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Digitalising the labour hopscotch framework making midwifery expertise and knowledge readily available at the touch of a button
1
University College Dublin, Midwifery, Dublin 4, Ireland
2
Trinity College Dublin, Midwifery, Dublin, Ireland
3
Regional Hospital Mullingar, Advanced Midwifery Practitioner, Mullingar, Ireland
4
Wexford Maternity Unit-, Advanced Midwife Practitioner, Wexford., Ireland
5
St Luke’s General Hospital Carlow-Kilkenny, Director of Midwifery, Kilkenny, Ireland
6
National Maternity Hospital, Joint research Network NMH UCD SNMHS, Dblin 2, Ireland
Eur J Midwifery 2026;10(Supplement 1):A617
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
In 2023 the rate of caesarean section in Ireland was 39.4% from 55,799 births. A community midwife Sinead Thompson designed and produced the ‘Labour Hopscotch’ to promote empowering physiological birth experiences in a visual format for women and their partners. Over the last decade, smartphones have emerged as the primary means of accessing information, and in an effort to adapt this trend, maternity care professionals have incorporated platforms such as the Internet and digital apps for antenatal education.
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this study was to collaborate with women and maternity care professionals and digitalise the Labour Hopscotch Framework to provide evidence-based information in a faster and trustworthy format.
METHODS:
Mixed-Method Sequential Explanatory Design in Ireland in 2024. Ethical approval was granted. There were no conflicts of interest. Phase 1: Expert Panel explored the process for digitalising the Labour Hopscotch Framework. Phase 2: A Cross Sectional Online Survey exploring women’s opinions of their informational needs via Qualtrics in three sites. Focus group meeting with five women in a fourth site exploring their preferred content for an app. Phase 3: Prototype App developed with service user input, piloted and evaluated by service users and experts by profession ( Midwives) via Qualtrics survey. The emerging data was analyised by SPSS and thematic analysis.
RESULTS:
Women want accessible trustworthy information in an interactive format from maternity care professionals. There are barriers to using Apps despite the availability of smartphones. Collaborative approaches to development works best.
CONCLUSIONS:
Changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly accelerated the adoption of new technologies. Evaluation of the usability of mobile phone apps and other online learning platforms during childbirth is crucial for success.
KEY MESSAGE:
An App or online platform written and designed with service users offers midwifery knowledge and expertise in an accessible trustworthy interactive format Poster session 2 (Group A)
In 2023 the rate of caesarean section in Ireland was 39.4% from 55,799 births. A community midwife Sinead Thompson designed and produced the ‘Labour Hopscotch’ to promote empowering physiological birth experiences in a visual format for women and their partners. Over the last decade, smartphones have emerged as the primary means of accessing information, and in an effort to adapt this trend, maternity care professionals have incorporated platforms such as the Internet and digital apps for antenatal education.
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this study was to collaborate with women and maternity care professionals and digitalise the Labour Hopscotch Framework to provide evidence-based information in a faster and trustworthy format.
METHODS:
Mixed-Method Sequential Explanatory Design in Ireland in 2024. Ethical approval was granted. There were no conflicts of interest. Phase 1: Expert Panel explored the process for digitalising the Labour Hopscotch Framework. Phase 2: A Cross Sectional Online Survey exploring women’s opinions of their informational needs via Qualtrics in three sites. Focus group meeting with five women in a fourth site exploring their preferred content for an app. Phase 3: Prototype App developed with service user input, piloted and evaluated by service users and experts by profession ( Midwives) via Qualtrics survey. The emerging data was analyised by SPSS and thematic analysis.
RESULTS:
Women want accessible trustworthy information in an interactive format from maternity care professionals. There are barriers to using Apps despite the availability of smartphones. Collaborative approaches to development works best.
CONCLUSIONS:
Changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly accelerated the adoption of new technologies. Evaluation of the usability of mobile phone apps and other online learning platforms during childbirth is crucial for success.
KEY MESSAGE:
An App or online platform written and designed with service users offers midwifery knowledge and expertise in an accessible trustworthy interactive format Poster session 2 (Group A)
| eISSN: | 2585-2906 |
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