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To explore how knowledge generated through the Actions has stimulated debate and change

Summary

 Introduction.  Questions asked – Research  Country participation in COST Actions – In-place impact

 Specific cases

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Portugal

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Bulgaria

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Switzerland

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Spain  EU Parliament presentation  Specific mention to Kristeller maneuver

 Political agenda- research into practice. The case of Catalonia, Spain

Introduction

 Integration of views, priorities and experiences of

multiple

 framing the kinds of questions asked, and how they are translated into

practice.

 Formal 3 day meetings twice a year in different European countries

 alongside seminars held with key stakeholders.

 Identification of variation in practice within and between

countries.

 B3 survey data used to inform specific governments about what

works, and what needs to change.

Questions asked-Research

Maternity care practice variations Assessment of maternity care performance

Impact on health policy

Questions asked-Research

Microbiome Mode of delivery and microbiome

• MAMI Study. Hospital births &

homebirths

Prenatal Psychology

Questions asked-Research

Perineal trauma prevention Salutogenesis in midwifery Women’s information

Respectful care

Questions asked-Research

Participating countries and partner countries

 Portugal COST Action 907 & 1405

 Two seminars and next COST 1405 Final Event in 2018

Book with contributions

Country participation in COST BIRTH

National impact

 Connected Portuguese childbirth researchers, building networks and

strengthening research in this topic;

 Activated and made visible the field of childbirth research in the

social sciences in Portugal (events organised by Joanna White and Mario Santos)

 Made way for Portuguese childbirth activists to be part of

international associations and networks, such as Human Rights in Childbirth and InterOVO (Network of Obstetric Violence Observatories);

 Stimulates local change and improvement, by the constant

comparison between countries that happens in our meetings;

 Made some social problems more visible, such as obstetric violence,

with the publication of a joint paper and my participation on a TV show where I could talk about it.

Country participation in COST BIRTH

National impact

 Bulgaria

 “Physiological Birth “ & meeting COST Action 1405. Sophia

 Media coverage. Newspaper, radio interviews and Sofia TV

interviews

Country participation in COST Actions

Country participation in COST Actions

 COST Action 1405 has had a monumental presence in Bulgaria -

not in numbers but in impact. It has connected Bulgarian midwives with British expert midwives who were able to observe maternity services and to evaluate the lack of autonomous midwifery.

 COST Action 1405 organized the first evidence-based conference

in Bulgaria on the science behind physiological birth with eminent lecturers from across the EU, members of COST.

 The transnational project for research on normality has enabled

local voices to speak louder on the necessity of implementing evidence-based guidelines in childbirth and helped articulate arguments that were never given a platform to speak from

Country participation in COST Actions

 Switzerland. The Action has shown added value for Swiss participation in terms of:

 Building a sustainable interdisciplinary network that will continue after the end of the

Action

 Facilitating Early Stage Researchers to work with experienced researchers on large

projects.

 Opening opportunities to collaborate with a variety of disciplines within Switzerland as

well as between Switzerland and other countries

 Supporting the development of (new) topic areas and research skills in maternity care  Engagement and development of female researchers and ESR scientists over the life of

the Action

 Facilitating a growing national interest in the value of consumer’s views and opinions

for assessing and improving the quality of maternity care

Country participation in COST Actions

 Spain

 Meeting in Barcelona & Seminar  Launched the Midconbirth Study  Research network 

Book with contributions Multicentre cross-sectional study

Country participation in COST Actions

EU parliament presentation

 Political influence:  Members of COST Action were invited to present

their work to policy makers and stakeholders in the EU Parliament: ” Promoting Normal Birth Through Europe”.

Country participation in COST Actions

Special mention to Kristeller maneuver

 Highlighting the issue of

Kristeller maneuver and harmful birth practices in the Czechc Republic as well as in Slovakia

 Highlighting the issue of

Kristeller maneuver in

• Spain. UCSF (California)

collaboration with University of Alcalá and University Pompeu Fabra

Political agenda- research into practice

The case of Catalonia, Spain

 Catalonia Health Plan 2016-2020. Health policy agenda

 Normal birth care model  First Birth Centre announced in May by the Ministry of

• Health. Massive press coverage. [Local, National]