Biography:
Jane Sandall’s research has been informed by an academic background in the social sciences and focused on two questions:
1) How does the social and cultural shaping and implementation of health policy influence the organisation and delivery of healthcare work, and the services and outcomes that women and their families’ experience?
2) How is knowledge, policy and practice shaped by, and mediated through new health technologies and what are the social, ethical and organisational implications of these?
Previous research has included the social and organisational impact of first trimester prenatal screening technology, a Cochrane Review of midwife led care, a Cochrane Review of antenatal education, the impact of community based programme of caseload midwifery to reduce disparities and improve quality of care, and the development and field testing of interactive education for doctors and midwives to support women to have a ‘normal’ birth.
Current research includes working as a co-investigator on a national programme investigating the safety of birth at home, exploring dimensions of high quality and safe maternal health systems, the improvement of the management of postpartum haemorrhage, and exploring dimensions of safety culture and a programme to develop an intervention study on obesity in pregnancy.
Jane has served on several national and regional expert working groups on maternity policy and is currently Chair of the DH Quality of Midwifery Care Committee, and a member of the national steering group for stem cell research in the UK.
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