Sarah Church
 Post held
Midwifery Senior Lecturer
Contact Details
Office: Brampton 14
Telephone: 01604 892275
Email Address: sarah.church@northampton.ac.uk
Qualifications
M.Sc (Research), PGDE, Cert Research, RGN, RM, ENB 997
Profile
Sarah has worked within the Division of Midwifery at the University of Northampton for the last 8 years. Sarah teaches on a broad range of modules within the pre-registration and post registration undergraduate midwifery programmes; concentrating mainly on research methods and evidence based practice. She also leads the Health and Social Research Methods Module on the post registration undergraduate programme and supervises dissertations at both undergraduate and masters level.
Research Profile
Sarah’s research interests focus on the issue of identity in relation to reproduction. Her PhD research is focused on ‘Midwives and mothers: reproductive experiences and identities.’
Research Interests
- Qualitative research - Hermeneutic Phenomenology
- The issue of self within research
- Sociology of Reproduction
- Older Mothers
- Midwives and their reproductive experiences
- Maternity Care Assistants
Teaching Interests
- Research Methods
- Women and mental health; PTSD and Suicide
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis
- Maternity Care Assistants
Publications
- Church S & Scanlan M (2002a) Meeting the needs of women with mental health problems. The role of the midwife in perinatal mental health services. The Practising Midwife 5(5), 10-12.
- Church S & Scanlan M (2002b) Post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth. Do midwives have a preventative role? The Practising Midwife. 5(6), 10-13.
- Church S & Scanlan M (2002c) Suicide And Childbirth: The unspoken consequence of severe mental illness. The Practising Midwife 5(8), 22-25
Earle S and Church S (2004a) ‘Sociological perspectives on class and reproduction’, The Practising Midwife 7(2), 24-26.
- Earle S and Church S (2004b) ‘Sociological perspectives on sexuality and reproduction’, The Practising Midwife 7(4), 28-30.
- Earle S and Church S (2004c) ‘Sociological perspectives on ethnicity and reproduction’, The Practising Midwife7(6),34-36.
- Earle S and Church S (2004d) ‘Sociological perspectives on disability and reproduction’, The Practising Midwife 7(8), 32-34.
- Errington M & Church S (2005a) Clinical risk management 1: Managing risk: promoting quality care. The Practising Midwife 8(8), 20-25.
Errington M & Church S (2005b) Clinical risk management 2: Understanding the causes of failure. The Practising Midwife 8(9),27-32
- Errington M & Church S (2005c) Clinical risk management 3: Learning from experience. The Practising Midwife 8(10), 49-52.
- Church S and Earle S (2006) Approaches to Sociology within midwifery curricula. British Journal of Midwifery. 14(6), 342-345.
Book Chapters
Church S & Hodgson T (2004) Prolonged Labour and Disorderd Uterine Action. In Mayes Textbook for Midwives. Chapter 49. 876-883. 14th edition. Edinburgh: Balliere Tindall.
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