010(Sandall et al , 2013Sutcliffe et al 2012), these have focussed principally on intrapartum care. Many analyses of MLU outcomes do not allow for an evaluation of antenatal care across all risk levels, even when analysing by "intention-to-treat", because women must be considered low-risk at some stage (even if that risk status is revised).…”

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Exploration of preterm birth rates associated with different models of antenatal midwifery care in Scotland: Unmatched retrospective cohort analysis

2015

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Comparing midwife‐led and doctor‐led maternity care: a systematic review of reviews

Abstract: For low-risk women, health and other benefits can result from having their maternity care led by midwives rather than physicians. Moreover, there appear to be no negative impacts on mothers and infants receiving midwife-led care.

Cited by 62 publications

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Work Design Influences: A Synthesis of Multilevel Factors that Affect the Design of Jobs

Work Design Influences: A Synthesis of Multilevel Factors that Affect the Design of Jobs

The kaleidoscopic midwife: A conceptual metaphor illustrating first-time mothers' perspectives of a good midwife during childbirth. A grounded theory study

Exploration of preterm birth rates associated with different models of antenatal midwifery care in Scotland: Unmatched retrospective cohort analysis

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