Adversity, autonomy and agency: Maternity care experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in England and Wales

该博士学位旨在记录孕产妇健康结果，孕产妇保健服务利用率以及英格兰和威尔士难民和寻求庇护者（RAS）的护理经验，并确定可能的健康不平等。这是一个混合方法的研究项目，将包括：A）一个量化的组成部分，描述RAS的健康结果和产妇护理服务的利用率，与其他移民和英国一般人口相比，使用相关的匿名数据。B）定性部分（与孕妇和产后RAS的访谈）检查孕妇和产后RAS的产妇护理经验，重点是可能促进积极护理经验的资源和战略，如倡导组织。关键的挑战将是确定感兴趣的人群（RAS），这将需要不同数据集之间的数据链接。

This proposed PhD aims to document maternal health outcomes, maternity care service utilisation, and care experiences of refugees and asylum seekers (RAS) in England and Wales and identify possible health inequalities. This is a mixed methods research project which will include: A) a quantitative component to describe RAS health outcomes and utilisation of maternity care services in comparison to other migrants and the general UK population using linked anonymised data. B) qualitative component (interviews with pregnant and postpartum RAS) examining maternity care experiences of pregnant and postpartum RAS, focusing on resources and strategies that may facilitate positive experiences of care, such as advocacy organizations. The key challenge will be identifying the population of interest (RAS), which will require data linkage between different datasets.